Twinings of London

This was one of my first intro’s to tea….its sorta like a gateway tea..hehe. Once you try a breakfast tea you almost always have to see what else is out there!

This is great tea-I love England and love that it is Twinnings from London. I do prefer black teas to greens or whites, and this I love the robust strong aroma and flavor of this assam.

I find when I sniff this tea, it makes me think of honey. I don’t think it REALLY smells like honey (maybe faintly), so I assume it’s just my mind going “this needs honey”.

That’s not to say that it actually NEEDS it. I’m still drinking it without, and I like it. It’s a basic morning breakfast tea. Wakes me up. Gently! And doesn’t require any additives; it’s only slightly sharp-tasting. It’s basic; I don’t love or hate it, and it goes good with morning foods. I’m drinking it bagged sadly, as no places in my area sell it loose leaf, that I know of.

Too weak for my tastes – better after along infusion.
Good served cold or iced.

This morning I needed something a little bit special, so I broke out a box of soymilk and grabbed the Sugar in the Raw and whipped up a cup of proper breakfast tea with all the trimmings.

Having a cup of this, from the loose leaf, now. I’ve really taken to making a thermos of good tea first thing in the morning, which gets me to about 10am, then I brew decaf or herbal for the rest of the day at work. It’s a good compromise.

This was my caffeinated cup of the day. And it was a good cup of tea. I’m looking forward to days where I can have whatever I want. One of my first little projects will be to compare breakfast blends in one sitting. Then I’m going to compare different types of blacks in another sitting. And life will be grand. :) (and it will all be documented on Steepster.)

It’s cold. It’s snowy. It feels like a never ending winter. So I treated myself to some English Breakfast Tea this morning. (Since I am only having one caffeinated cup per day, I normally save it for something more exotic or interesting.) And it was a really good cup. Better than I even remembered Twinings to be. But, that could easily be because it’s been a while.

I had a small amount of a black tea left in my cupboard, so I combined it with this and made a small pot. It’s a good basic black, though it occurred to me that when I run out of this I’ll likely just stock the Brattle Street Blend as my breakfast tea of choice.