Twinings

I am not normally an Earl Grey fan, but this version was nice. The bergamot was clean and refreshing and the black tea base robust without being overwhelming.

This was nice, not as strong as Earl Grey, I think it’s missing the ceylon, but I liked the citrus hints in this. It was good both with and without milk.

This tea was good. I took it with about a centimeter (about 5-10mls) of milk and half a spoon of sugar. Delicious. :)

Not my favourite Earl Grey. It’s a decent, but there’s much better blends out there. This one has a little bit too much of a strong, one-note bergamot flavour that overwhelms the tea.

Made a nice start to my morning on the way to the car show. It kept me warm while speeding along in an open-top car, but its flavor wasn’t quite up to snuff today. I think it was the lack of soy milk.

Still backdating…

Delicious at room temp.

Another British standby, but still perfect for an anytime cup of tea.

An interesting off shoot from Earl Grey, still very nice for an afternoon cup.

So refreshing! One of my favorites for afternoon tea with cake.

This is one of my favourite black teas, it is great for waking up and has a strong smell

pretty decent if you are looking for a quick cup of tea.

Easy to find, reasonably cheap, and highly refreshing.
The basic no-brainer tea for my afternoons and evenings – my default choice, for better or for worse.

Surprisingly good bagged green tea. This was a standby I carried around in my bag for a few months one winter.

Brews a nice cup, but it is a little bitter.

Before I drank this tea I thought I wasn’t a fan of Earl Grey. This one reeled me in with its light citrus scent and delicate flavour. It is also wonderful over ice.

My favorite Earl Grey. I have a can in the office, with my own teapot, to enjoy it whenever I like!

an old favourite.

Drinking this while fighting with the scanner at work…Caffeine much need – the person who lives below me has taken to blasting music at 7am for the past few days. Yes my alarm was set for 7:15 but I wanted my 15 minutes! Grr!

Anyway about the tea. Its okay. Since I have no control over the water temp sometimes this tea comes out rich with a wonderful honey note and sometimes a little flat and dry. Today is a flat and dry day, but like I said I need the caffeine. And I have lots of lovely tea to drink when I get home and lots of lovely new tea-ware to do it in!

I keep debating whether this tea is actually the tea I am buying or whether I am miss logging. Regardless it is a bagged darjeeling tea from either lipton or twinnings but I am not sure which and I always forgot to look and then I think I remember and then I am not sure – ugh! Okay rant over.

Regardless of what brand this tea is it is very nice to have in the morning to wake me up for work or class. For a little while the water where I buy it was a little bit cooler and the tea had this wonderful honey quality that I miss but oh well. It is still yummy!

Also today when I was buying this I noticed there were these odd little things that looked like ketcup packets but they were lemon juice packets – has anyone ever tried these? I was curious but I don’t drink lemon in hot tea.

Looking through steepster trying to find my tea really made me want more tea but I have to be strong and conserve my second cup as I am at work for many more hours -haha.

So I wasn’t planning on buying this this morning but I guess I was so tired that I just went into automatic mode – haha. Oh well. It was quite good. I actually brought my own mug and tea to work today which is what I was planning on having first thing in the morning, but I am here for a while longer so I am sure I will find the time to have my own tea later!

Yay my Darjeeling was back today!!! Best part of the school year!!!!

Had my usual cup of this from the student center on my way to work today.