English Teatime

Tea type
Black Tea
Ingredients
Not available
Flavors
Astringent, Bitter, Malt, Sweet, Floral, Peach, Bread, Pleasantly Sour, Cloves
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Caffeine
High
Certification
Kosher
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Average preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 45 sec 10 oz / 283 ml

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  • “We arrived at Duke Medical this morning for the removal of the skin cancer about a quarter of an inch from my eye. The paperwork had said to eat a good breakfast as most people can expect to stay...” Read full tasting note
  • “My tea strainer is gone from the office, whether it was stolen or misplaced I have no idea. :( Anyway I decided I would have a teabag of this today, it has caffeine it it and that’s good but...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Yum! This may be a plain black tea but I really like it. It is a nice tea to have while focusing on other things because you don’t feel guilty about not noticing all the special extras about the...” Read full tasting note
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  • “OK, it was dark and my retinas were scorched by looking at (literally) four million Christmas lights—we had our traditional family day at Silver Dollar City yesterday—but I could have sworn the bag...” Read full tasting note

From Bigelow

Typically English, rich in flavor, and appropriate for any tea drinking occasion.

For this special recipe we use only hand-picked tea leaves from higher up in the mountains where the best teas are grown. These mountain grown teas give you a full bodied, yet smooth cup, making English Teatime the perfect pick-me-up tea any time of day.

Taste Profile: Bold bright brew
Aroma: Sweet malty aroma
Liquor: Rich amber with coppery tones
Recommended Temperature: 208 degrees F

-Nov. 2015

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157 tasting notes

Bold, dark, rich in taste, warming—this tea is perfect for its cheap cost. Not the classiest by any means, but working with a limited budget, Bigelow is the knight in shining armor.

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27 tasting notes

I like this tea. Steeped for only 3 minutes, because the package specifies 1-2 minutes. Anyway, great color and great earthiness.

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec
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Kevin,

So glad to hear you enjoyed the English Teatime!

Valorie for Bigelow Tea

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92 tasting notes

Revisited this tea for the first time in forever while on vacation. You know, Bigelow is just good and consistent. I really enjoyed my tea these past few mornings.

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Thought I’d try this one again because I want to conserve my 3 remaining earl grey bags until my adagio shipment gets to me on Wednesday.
This time I tried steeping at a lower temperature and adding some lemon juice and although it doesn’t make it much better, it does make it slightly more enjoyable, I’m happy I had this in my cupboard after all.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 8 min or more

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86 tasting notes

You can always count on this tea to be dependable for a traditional brew…Although sometimes I wish it had some originality.

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I just got this last evening and I have to say that although it’s not as good as Tetley, it’s still rather nice. A smooth and strong blend, perfect for morning. The Assam is very apparent in this tea. I recommend it if you’ve no Tetley around.

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A good, well-rounded cup, I am looking forward to trying more Bigelow teas…

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1429 tasting notes

I don’t know why this tea is in the stash; I have no memories of ever acquiring Bigelow; is it one of those items that every household secretly has if you look hard enough? A mystery, but a good one, as it turns out this is the tea bag that goes well with lemon and honey (and dark, caramel-like Kraken Rum). I liked the result so much I made two cups (one without rum and one with). The final result admittedly may taste a little like flat vanilla coke (so strange, not questioning it).

The tea itself smells pleasantly of broken black tea (from what I can tell) and tastes like one would expect – straightforward, astringent, and malty-sweet. This is the perfect base to add the lemon slice (which bubbles as it steeps), honey, and (optional) a little rum (but not too much because the cough meds don’t play well). I may revisit this even when I’m not sick (the hot toddy-like drink finally won me over).

Flavors: Astringent, Bitter, Malt, Sweet

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec 16 OZ / 473 ML
Evol Ving Ness

So pleased that you gave this a whirl! Too bad about the cough medicines interfering with my father’s approach to scaring evil badness germs and their effects away.

For full effect, in future when meds are not in play, use black builder’s tea, a whole lemon, juice and pulp, two big spoons of pure organic honey, buckwheat if available, and two good glugs of dark rum. Drink hot-Ish and go to bed.

Funny, my father, who was an abstainer, would always deliver this rather potent drink to whomever was ailing. It always did the trick.

Crowkettle

I need another whole lemon lol.

gmathis

Buckwheat! Never heard of that.

Crowkettle

Yeah, the addition of buckwheat would be interesting (I like buckwheat but don’t have any on me right now)!

Evol Ving Ness

Buckwheat honey or wildflower honey. NOT buckwheat the grain.

Crowkettle

Oh.. that makes sense. Buckwheat honey is nice too (buckwheat “tea” powder would’ve added thickness to the concoction).

Evol Ving Ness

Haha, sounds like you are coming back to yourself. Yay! Clearly, the tea worked :)

gmathis

Sorry … four days on Sudafed has turned my brain into one giant cobweb. Buckwheat honey makes sense! Oy.

Evol Ving Ness

I hope YOUare coming back to yourself too.

Crowkettle

Yes, everyone take care! :)

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2284 tasting notes

I’ve been working on finishing up all my random teabags, and I found this one. It tasted all right both with and without milk. Nothing special about it, but it was a pretty nice, regular breakfast blend.

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My daily “Plain Jane”, drink at work tea.

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