English Breakfast Black Tea

$2.50

Our English Breakfast Tea combines top-quality black teas from premier tea gardens. The result is a very distinctive, rich tea. It takes milk and sugar very well. This stimulating tea is the perfect morning wake-up drink.

There are many differing stories regarding the origin of English Breakfast Tea. One is that the prototype for English Breakfast was developed in Edinburgh over a hundred years ago by the Scottish Tea Master Drysdale. It was marketed simply as "Breakfast Tea" and become popular in England due to the craze Queen Victoria created for all things Scottish. Tea shops in London, however, changed the name and sold it as "English Breakfast Tea".

Another account claims that the blend now known as English Breakfast originated not in England but in America, as far back as Colonial times. Colonials, perhaps suffering from homesickness, dubbed the blend of black tea customarily enjoyed in Britain "English Breakfast" out of nostalgia.

Whatever the case, English Breakfast has made its mark in tea history and, along with Irish Breakfast, is one of the most famous blended teas.

Details

Ingredients
blended black teas

Steeping Instructions
3-5 minutes at 190-209 degrees Fahrenheit

Caffeinated
Yes

Cups to Grams

8 grams makes 3-4 cups
25 grams makes 10-15 cups
50 grams makes 20-25 cups
100 grams makes 45-50 cups
1 pound loose makes 180-200 cups

Tea Bag Packaging

10 ct - 10 tea bags wrapped in cellophane
30 ct - 30 tea bags in a box
90 ct - three 30 ct boxes
150 ct - five 30 ct boxes
240 ct - eight 30 ct boxes
1000 ct - one box of 1000 loose tea bags
Note: Substitution with 18 ct boxes may occur