Organic Earl Grey Black Tea

This is the fourth of eight teas gifted to me from a beloved niece. The Secret Garden Organic Tea Collection features 10 tea bags each of 8 different types of tea, There are six different flavored green teas, and two different black teas. I’ve already reviewed the Organic Orange Spice black tea; this review is for the Organic Earl Grey black tea. (I’ll review the remaining four green teas anon.)
I had already used 3 of the 10 teabags in mixed Earl Grey pots, so with the 7 bags left, I simply put them all in my 57 oz teapot where usually I only used 6 teabags. Normally that would impart more flavor; I had hoped that using another teabag would do just that. Unfortunately, this tea was still weak and watery, even after an 8 minute steeping time. There is nothing positively remarkable about this tea; it’s not a bad Earl Grey, per se—there just isn’t enough of it per teabag.
Since I truly love the person who gifted me this collection—and I know she did so imagining this selection would be as nice as the beautiful tome-like tin it came in—I will not “not recommend” it. I’m just sorry that The Secret Garden people put so much more time and money into their beautiful packaging than the teas contained therein.