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We apologize this tea is temporarily out of stock. We are among the few companies to offer teas directly from origin. While this has the advantage of superior quality, the disadvantage is longer delivery times.

Estimated arrival date is the end of October. We'll gladly drop you a note once the fresh batch is here. Please let us know where to mail it:


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English Breakfast

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Description

Black Keemun tea from the Anhui region of China. As its name implies, English Breakfast tea is an ideal accompaniment to a morning meal. Our exquisite version of this tea is made with the finest grade Keemun, prized for its rich chocolaty flavor, and sumptuous aroma. May be enjoyed plain or with a drop of milk. It remains one of our most popular varieties.

Story

The English required a tea strong enough to wash down their beloved Fry-up, a typical morning fare of fried bacon, sausage, mushroom, eggs and tomato. The black teas of Keemun were found to be an ideal lubricant for all this cholesterol. English Breakfast was also instrumental in the Monty Python spam sketch (waitress: Well, there's egg and bacon; egg, sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg, bacon and spam...) that gave annoying and unsolicited emails their nickname.

Customer Reviews

 | Negative: 25
 | Neutral: 49
Positive: 280
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Yvonne A.
Sep 2nd '10

"my bf is from the UK and as soon as he opened the canister he sniffed it and grinned. apparently it's pretty legit. I found it to have a bit of a smokey flavor to it, really nice. I prefer it with sugar, but he prefers it without. Definitely a nice tea"
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Barb C.
Sep 2nd '10

"A good tea. I tried the sample. I have found a better English Breakfast tea at a local store."
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Neil K.
Aug 19th '10

"Very good tea, full bodied and tasty. Would be good with milk and/or sugar, but I thinkl it does quite well on its own. Anyone new to loose leaf teas and are used to store bought black tea bags definately need to try this one. This is in the running of being my black tea of choice as a daily drink."
[ 4 mins @ 212°F ]
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Sandra C.
Aug 17th '10

"It was everything that i expected it to be and even more"
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Kristen I.
Aug 15th '10

"Good and strong flavor. This tea is a standard that I will use for an every day cup of tea."
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Cheryl B.
Aug 15th '10

"This was not my favorite - there's a smokiness to it that some may like, but reminds me of a barn stall. I think I'll give Irish Breakfast a try next time it's available, instead."

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