Customer Reviews

PG Tips Black Tea, Pyramid Tea Bags, 40-Count Boxes (Pack of 6)

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The folks in the United Kingdom drink more PG Tips tea than any other brand, and perhaps after you try it; it will be your #1 choice, too! (By the way, the folks in Ireland drink more tea per person than in any other country.)

PG Tips Tea and PG Tips Special Blend Tea is our home's standard tea. There are a few specialty retailers in the USA that now offer the PG Tips Special Blend Tea and hopefully Amazon will do so soon.

In the 1930s (the pre-digestive era in history) this tea was introduced by the name "Pre-Gest-Tee" suggesting the tea could be consumed before food was eaten, but it was the grocers who gave it the abbreviation of "PG" - and the company added "tips" (since the company uses only the best part of the tea plant, the two top leaves and bud of the tea plant to make the tea).

Many black teas sold in the USA are graded the basic medium grade Orange Pekoe (generally the tea leaves below the top two and bud), which is one of the reasons PG Tips gets higher reviews than most other teas. PG Tips also uses their pyramid tea bag that allows ample room for the tea to expand as it is infused. Additionally, in my opinion, PG Tips blends only two blends, rather than blending a wide assortment, thus becoming really good at what they do.

Here at Amazon PG Tips is priced at just over a nickel a tea bag (a good value for an imported product) when you order the 240 count boxes in a set of two, and even less expensive in the higher volumes. PG Tips makes wonderful ice tea too, and that's good news since Americans drink about 80% of their tea as iced tea and only 20% as hot tea. Worldwide more hot tea is consumed than iced tea, and worldwide tea is the most consumed beverage (next to water), while in the USA it is the sixth most consumed beverage (next to water).

A very good question to ponder is "Why this is?"

Drinking an adequate amount of tea daily is now being considered to be very good for one's health, and it is much more enjoyable to drink a really good cuppa (cup of tea), especially at the nominal cost of about a nickel a cup when compared to one of those gourmet coffee places who charge upwards of four to five dollars for a large cup of coffee.

When we have a guest in our home we always offer them a PG Tips cuppa, and they always say they have never tasted a tea this good - thus, I rate it 5 stars for its quality and very nominal price!

I would be lost without a source for PG Tips pyramid teabags.
This is good, everyday tea for a strong, near-lifesaving cuppa.

Don't buy it expecting a gourmet experience (this tea doesn't come in wild ginger or peach flavours). Buy it expecting a good normal cup of tea, miles better than Lipton's floorsweepings or Tetley's pure tannin.

I have been drinking hot tea since childhood, which is a fairly common thing for children in rural Maine. I've been faithful to Red Rose for years, until a British co-worker introduced me to PG Tips. There's no turning back for me now! The strong, robust cup of tea I get from one bag of the PG Tips has spoiled me for anything else.

I learned about PG Tips on a visit to Oxford University. It is aromatic and delicious. PG tips can be brewed quite strong and if milk is added it is very tasty. I brew a whole pot and sip on cup after cup while writing. Unlike coffee, this tea provides a slow gentle lift over the hours.

This is a very drinkable blend of Assam, Ceylon, and Kenyan black teas from PG Tips, one of the UK's most popular brands. Although some California grocery stores (and Cost Plus World Market) stock this tea, I had not tried it until reading helpful reviews on Amazon.

Each PG Tips bag weighs 38 percent more than the Lipton bag (that is available in the USA). As expected, PG Tips makes a stronger brew. Each PG Tips bag has so much tea that I can easily make a 12 ounce mug with a single bag. I drink my tea black, but PG Tips is clearly robust enough to maintain character with milk or sweetener.

PG Tips is a sturdy, straight-ahead blend with more strength than Lipton's. It is a caffeine-rich tea - in part because each bag has more tea than other brands.

PG Tips uses a pyramid shaped bag that allows more room for tea leaves to expand while steeping. Does it make better tea? I don't know, but it is a point of differentiation.

HINT: PG Tips also makes a Special Blend black tea that is only slightly more expensive in stores. I much prefer the Special Blend to their regular black tea. The PG Tips Special Blend is a very hardy and rich breakfast tea. The Special Blend is more sensitive to longer steeping times (I usually steep mine less than 3 minutes), but I find the taste more complex and satisfying.

Cognoscenti typically prefer loose tea. Tea bags contain the less expensive "fannings" or "dust," remains from processing loose leaf tea. And with some others brands of tea (not PG Tips), many people can taste the paper used in the bag.

If you (like I) sometimes appreciate the convenience of bags, I recommend trying PG Tips as a sturdy everyday tea. And, I more strongly recommend their Special Blend as a hardy and rich breakfast tea.

Before I tasted PG Tips I was drinking Twinings Irish Breakfast (IB) tea which is quite good. However, PG Tips is as good as Twinings IB and costs just half the price. It is a blend of Assam, Ceylon and Kenyan tea. I have no clue what IB tea is, it does not say anything on the box.

I am switching to PG Tips from now.

It's really the perfect all-rounder. It's got a great flavor, it's incredibly smooth and doesn't have the absurd amount of tannins that some other teas to -- Tetley, for example.

Currently, this tea is a little over 3 dollars per 40 pack, which is a pretty fair deal as it is an imported item. I'd say give it a shot, as long as you're into honest black tea. If you're into those flavored teas where they add a bunch of natural flavors to cover-up the horrible outhouse quality tea leaves, well...to each their own, but in the meantime man up and try some PG Tips anyway!

Really though, it's a very approachable tea, you'll enjoy it.

This is the best tea available and I am so glad I have found it available on Amazon. Back in the day I used to have to drive all over town to find an English store and then pay exhorbitant prices for some English tea. You might guess I am English and a total tea junkie but it has to be P.G. Tips because it is the greatest. It always tastes great, you can make it mild or strong, add honey or milk or sugar and still have great tea flavour. I drink four or five pots of tea a day and P.G. Tips never dissapoints.

What is more comforting than curling up before the fire with a good book and a great "cuppa"? Amazon, which for years has made the good book part a cinch, now makes getting a great cuppa just as easy!

PG Tips is fabulous tea! Much better than any I have tried before. I am so glad to have stumbled onto it - along with all the glowing reviews which helped me decide to take a chance.

One bag in my 12oz Brown Betty teapot for 5 minutes produces a robust brew with good color and aroma. Add milk and sugar and enjoy. Really delicious!

Cheers!

This is the first time I have tried PG Tips, and have to say that I was pleasantly surprised! I am a tea drinker, and let me say, it makes an absolutely delicious cup of tea. It would be hard to go back to other brands after having tried this brand.