I suppose in general this is my "go-to" Tea brand. It is extremely reliable in terms of flavor and price. I find that Twinning bagged tea lacks the strength of flavor I began to crave after drinking Bigelow on a regular basis. Of course, I take my Bigelow Earl Grey with two tea bags, and a capful of lemon juice/one wedge.

I also developed a strange habit of eating the tea grinds after having finished the tea...so although this part of the review is probably meaningless to most, slightly lemon-soaked Earl Grey grinds/leaves is a taste I ususally cannot bear to go more than eighteen hours without. Because of this, I carry Lemon juice with me on the off chance I'm forced to buy tea from Starbucks - an institution that offers up Lemonade in lieu of Lemon juice.

Ah well. I enjoy bitter bitter tea, and if served up double bagged but in a regular mug, Bigelow Earl Grey does it 75 percent of the time.

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Alex Zorach wrote: on May 13th, 2013

That's interesting about eating the leaves--I have eaten the leaves of more tender green teas before; I've heard it's common to do with some Japanese green teas but I've never tried it with a black tea or a finely broken tea like this one.

I do like this Earl Grey though, for the same reason you have--and I also find it to be considerably stronger than Twinings, and I like that.

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