English Breakfast (tea bags)
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75 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 3/5Tchuggin' Okie (401 reviews) on Nov. 12th, 2024
Another bagged offering arrives from Teavana's latest comeback push, which finds its teas (including this one) in late 2024 in online stores like Wal-Mart, Target, Amazon, and even Staples (where the price was lowest as of this writing, but still around $12 for a 24-ct box).
I used an average of the retail prices I found for the "value" rating, which is not great, even for a such a nice bagged tea. $12-17 for any 24-bag box of tea seems high. Still, I can see this being a favorite easy-access EB tea for a lot of folks who are willing to pay a few dollars' premium for a known-quality name, and who aren't aware of better per-bag values for comparable tea from outlets like Murchie's. I got mine at a conference in Virginia Beach, so the new-look Teavanas are being disbursed to higher-end food-service concessionaires too. Good way to build exposure!
The dry-bag aroma was somewhat muted for a tea with such a rich flavor, especially considering that each teabag comes in an individually sealed, foil-lined pouch as pictured. But from cup to throat, this stuff is excellent, and hard to beat. It's a friendly, dark, moderately strong, smooth, almost savory, faintly bitter, slightly astringent, malty, decidedly sweetener-tolerant EB that goes down with a mild warming effect (beyond the actual temperature), and leaves one wanting more after each swallow. I can't find any documentation as to what's used, but I'd be stunned if Assam weren't a substantial player in this blend. If it were a few bucks less, I'd want to order a bunch, but I can get comparably high-quality bagged EBs elsewhere already. I wonder how it would compare to Teavana's original, loose-leaf version, which apparently has been retired.
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