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Last Updated: Mar. 14, 2014 

About Green and Black Tea Blends

This category is for blended teas which include both green tea and black tea, but do not contain any other ingredients.

Green and black tea blends are uncommon for a variety of reasons. One reason is that green tea is most common in the tea culturen of China, Japan, and Southeast Asia, whereas black tea in most common in the tea culture of India and Western countries. Another barrier to creating these blends is that most black teas taste best when brewed with boiling water and taste bland if the water is not hot enough, whereas many green teas taste best when brewed with water well below boiling, and will taste bitter or harsh if the water is too hot. Our guide on brewing temperature for tea explains more about this issue.

In order to effectively blend green and black teas such that they can be brewed well, both teas must be chosen that perform well when brewed at the same temperature. This can be achieved either by choosing black teas that work well at lower temperatures or green teas that can be brewed with hotter water, or achieving a balance between the two.

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Here's still another quality green-black blend from Murchie's, who has a large menu of them and seems to have mastered the apparently delicate art. The blend also is over a century old too, with an interesting history: a custom job originally prepared by company founder James Murchie for Laura Dunsmuir, wife of James...

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89 / 100
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Here's yet another in a parade of marginally different green/black blends offered by Murchie's, all of which have pleased my nasal passages and taste buds nicely on the way inside. GSB, for short, is the third Murchie's green/black product I've found with both jasmine and bergamot, this one the most bergamot-weighted,...

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80 / 100
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This tea was blended originally in 1996 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, though I don't think CBC markets it directly. Murchie's website touts, "choice Ceylon and China black teas, Jasmine and other green teas with a touch of citrus".

Another in a remarkably large select...

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90 / 100
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Murchie's promotes this as a more robustly flavored version of their No. 10 Blend, which I reviewed very favorably in 2019, and I agree. So I'll give it a few more points. The component teas are:
GREEN: Jasmine and gunpowder
BLACK: Keemun and Ceylon, with some bergamot.

No. 22 Blend is yet another in a growing...

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79 / 100
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Murchie's developed this blend to commemorate their 125th anniversary (1894–2019), and I hope it sticks around.

A blind taste test might elicit a reaction like this: "Really nice black tea blend, but I can't quite place this interesting flavor it has under that." The black tea solidly dominates the green in dry-b...

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Brand:Tazo Tea
Style:Green and Black Tea Blend
Region:Himalayas
Caffeine:Caffeinated
Leaf:Teabag
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3 Ratings
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Golden Jade Green Tea

Brand:Teavana
Style:Green and Black Tea Blend
Region:?????
Caffeine:Caffeinated
Leaf:Loose
1 Rating
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Anniversary Blend Tea Bags

Brand:Murchie's Tea & Coffee Ltd
Style:Green and Black Tea Blend
Region:Blend
Caffeine:Caffeinated
Leaf:Teabag
1 Rating
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Library Blend Tea Bags

Brand:Murchie's Tea & Coffee Ltd
Style:Green and Black Tea Blend
Region:Blend
Caffeine:Caffeinated
Leaf:Teabag
1 Rating
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Hatley Castle Blend Tea Bags

Brand:Murchie's Tea & Coffee Ltd
Style:Green and Black Tea Blend
Region:Blend
Caffeine:Caffeinated
Leaf:Teabag
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Top-Rated Green & Black Blend

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Brand:Tazo Tea
Style:Green and Black Tea Blend
Region:Himalayas
Caffeine:Caffeinated
Leaf:Teabag
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3 Ratings

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