Twinings English Breakfast Tea | Golden, Well Rounded & Full Bodied Black Tea | Loose Leaf Tea (4 x 125g Pack)

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English breakfast tea's rich characters, invigorating flavour and high caffeine content are what have made it so historically popular. It was the first blend to become a commercial success, most notably in its namesake UK, where it has long been famous as the nation's favourite 'eye-opener'. It is often enjoyed hot or as an iced tea, or as the perfect companion to a Full English Breakfast. These carefully chosen teas make our English Breakfast loose leaf tea a rich malty tea. It has some lightness due to the addition of Darjeeling teas and is ideal as an accompaniment to a traditional English breakfast yet it is not a 'builder's tea'. A great way to start the day and keep you sustained during the morning. Once you have had this superior English breakfast loose tea you will not want another! Use one teaspoon per cup and one for the pot with freshly boiling water and infuse for three minutes. You can enjoy a mug of English Breakfast tea on its own, but it’s even better when you combine it with a hearty treat. Here are a few suggestions to enhance your tea-drinking experience: English Breakfast Tea is a strong tea with a gentle dose of caffeine to perk you up in the morning. It pairs well with the hearty cooked breakfast foods typical of an English breakfast. Buying the right blend can make all the difference. What Is English Breakfast Tea? As for its popularity in times past, it was Catherine of Braganza, Portuguese wife of the English King Charles II, who started the habit of drinking tea in the morning. As a new arrival at the English royal court, Catherinewas known to prefer tea to ale – at the time the customary breakfast drink of choice – and a new upper-class trend was set. But as the 17th century rolled into the 18th and 19th, tea transitioned from an upper-class luxury to a beverage enjoyed by British citizens of all stripes. By the time Scottish tea master Robert Drysdale introduced what would eventually become known as the English breakfast blend to Queen Victoria in the 1890s, almost everyone had a caddy in their kitchen.

English Breakfast tea is renowned for its robust and full-bodied flavour. It offers a well-rounded combination of malty, slightly earthy and subtly sweet notes. The refreshing aroma of this tea is sure to perk you up and provide a delightful start to your day. Not much is needed to brew a cup using the humble tea bag, but when making loose leaf tea, things can get a little messy without the right equipment. However, removing the leaves after brewing is a doddle if you use a tea infuser, reusable tea bag or a teapot with a built-in infuser. English Breakfast spread — Wake up on the right side of the bed and indulge in a relaxing, carefree Sunday breakfast with the ultimate companion of English Breakfast tea by your side. And what better breakfast than a traditional English brekkie with crispy bacon, eggs, sausages and a steaming cup of English Breakfast tea?

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To brew a cup of perfect English breakfast tea, use 2-4 grams of tea per cup of water. Although 2 grams will give a strong brew, 4 grams will undoubtedly give a better morning boost. Bring water to a boil and let it cool down to 203 °F. Some blends may require a lower temperature. English breakfast is one of rare teas that should be made using western style brewing technique. Multiple steeping will never give a strong enough brew in a single steep, and won’t be enough to hold the milk. Steep for 3-5 minutes.

A tea blend is a mixture of teas. They can be teas of different origins or a blend of teas from the same origin, such as Darjeeling, but different estates. Commercial blenders create blends so they will taste the same each time. Their training encompasses all aspects of tea, from learning how tea is grown, cultivated, and produced. Some professional tea tasters are so valuable they even have their million-dollar taste buds insured.

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The exact amount of caffeine will vary from type to type. However, you may expect somewhere around 30-60 mg of caffeine per cup. English breakfast is not necessarily the strongest cup of tea out there, but it is the one capable of matching a strong meal. Moreover, when made with sugar and milk, it can satisfy the taste buds of even the biggest coffee drinkers. Darjeeling green teas Loose Green Darjeeling tea. The best loose leaf. Our loose green Darjeeling tea is some of the most distinctive and delicate. These teas have the characteristic muscatel aroma of the ”Champagne of Teas”. Clean and fresh tasting these green teas deserve more widespread recognition. Darjeeling uses the smaller leafed, lighter bodied Camellia sinensis China tea variant so this area is therefore perfectly suited to the production of excellent green teas. Here we feature a few of the best Darjeeling gardens which produce excellent green teas. When preparing green Darjeeling tea, as with all green teas, ensure that freshly drawn and boiled water is allowed to cool a little, to around 80 degrees C. Infuse for about three minutes. This will help ensure a smooth, well balanced cup. Green Darjeeling teas can have notes of tropical fruits. The fresh, fruity, flowery style makes them especially suited to iced tea and cold infused tea. In the humid Sri Lankan hills, the process of oxidation takes up to four hours, during which the leaves turn copper brown and the tea's unique fragrance starts to unfurl. This process also ensures that the steeping liquid is strong and flavourful. Our English Breakfast tea has a grade of BOP/FBOP. A family favourite "This is the tea I offer at family get togethers. it is middle-of-the-road in terms of flavour: not so malty as Assam Harmuty [which is my favourite all-day tea] and less delicate than Nepal Kathmandu [brilliant early morning tea] or Darjeeling. It is also strong, bright and refreshing - the best English Breakfast blend"

Now that we’ve briefly delineated the main types of tea, let’s take a look at the different forms and brewing methods used to make tea. The breakfast tea blend was created for its rich flavor and copper color that takes milk well. You can drink it without milk, but most people drink it with milk and sometimes sugar. Adding herbal tea could be considered cheating when it comes to making a best tea list, but we’ve given it an honourable mention anyway. This is because herbal teas don’t usually contain any tea leaves. Instead, they rely on a range of other leaves, spices, herbs and dried fruit to deliver flavour. While they might be better classed as infusions rather than tea, as they’re so popular, we’ve still included them in our list below. What are the different forms tea can take? Powdered tea is usually pretty simple to make, but making the perfect matcha can be difficult if you’re unfamiliar with it. This starter kit contains a measuring scoop and whisk for frothing up your matcha to perfection.

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The best type of leaves for making English breakfast are smaller broken leaves, and even fannings and dust. Both of them are used for tea bags, which made it easier for English Breakfast to spread across the world and win over tea lovers’ hearts. Nowadays, English Breakfast, or some type of breakfast tea, is available in most convenience stores across the world. How much caffeine is in English breakfast tea? Our teas are loose leaf and we specialise in large leaf grades. All are made using traditional orthodox methods. Our teas are from named tea gardens or defined areas of origin. Sourcing our tea English breakfast "my get out of bed brew. Can't do anything until I have had two large mugs. Why anyone would use tea bags is beyond me."