Twinings

loose leaf review.

I love this tea!! okay i haven’t had a great many teas yet because I’m still a beginner but so far this is one of my favorites!!! I don’t have a lot of tea equipment yet but i just use two teaspoons for my large mug (about 400 ml or a little over 12 ounces).

I feel, like someone else said in their review, that i just can’t get enough. I’m not sure what temperature i steep it at, I just wait till just after boiling to pour it into my cup.

To be fair, I normally don’t like chai teas. I love this one, though, so if you prefer a traditional chai, you may hate this tea. It is light and slightly sweet with just enough spice. Great for the holidays!

I love this traditional, black tea. Full bodied and a great “pick me up” in the middle of the day.

Possibly my favorite tea of all.

Just the right touch of apple in this bedtime tea.

I’m still getting used to the idea that I can have caffeinated tea as often as I’d like at work, so it’s taking a while to get back into the routine of making a cup. For now, the bags have it: making it easy to make multiple cups in the course of a day. I’m looking forward to when the bags won’t cut it anymore and I’ll be inspired to move back into loose leaf. :)

Needed something super easy and certain to be tasty, so here we are.

I forget what was going on but I had some sort of a tea crisis and needed some stat and picked this up at the grocery. It’s a decent cup! It’s not something that I’m going to work to make sure I keep on hand, but it’s not something I’d avoid either.

Rolled out of bed on this lazy Sunday morning and looked out the window. It’s snowing. Again. So far, it has snowed every day in December here. I don’t like it, not one bit. It’s a bad omen for the rest of the winter.

Even if it is a bad omen, it does make for a great day to stay in and drink tea (yup, total repeat of yesterday). frenchvanilla sent me some bags of this to try. I’ve been eyeing the box of this every time I’ve been in the tea aisle lately, but haven’t caved yet (miracles never cease…wait, no, I bought other teas instead). Thanks for giving me the chance to try it out!!

It’s stout, strong, rich, and smooth. Just slightly astringent, but all the better for it. This is a breakfast tea that could actually stand up to a big, southern-style breakfast. Too bad I’m not having one this morning, but still, this should be the go-to tea at places like Bob Evans and Cracker Barrel to serve with the big breakfast platters.

This has almost no flavor. I used three bags in a standard 12-oz mug and it was barely tea. It’s not actively bad like Lipton or Red Rose decaf, but if you’re looking for a decaffeinated tea in a grocery store go with Tetley’s British Blend decaf which is much more satisfying.

Somewhat disappointing, as I kind of like bagged Twinings Prince of Wales tea.

Excellent aroma; I enjoy with a bit of skim milk and honey for an extra treat.

Added some Hemp Milk and a little sweetener. Good but I’d like to try some other brands or a loose leaf variety.

Simply wonderful tea. I have a cup every morning and it always brightens my day. I tend to forget to remove my tea bags so my tea is always very strong, but Twinnings Earl Grey tastes wonderful even when I leave the bag in for half an hour. Fabulous.

Wow I used to think that herbals are pretty much herbals but boy was I wrong. This one is not as sweet and honey like than the other chamomile tea I have on hand. Not that it is bitter or anything is wrong with it, just that it lacks the natural honey flavor notes that I fell in love with another brand.

Friday Apr. 8, 2011
3rd Steep of the Day
Went for Twinings BlackCurrant Breeze.
Good Bold Black Tea with a Strong Currant Flavor
The Fruit Smooths out the Tea till the End of the Cup.
Good Early Evening Tea.
Keep on Steepin

Monday Feb. 28, 2011
2nd Steep of the Day
Needed a BlackCurrant Breeze
This Is A Great Black Tea With a strong Currant Flavor.
Great Sipping Cup for the Early Evening.
Keep On Steepin

Thursday Feb. 24, 2011
2nd Steep of the Day
Twinings BlackCurrant Breeze.
Great Bold Black Tea.
With Strong BlackCurrant Flavor.
Keep On Steepin

Saturday Dec. 11, 2010
1st steep of the Day.
Twinings Blackcurrant Breeze.
Great Cup for the Start of the Day.
Enjoying my Brew So I leave it to You, to
Keep on Steepin

Monday Nov. 29 2010
1st Steep of the Day
Along with a Steaming bowl of Cream Of Wheat Cereal
topped With dried bing cherries added.
I topped breakfast off with a Fruity Twinings Blackcurrant Breeze.
Great Compliment with the Cherries in Wheat.
Bold Black as I Like and Fruity Presence with the currants