Twinings

My default no-effort decaf bag tea. It’s not fantastic, but it’s not bad either – especially for a tea that’s both decaf and in a bag – and is available almost everywhere near where I live.

I found a sample tea bag of this tea, so I tried it, and I must say it was a very nice surprise : a fruited green tea, from one of the big companies, to begin with, in teabag even…a lot of mango in nose, and the sweetness of litchi in finish, but all smelling and tasting very natural. I´m not much of a green tea expert, but I even think the green tea base is really good.

Tea from postcrossing THANK YOU envelope 6/6. after 2 months and week

Perfectly Balanced Yup, that is right.
Brewing Instructions: Steep 2 minutes or to desired strength That’s good, I did 2 minutes and it was alright.

But how about not trying it again? It was smooth, hay, and totally forgettable. Mild and hay. Nothing more, nothing less. There are better teas in same price range.

It just felt like an EG morning today. I had this single teabag that I grabbed from a freebie pile at the Portland Tea Expo in 2019 — I’ve always liked the Twinings of London bagged teas I’ve had (I particularly like their Lavender EG, but it isn’t sold in my local store) but realized I had never tried their bog-standard. Brewed it up this morning. Smells delightful. I feel like I’m getting a bit more of a lemon-lime aroma from the bergamot this morning, but I might just have limes on the brain because I had a Coconut Lime smoothie for breakfast.

It’s good. Some bagged EGs are too astringent/sour for me, but this one is nice and smooth, at least with my typical 3 minute steep time. The bergamot is pretty strong and the cup is quite citrusy in its flavor notes… I am tasting a bit of lemon, lime, and grapefruit, with the lemon/lime note being more noticable toward the beginning of the sip, and the grapefruit being more prominent toward the end of the sip and in the aftertaste. The berg is present enough that I can’t really make out specific notes of the black base, but it is malty, warm, holds the berg well, and very smooth without any astringency after the sip. There is a little bit of dryness left on the tongue, but that seems to be from the strong citrus flavors.

Could easily drink more of this.

I bought this on a whim for a women’s weekend away the weekend before the USA realized a pandemic was actually a thing to worry about. I’ve not seen it in the stores since. I truly do enjoy the tea. I find the flavors to be well balanced.

It isn’t that long I have tried this tea for last time (apparently 3 months ago) and exactly same as previous steeping. 3 minutes, boiling water.

This time it is from Madeline though. Thank you!

I think it is pretty much same as the previous note, though I haven’t noticed any malty notes today. It was drying, bold black tea. Not sure about rich taste, as it was, for a change quite one-dimensional.

Good for mining (keeping this cute typo for morning), when I don’t want anything, but strong tea. Keeping the rating on 68.

There are several entries of this tea, as well Twinings and Twinings of London are same company I assume, so this will be hard to set it right, but I am sure there are people who will do that with pleasure.

Tea itself is postcrossing THANK YOU envelope 3/6.

Experience the bold, rich taste of this hearty tea

And again it is pretty much right. They suggest 4 minutes at least for steeping, I was okay with only 3 mins.

Tea was okay. Nothing spectacular but better than previous teas. Nice bold taste, quite tannic, rich and hints of malts. It was bit biting, spicy when colder too, certainly not that much one-dimensional as previous. I would not drink it on daily basis, but when I crave for strong black tea (hangover cure), it could work pretty well I assume.

I just hope that US and UK version do not differ too much.

I have received this tea from postcrossing as thank you envelope from Florida, USA.

Ehhm, drank yesterday, but we had internet outage unfortunately, so I could not write anything down. Anyway, wasn’t much impressed.

First of all, there is almost no base (rooibos) in taste. I expected a tiny bit at least. Secondly, it is very, very aromatic of orange and cinnamon sweetness. And somehow herbal, my father picked up lavender, which is bit strange but okay. Thirdly, taste is full and round; but somehow “cinnamon spice” is overpowering, somehow unpleasant and not somthing I call enjoyable. It was just too strong and I wasn’t noticing oranges at all.

This is light and delightful. While the lemon and green tea flavors are well balanced, I’d say the lemon is a little more pronounced.

