Tea: English Breakfast Black Tea
An English Breakfast from Bigelow Tea
Brand: | Bigelow Tea |
Style: | English Breakfast |
Region: | ????? |
Caffeine: | Caffeinated |
Loose? | Teabag |
# Ratings: | 6 View All |
Product page: | English Breakfast Black Tea |
Reviewer: Tchuggin' Okie
✓ 403 teas reviewed
✓ 18 of English Breakfast
✓ 76 of Black Tea
✓ 35 of Bigelow Tea
✓ 136 from ?????
Review of English Breakfast Black Tea
March 23rd, 2018
Aroma | Flavor | Value | Total |
5 of 10 | 4 of 5 | 4 of 5 | 66 of 100 |
Fair | Good | Good Value |
Pulled from a hotel breakfast stash (lower-case, not the tea brand), I brought a bag home to chug in my usual well water. Dry-bag and in-cup aroma were feeble, as has been my experience with most Bigelow teas (except Constant Comment, a major favorite). The brew got dark fairly quickly, tasting pleasant enough, rather ordinary base flavor, yet noticeably bitter. It's far from the worst hotel-provided black tea I've had, and I won't turn down some at no extra cost, but I won't be buying a box for home consumption.
Most teas I try have one at least somewhat surprising element about them. Despite its general blandness, this one did too: a long-lingering aftertaste that was pleasant to tolerable, but just would not go away. Twenty minutes after finishing, I still tasted the tea the same as if I had just swallowed a sip. That was a new experience. The tea consumption wasn't long after the morning brushing/flossing regimen either, so (in case you're curious), there was no in-plaque flavor residency involved. If this had been an unpleasant tea, I would have needed a strong dose of high-powered mouthwash to scour out the unwanted taste residue!