Tetley - Earl Grey 50 Bags - 125g

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Everyone has a different standard for what makes the best Earl Grey tea. Do you prefer a light, floral, or strong earl grey tea? To make it as unbiased as possible, I came up with a rating scale to review the most popular earl grey tea bags I could find in Canada on my search to find the best earl grey tea. Plus, it’s always nice knowing exactly what you’re drinking – no essential oils or (my favourite) flavouring. I think I was expecting to be completely blow away by Harney and Sons Earl GreySupreme(I mean it is supreme after all). I was also upset with the length of the string. It’s something so simple, the string wasjust a bit too short and kept almost falling in to my tea. Brewing Twinings Earl grey tea for anywhere between 2-5 minutes. The ingredients are tea and bergamot flavour.

P.S. Can’t let go of the caffeine? They also have a non decaf Earl Grey teathat tastes basically the same but now with the added bonus of caffeine! Real Bergamot Earl Grey Tea: Firebelly TeaOther studies have observed similar results, with some research suggesting that bergamot may enhance the effects of traditional cholesterol-lowering medications ( 9).

Bergamot is rich in beneficial plant compounds known as polyphenols, including the flavonoids neoeriocitrin, neohesperidin, and naringin ( 1, 2). I also enlisted the help of my partner and my fellow tea-loving bestie to get a few opinions. What’s The Best Earl Grey Tea Bag For You? In particular, bergamot contains flavanones, which may inhibit enzymes that produce cholesterol in your body ( 7, 8). The smell was nothing special, reminding me of a sweeter Red Rose/ Orange Pekoe tea. It didn’t out right remind me of Earl Grey, but overall, it wasn’t bad. I’ll admit, I went into this tea tasting with a bit of a negative bias towards Twinings Earl grey tea. I know it’s one of the leading English tea brands (from the 1700s!), but I’ve never been a huge fan of Twinings Earl grey tea.

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Similar to Tazo Earl Grey tea though, it got better after more refills, possibly being too strong for its own good.

Our Finest, or Notre Excellence in French, was the cheapest Early Grey tea I found on the market (before I found Ahmad Tea Earl Grey). At only .11𝇍 a tea bag, it’s the cheapest Earl grey tea bag on this list! Right away, the water turns a rich red colour. For comparison’s sake, it’s darker than Twinings but lighter than Ahmad Tea which uses a Kenyan tea base.

To brew a Friendship Organics decaf Earl Grey tea, they recommend using one cup of water per tea bag and steeping for 3-5 minutes. These are my opinions! It’s what I taste when I drink the tea, so you may have a different opinion! I tried to be as objective as possible, and justnoticed certain notes (sweet vs. bitter), although at times it was harder than others ( Tim’s I’m looking at you!).I’m also not a tea tasting expert, I taste what I taste, I’m not trying to be fancy. If you’re interested in an Earl grey tea with less bergamot you’ll want to try Tetley. Overall it had a good taste profile but it was lighter on the bergamot flavour.

The flavour of Earl grey tea is all about the bergamot. Most tea brands today don’t actually use fresh bergamot. They’ll either use bergamot essential oil, or sometimes even natural flavouring, to make Earl grey tea. Does Earl Grey Tea Have Caffeine? When I did the second taste test, I wanted to see how many times I could refill my mug using the same teabag. The number represents how many cups I was able to get out of one tea bag. Of course, thisis correlatedwith the strength of the tea as well. The more refills,typically, the stronger the tea. To do this, I followed the rules for Grandpa style tea, where I drink 3/4 of the cup and then refill it with water. My mug holds about a cup and a half of water. There’s no noticeable change in colour. But the overall taste has started to mellow and balance out. There’s also a more prominent bergamot aftertaste. The citrus taste starts to intensify. The colour is a little darker in tone while the tea smell starts to shine. I included a loose leaf tea in my search to find the best Earl Grey tea because I thought it would be a good comparison. Loose leaf tea has this standard of being such high quality tea, so I was interested to see how tea bags held up.Tetley is a well known English tea brand, founded in 1837.Teltey Earl grey tea was yet another another bag full of surprises!The brew instructions are very basic, boil one cup of water and let your tea bag steep for 3-4 minutes. What’s more, other test-tube and animal studies suggest that bergamot juice may reduce intestinal inflammation and fight H. pylori bacteria, which are associated with stomach ulcers and pain ( 11, 12). You can find bergamot tea in most grocery stores — with or without caffeine, additional ingredients, and other flavorings. How expensive is this tea compared to the others on this list. The most expensive tea will get the least points (1) and the cheapest will get the most (10). Taste: 3.5/5 This is a strong cup of tea, hindering on the bitter side. It drastically changes as you water it down.