Awake English Breakfast Full Leaf
This tea has been retired/discontinued.
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Commercial Description
A breakfast-style black tea of malty boldness & bright flavor, invigorating any time of day.
Ratings & Reviews
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67 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 3/5spaflam (180 reviews) on Dec. 10th, 2014
Wow does this have caffeine in it or what? Dark and Black - brews up quickly and easy to find everywhere that carries Starbbucks. I usually opt another Tazo blend to this - but if it was this or Lipton? I'd take Awake for sure. Very strong black tea.
60 Aroma: 6/10 Flavor: 3/5 Value: 3/5Alex Zorach (1453 reviews) on May. 29th, 2013
Of all the teas I've sampled from Tazo in both the old tea bags, and the new full leaf sachets, this is the one that I think improved the least.
I thought the old tea was already pretty complex, above average for a tea bag, but I think this one is below average for a whole leaf sachet.
Aroma is mostly malty, typical for an English Breakfast, flavor is more sour than bitter, and there's quite a bit of astringency. Robust and full-bodied.
The one thing I really notice though is how they stuff an insane amount of leaf into the sachet! Seriously, this is like about twice as much leaf as I use for brewing a regular cup of tea, and it's considerably more than I've seen in some of the other Tazo teas, like the China green tips I recently reviewed.
The result is that this bag produces a very strong brew. I'm not convinced that the tea itself is particularly strong, that they just created the strength of the brew by using more leaf than normal. I dissected the bag and looked at the leaf, and it doesn't contain much tip (contrast with the China green tips, which actually DOES contain more tip, as the name suggests).
I recommend making a single brief steeping, only a minute, because this tea is so strong, and then following it up by brewing a second cup.
This is perfectly drinkable. Is it better than something like PG Tips? I don't really think so. Contrast with some of Tazo's other offerings, which I would say really are better.
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