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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: 42
Positive: 261
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Jason W.
Mar 11th '10

"My wife enjoys this tea, and drinks it every day. Will reorder."
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Julie C.
Mar 4th '10

"This is hands down the best english breakfast I have ever had. Mild, but not too mild. I think the poor reviews may have steeped too long. Very satisfying and will definitely buy again. (Blows Twinings and Republic of Tea away! Shh)."
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Alicia T.
Feb 25th '10

"Unpleasantly surprised by the unusual taste of this blend. "
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Sheela C.
Feb 24th '10

"I have always loved this tea and the Adagio one tops all of the other ones that I have had. The only thing is to make sure that you don't over-brew this tea or it will get bitter quite fast."
[ 5 mins @ 212°F ]
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Lewis S.
Feb 17th '10

"Not sure about this tea. I'm an English Breakfast fan, but this blend just doesn't taste right. It seems to have a chemical-like taste, which does diminish with every re-steep, but it put me off. I'll finish what I have but I don't plan on re-ordering this one."
[ 3 mins @ 212°F ]
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Tracy R.
Feb 14th '10

"Not as good as I hoped! I adored Irish Breakfast, but this just didn't match it."

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