PG Tips Black Tea, Pyramid Tea Bags, 80-Count Boxes (Pack of 4)

by PG Tips

Product Features

• 100% Natural Tea - Rainforest Alliance Certified
• England's #1 Tea
• The PG Tips pyramid tea bag allows the tea more room to brew like a miniature tea pot, which helps to release the freshness and best tasting cup of tea.
• Blended with the finest Assam, Ceylon and Kenyan teas.
• Product of England

Product Description

Founded in 1869 by Arthur Brook, developed his own quality blends mixing together various estate teas. This ensured a more consistent quality because, as with any crop, the characteristics of a consignment can vary according to climate, time of year and general growing conditions. In 1930 PG Tips was launched in the UK as a loose leaf tea in soft packs. It was originally called Pre-Gest-Tee" but soon abbreviated by grocers and van salesmen as PG. The company adopted the official name and added 'tips' to highlight that PG takes only the top two leaves and a bud to make its tea. PG Tips is a popular British blend of the finest Assam, Ceylon and Kenyan teas which produces a rich and refreshing flavor. The definitive traditional English tea. The PG Tips pyramid tea bag gives the tea leaves more room to move around than a flat conventional tea bag. So the tea bag works like a miniature tea pot. This allows for all the freshness to be released for the best tasting cup of PG.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001EQ5JLY
• UPC: 667803000950
• Country of Origin: United Kingdom
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (92 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90 in Grocery & Gourmet Food (See Top 100 in Grocery & Gourmet Food)
  • #3 in Grocery & Gourmet Food > Beverages > Coffee, Tea & Cocoa > Tea > Black Tea

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fine and sturdy everyday tea, October 31, 2008

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Gary Coffrin (San Jose, California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: PG Tips Black Tea, Pyramid Tea Bags, 80-Count Boxes (Pack of 4) (Grocery)

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.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent all around tea, June 7, 2007

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Jane "Bibliophile" (Laguna Beach, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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We drink a lot of tea in this house, and after trying many other basic black teas have settled on this as the best one all around. For the first pot in the morning to the iced tea later in the day, this is the one we all (four tea-drinkers) prefer.

It is robust without being bitter, does not develop a stewed flavor after sitting in the pot for an hour or so, and is very even in quality from batch to batch.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Only Tea You Need, January 15, 2007

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Valarie Pittman (nashville, tn United States) - See all my reviews
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The flavor of this tea is strong and bold without tasting bitter. PG Tips is the best tea I've ever tasted and I've been drinking it for over 10 years! I'm glad that Amazon.com is selling it because it's definitely more expensive if you buy from those specialty tea shops. Everyone that I've introduced this to loves it. If you're a serious tea drinker you can't go wrong with this. It's the UK's #1 tea, that says it all!