Tea: Ceylon Orange Pekoe
A Ceylon Black Tea from Twinings
| Brand: | Twinings |
| Style: | Ceylon Black Tea |
| Region: | Matale, Sri Lanka (Dimbula) |
| Caffeine: | Caffeinated |
| Loose? | Teabag |
| # Ratings: | 3 View All |
| Product page: | Ceylon Orange Pekoe |
Reviewer: Alex Zorach
✓ 1453 teas reviewed
✓ 45 of Ceylon Black Tea
✓ 501 of Black Tea
✓ 36 of Twinings
✓ 4 from Matale, Sri Lanka (Dimbula)
✓ 68 from Sri Lanka / Ceylon
Review of Ceylon Orange Pekoe
February 28th, 2011
| Aroma | Flavor | Value | Total |
| 5 of 10 | 4 of 5 | 4 of 5 | 63 of 100 |
| Fair | Good | Good Value |
A classic British-style Ceylon tea. Medium-strength black tea with a fairly clean, cool taste. Moderate bitterness and astringency, little sourness. Maltier and deeper than some Ceylons.
Above average among Twinings offerings and better than what I typically expect from a tea bag. This is an example of a tea that Twinings does well.
I have continued to sample more of Twinings pure teas, and I keep coming back to this one as the gold standard. It is my favorite tea from Twinings and I have yet to try one that I like better than this, although their Irish Breakfast is not bad and certainly comes close. I strongly recommend this one over their English Breakfast; this one tastes as good as any mainstream English Breakfast tea to me.