I made a pot of this, and while it’s not my favorite LS, it’s decent. There’s a lot of smokey flavor, so much so that the base tea is almost hidden. What I could make out had a sweetness to it. It makes me understand why some people equate this to barbecue or barbecue sauce. I decided to add some sugar to my cup, and I enjoyed the smokey sweetness and smoothness of this tea.

This isn’t my first choice for a Lapsang Souchong, so I doubt I purchase it again. If I’m ever offered a cup I won’t say no. As with so many smokey teas, this would probably be at its best during the fall/winter months when the idea of sitting in front of a fire is most appealing. But whatever, I drink what I like. ;)

I love this tea in the early evening with a cookie :) While I am still stuck at home due to the coronavirus, I have been lucky enough to keep working, but I have been drinking too much wine and watching too much TV. I am switching to a cup of tea and a good book after work. Because Darjeeling has a lower caffeine content than some of the heartier morning brews, it is a great choice for later in the day. I realize that not everyone cares for this blend, but I have been drinking Twining’s teas for 30 plus years and I still love them, especially this one. I wish their China Black were still available. Have a great evening, everyone, and cheers.

I was really excited to try this one because I love pink grapefruit, and the scent of it in this was absolutely mouth-watering. I again left it for a few hours as I would with any cold brew, and was disappointed when I came back to it to find that the water actually just tasted like orange juice. I tried an overnight resteep as I did with the other one, but this didn’t turn out nearly as well. Mostly it’s like drinking water, with a very slight hint of pink grapefruit and orange if you squint. Hopefully the pink grapefruit comes out more with a shorter steep, like is actually intended for this.

This was one of two teas I got for my birthday from my parents, the other being the Pink Grapefruit and Orange cold infusion which I haven’t tried yet. I was curious about these because the instructions say that you only have to use one teabag for 500ml, and you only have to leave it in for 5 minutes. How could that be possible?? I have no idea if it’s true or not, because I left my teabag in the water bottle for a few hours like I would with any cold brew. Maybe I’ll try it the recommended way later. As soon as it started steeping I was hit with a delicious apple scent, more like a hard-boiled sweet than fresh apple. It’s by far the most prominent note in flavour, too, but not quite the level of sweet or artificial I was expecting from the scent. There’s a minty background which adds a really refreshing twist, but I didn’t notice the cucumber at all. There was a slight waxy note I didn’t love, although that could be my fault for leaving the teabag in for so long. I left the bag in as I drank it and refilled my water bottle after I finished, which I then left in the fridge overnight. The flavour of this second steep was a little more delicate, but still pretty flavourful, and less waxy so overall I think I preferred the resteep. I was hesitant to try these when I first saw them in the shops because it seemed like a gimmick, and quite expensive for what amounts to 12 teabags. I’m glad I got some for my birthday though because I’m actually quite impressed, and on the strength of this one would consider picking up a couple more flavours to try. The watermelon one is calling my name!

Twinings English Breakfast Tea is a simple, classic, and inexpensive tea, and has everything that is needed. The tea can be served in numerous ways. My personal favorite among the possible variations is to use the tea as a base for a beautiful jar of sweetened fruit tea.

Received from tea bag exchange last November. Since then it was in huge bags section.

I don’t really enjoyed it. It was easydrinking but meh. Red fruits in Italy probably mean big load of hibiscus and strawberry and raspberry flavours. They claim it is natural, but it is pretty artificial.

Natural flavour is an extremely vague term that really doesn’t tell us much about what’s actually in the product we’re eating (from Google search and quickly found)

Pretty much I understand it is that. Nothing and pretty artificial probably. There are no red fruits in ingredients.

And taste… come on Twinings, you can do better! Even in fruit tea category. Bleh, meh, only tartness from hibiscus and… little bit of strawberries. So little that maybe I just thought it’s there because of picture on tea bag.

I am always looking for a bagged tea to add to my travel stash, it’s just so much easier to brew on the go with a bag. And I try not to sacrifice taste too much. This Chai is very heavy on the clove with a second note of cardamon. I prefer more cinnamon or ginger in my chai, this one just seems a bit harsh and heavy to me. I do like that it is very forgiving, I can throw it in my travel mug and not worry about it getting bitter. I’m not sure that makes up for the overpowering clove, but maybe I should add another flavor teabag to make it more interesting.

Affordable, dependable and great tasting