Twinings

I have always wanted a standard mint tea made with BLACK tea (I can’t stand herbal) and this is just that. Nothing special, but decent black tea with a strong mint flavour. I found this while in Vermont, but I hope they’ll carry it here too so I can buy more when I run out!

First cuppa tea on the kayak camping weekend. Absolute bliss after paddling to campsite and setting up tents.

Lovely for a British style tea party with lots of sugary treats. Taken with cream and sugar, of course.

strong with milk and sugar

Drinking it black this fine Monday morning, with a cinnamon roll on the side…

wonderful afternoon pick-me-up with a bit of sugar and milk

Had a big mug this am (the Copco mug I won from bite of the Best, actually) with milk and sugar. It definitely helped wake me up! My tin is almost gone (maybe 6-7 tsp left?) but I have plenty of Paris to drink when it’s gone, plus some Lavender Earl Grey (Revolution), and a ton of Tippy Earl Grey (GM) that I won recently but haven’t opened…

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The perfect tea for a Jane Austen book discussion and tea party. Between the 5 of us we went through two pots of it!

I should probably put this tea on my shopping list, as I am running low and it’s great to have on hand. Then again, I have TWO tins of Paris, so maybe I should let one of those fill in the gap…

eating a scone, drinking Lady Grey, dreaming of London…

easy breezy cuppa tea to get me through the mid-afternoon monday slump.

added 1.5 tsp sugar and a splash of half & half. May need to brew longer of add less h&h next time, as my (big) mug is a bit weak.

This tea (loose) is my go-to cuppa when I want a black that will pick me up a bit but still be comforting. Love the floral and citrus scent and the fact that you can actually taste them (but they don’t overpower the tea). I take it with 1-2 tsp of sugar per mug, and a splash of milk (doesn’t curdle despite the citrus peel). This is a pretty forgiving tea – I put too much milk in the first cup but the flavor still came through. Oversteeping gives me caffeine jitters but the tea isn’t too bitter.

So far Ive only had one other earl grey loose, and believe it or not I like this twinings better,but im new to good tea so perhaps I dont know how bad it is yet.

My favorite breakfast tea to date. Very dark, like a cup of coffee without the nasty side effects for me.

Good for the price, but still pretty bad for a Darjeeling. If you concentrate, you might be able to pick up a few of the calling card flavors of Darjeeling, but even then, they are still incredibly weak.

Whichever estate supplies Twinings with this stuff is a real sellout.

Depeche Mode’s song “I Just Can’t Get Enough” sufficiently sums up how I feel about this tea. I just can’t get enough and always say I’m just going to have “one more cup”.

Seriously dying to compare this to Barry’s, though, since I hear that is the tea of choice in Ireland. Just can’t decide which one I should get- the Barry’s “Gold” or the “Original” that comes in the green box. Then I’ll let Twining’s and Barry’s duke it out for my morning start :)

Two cups this morning with milk and sugar. Perfect way to start the day and so much more pleasant and better tasting than coffee!