Awake English Breakfast

I love English Breakfast tea, it’s the tea that my mom always made me and my sister when we were younger. This brand, however, is not my favorite. It’s not BAD, but I’ve noticed that there really is no room for mistakes when steeping this one — it goes bitter very quickly if you’re not careful. Still, when I want English Breakfast, and this is the only stuff in the cabinet, I won’t say no.

Mm, best bagged black tea on the market in my humble opinion!

A light and sweet breakfast tea. Hard to make this one go bitter. I like this one plain or sometimes with a bit of sugar and cream.

I was hoping for it to live up to it’s name this morning for work, but it didn’t. To me it tastes like regular black tea.
Yes, almost done with my Tazo sampler pack…only a few more and then it’s to the nice loose teas I bought at Lupicia.

Tasting: This was much better than the Bigelow teas I’ve been drinking once in a great while for years. I have a cold right now though, and am taking it with a fair bit of honey. I might have to take it straight up when I feel better to see if the bitterness is a problem and if my cold / the honey is clouding up my taste.

Cost: $3.16/oz at local grocery store (1.5 oz/20 Bag box)

Completely forgettable.

Not my favourite breakfast tea, but not bad.

This is currently my favourite tea… nice and strong! Needs sugar. Absolutely ruined by oversteeping (forgot it for fifteen minutes once and could hardly drink it).

This is my default tea and consider this classic. It is comforting and familiar enough that if made “incorrectly,” it is still most enjoyable. I add about a teaspoon of sugar and enough milk to make it beige.

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Well, this tea I drank today morning and wasn’t much impressed as well. It’s not terrible, but somehow it reminds me Lipton Yellow Label. Tannic juice of tea, without any off notes but as well without any notes on point. It was just tannic black tea, maybe hints of malt — but I am missing malt, raisins, earthy flavour profile.

Shortened steeping time to half (2.5 minute).

Not impressed.