English Breakfast from Twinings

English Breakfast

Tea type
Black Tea
Ingredients
Black Teas
Flavors
Biting, Bitter, Tannic, Malt, Tannin, Autumn Leaf Pile, Bread, Cinnamon, Citrus, Molasses, Smooth, Spices, Toast, Round, Nutty, Smoke, Astringent, Dry Grass, Vegetal, Herbs, Caramel, Grain, Roasted Barley, Pepper, Sweet, Thick, Tobacco, Almond, Nuts, Creamy
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Caffeine
High
Certification
Kosher
Edit tea info Last updated by Cameron B.
Average preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 4 min, 0 sec 3 g 24 oz / 698 ml

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  • “Working out of a temporary/makeshift office this week…but there’s a Keurig in it. The problem is … I don’t think I’m very impressed with it. Have had two cups of Twinings EB and I’m not getting...” Read full tasting note
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From Twinings

English Breakfast is our most popular tea. To create this well-balanced blend, we select some of the finest teas, each with its own unique characteristics.

Tea from Kenya and Malawi, provides the briskness and coppery-red colour while Assam gives full-body and flavour. The robustness from these regions is complemented by softer teas from other regions.

The combination yields a complex, full-bodied, lively cup of tea that is perfect any time of day.

Notes: Smooth, Flavorful, Robust

Ingredients: Fine black tea expertly selected from Kenya, Indonesia, Assam, Malawi and China

Brewing Instructions: Add freshly boiled water. Steep 4 minutes or to desired strength. Do not microwave.

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9 tasting notes

Thought I’d try this English Breakfast tea by Twinings this morning. Personally I wasn’t impressed.

The tea is dark and has a very strong wooden aroma, which carries over into the flavor. As others who have reviewed the tea have stated: a long steep time and a bit of milk can take this tea to the next level.

Good tea, just not great.
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3 min, 0 sec
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The king of western tea culture. Untouchable…
Just careful with the type of milk you are using. Some types leave a unpleasant aftertaste on one’s tongue.
Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 45 sec
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Compared to other English Breakfast blends, I find this Twinings’ version rather underwhelming and bland, and find little character coming through. A disappointment after Twinings’ other black teas.
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200 °F / 93 °C 3 min, 0 sec
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My alltime standard tea. Any time of the day with milk.
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This blows Bigelow’s English Breakfast out of the water! Enjoyed my first cup of this in the afternoon after sitting outside waiting for Santa with the kids (cold!). I can taste such a distinct difference between this and Bigelow, my usual English Breakfast brand. I want to say it’s more complex? The quality is obvious here in Twinings.
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I don’t know if it’s my tastebuds or something else, but this is rather too light for me. Not bland, per se, but really faint. I’ve added near boiling hot water, or just hot water one would normally get from a coffee machine, but it’s sort of weak. Perhaps I’m not preparing it right.
Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 4 min, 0 sec
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67
3 tasting notes

It’s Twinings, you can buy it everywhere and it doesn’t taste bad at all, but isn’t going to set the world on fire.
Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec
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Twinings manages to blend quality teas for the huddlin’ masses. For this I tip my hat. English Breakfast is my go to for a very wakeful day.
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67
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Wonderful at night before bed too!
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185 °F / 85 °C 5 min, 0 sec
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This is a good breakfast tea. I do believe that there are better quality teas, but in a pinch, this will do. It is better with a little bit of black chai mixed in.
Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 5 min, 0 sec
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