English Breakfast tea?!
English Breakfast tea?
Thanks for that, now I just wanna know if when u say "English Breakfast tea", that is a specific type of tea, (like can be red tea or ceylon tea.) I mean, is there a tea variety called "English Breakfast"??
Thanks a lot!!!!
Answers:
It's not a tea variety in the sense of a specific plant. It's a blend of teas from different regions with different characteristics.
Think Bells whisky rather than a single malt.
Blended together these make a full flavoured robust tea which is a great pick-me up in the morning (as I wouldn't recommend whisky).
It goes well with a full english breakfast too.
Yes, it is a type of Tea, very good too!!
Black tea is withered, fully oxidized and dried. Black tea yields a hearty, amber-colored brew. Some of the popular black teas include English Breakfast, and Darjeeling.
English Breakfast
The prototype of this most popular of all teas was developed over a hundred years ago by the Scottish Tea Master Drysdale in EdInburgh. It was marketed simply as "Breakfast Tea". It became popular in England due to the craze Queen Victoria created for things Scottish (the summer home of Victoria and Albert was the Highland castle of Balmoral). Tea shops in London, however, changed the name and marketed it as "English Breakfast Tea". It is a blend of fine black teas, often including some Keemun tea. Many tea authorities suggest that the Keemun tea blended with milk creates a bouquet that reminds people of "toast hot from the oven" and maybe the original source for the name. It should be offered with milk or lemon. (One never serves lemon to a guest if they request milk-the lemon is never used. It would curdle the milk.) It may also be used to brew iced tea.
It is a blend of several varieties of tea dependant upon manufacturer
Usually blended to be mild yet with a slight perkiness to assist waking
There are a number of tea manufacturer's that make a "Breakfast Tea" blend.
It a specific TYPE of tea...but the thing is, many many 'brand names' of tea, like tetleys, or twinnings etc do thier OWN type of english breakfast tea too.
Just look on the pack, whichever brand you buy, if its actual breakfast tea, t will say so on the packaging.
Twinnings produce a tea called English Breakfast which contains: Tea from several origins originally blended to compliment the traditional hearty English breakfast from which the name derives.
Tetley!!! lol is the best english breakfast tea
Breakfast Tea also generally denotes a stronger tea. The alternative is "afternoon tea" which is lighter.
There is a tea variety called English Breakfast and it is okay and its is made by Twinings http://www.twinings.co.uk/specialitytea/...
However they also make several herbal teas that are really very nice and so is Lady Grey and Early Grey and Chai