Twinings

Chamomile lovers only! Luckily, I am one. If you were expecting an intense apple flavor, this might be disappointing. The stronger flavor is a very soothing chamomile, and the apple is a subtle but excellent addition. The apple flavor isn’t “sour apple” or “apples and cinnamon,” but more mellow than either of those. This is one of my favorite teas to drink in the evening when I want a calming cup.

Good tea but with a soft, muted bergamot flavor.

Loose leaf, steeped in my new Breville tea maker. Just as delicious as ever, and I love how the blue cornflowers and citrus peels look in the loose leaf tea.

Always a good choice for thinking work!

Ahhh. This is such a great tea for at work. Un-fussy and always delicious.

Terrible, awful, no good, very bad day. But, good tea, thankfully!

I bought a box of this to keep at work, since it seems to steep so well with water from the hot water dispenser (not quite boiling, but it works). Having it today as an afternoon pick-me-up! :)

Oh, I keep thinking of dorky things to say about this tea:

The Earl’s better half.
Come see the softer side of Grey.

I think there were a couple more, but I can’t remember them, so I’ll spare you. :) But I am still enjoying this tea, and the novelty of having tea in my office at work!

A very refreshing, light tea, but not weak. It reminds me a little of Constant Comment, with the citrus flavors, but it doesn’t seem to have the bitterness, which is great. I like regular earl grey and was a little afraid this would simply be a watered down version, but this was a very pleasant surprise! Looking forward to having it again soon.

Brews a dark green liquor with nice aroma. Flavor with half a pack of Truvia and you have a very pleasant sip n’ cup of fine flavored tisane. Yum This came as a single free teabag with my online order. Never woulda’ bought this before and surprized by how much I like it.

Ho-hum. Grassy and quite thin. A positive is no asparagus flavor, lol. Don’t care at all for vegetal tasting tea. OK I guess. Having a hard time finding enthusiasm for green teas so far. Gonna try some Harney & Sons green in the future to see if I like that better.

Just ok, unremarkable and on weak side. As I noted elsewhere, blend this in equal parts with the unremarkable Twinings gunpowder green and you get a good cup. Easily better than either alone.

Decent cuppa, reminds me of a smoky green without the vegetal notes.

YUMMY! Loose leaf with some truvia and you have a citrus party in your mouth. I love this stuff and much prefer it over standard Earl Grays.

Yeah, I’m drinking bagged, grocery store tea AND I’m having a black tea at 10:30 at night AND I’ve been talking to my cats way more than can possibly be normal- is it sad that this is my idea of a wild night?!?
Anyway, I love this malty, strong tea- and I think I’ve had too much caffeine today.

I needed something quite bracing this morning and Irish Breakfast fit the bill. I steeped this one up for about 15 minutes and added a healthy amount of sugar and milk to help with the bitter edge. This tea is strong yet smooth and was a welcome accompaniment to my grilled goat milk gouda and fresh raspberry sandwich that I had for breakfast.

I felt that it was only fitting to start St. Patrick’s Day with a big, super strong (steeped for 15 minutes….yea, I’m a bit crazy) mug of Irish Breakfast….not that I really needed an excuse to have this tea again today. As always, this tea is very pleasing with its malty, rich taste. The kick of caffeine isn’t too shabby either.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Steepsterites!!!

I woke up with a really terrible headache this morning so I thought a big dose of caffeine would be in order. I brewed this tea up double strength for about 10 minutes and then added a big of cane sugar and milk. This is really starting to help wrangle my throbbing head into submission. Super strong Irish Breakfast rocks!!

Finishing up the last bag of Irish Breakfast today. Luckily it is really easy to come by if I find myself wanting more.

I like my Irish Breakfast to be strong. You may be wondering, how do you know when it is strong enough? My answer is: You know it is strong enough when the first sip almost knocks you to the ground by almost painfully assaulting your tastebuds with malty goodness. Then and only then is it strong enough.

For some reason, I’ve only wanted my bagged teas today. Usually I mix it up with loose leaf at some point, oh well. I guess today is the day of bagged, this is my last cup of caffeinated tea and most of my decaf is bagged as well.

As for this tea, I’m moving through my box of 20 bags at an alarming rate. It is possibly my favorite tea lately and for this reason, I’m moving the rating up a couple of points.

Starting my day with this once again – a good, solid, caffeine-riddled black tea to wake me up.

This tea sure can take a lot of abuse in regards to steeping time and come out tasting great. I’m also getting quite a hit of caffeine! On to more tea…