Customer Reviews

Twinings Earl Grey Tea, Tea Bags, 50-Count Boxes (Pack of 6)

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My favorite of the traditional Earl Grey teas is Bigelow. Personally, I find Twinings too light and a bit sour. My favorite Earl Grey is made by Revolution, and includes lavender as an ingredient. If you want an Earl Grey that doesn't hold back on the bergamont, and you don't mind some extra tannins, I'd suggest Rishi or Tazo. If you want to try an Earl with a unique citrus zing, go for Stash Double Bergamont. I think it includes grapefruit flavoring (just my perception). Lady Grey by Twinings also tastes great, and includes small blue flowers, which you can see in the loose leaf version. Cool visual effect against the dark black tea leaves.

I only drink coffee in the morning and usually only one cup. I'm a pharmacist and used to drink coffee all day long for a little pick-me-up when my energy flagged, but the coffee sometimes bothered my stomach since I drank so much. My doctor suggested I switch to tea.
I started drinking L****n tea, you know the one in the yellow and red box, what did I know about tea? I was working at the time with a young Chinese man (a friend of my son's) and he was a Star Trek fan, as am I. When I went out for a container of tea one day I asked if he wanted anything and he asked for Earl Grey. I asked why and he told me that Capt. Pickard on Gen II always ordered "Earl Grey hot" from the replicator. I laughed as I had seen that too and just never connected with the brand and had one also.
Well, I liked it so much that it became my favorite tea. I still have English Breakfast and some Chinese teas sometimes, but I must have Earl Grey with my dinner. Sometimes people wonder at my "tea sophistication" and I don't tell them where my preference actually comes from.If they only knew.

Twinings was founded in London, England in 1706, and has a long and respected tradition of producing only the finest of teas. Earl Grey tea was named after Charles Grey, Second Earl Grey (1764-1845), and is a mixture of black tea and oil of bergamot (a small acidic orange). It is said that Earl Grey learned the recipe of this delicious tea from a Chinese Mandarin and brought it home to England, where it has been a favorite ever since.

OK, let's get down to brass tacks - this is a great tea, produced by a great company, and is my all-time favorite. The tea produced has a wonderful aroma, and an excellent taste. But, a couple of words of warning - don't over-steep the tea, or it will quickly become bitter and unpalatable. Also, while sugar goes well with this tea, I have found that milk dilutes the bergamot too much, and lemon completely hides the bergamot which is the reason for drinking it!

That's my review. If you want a wonderful smelling and tasting black tea, then Earl Grey is for you. If you want tea from a great tea producer, them Twinings is for you. If you want a nectareous drink, then buy Twinings' Earl Grey tea!

I got hooked on Bigelow's Earl Gray tea. I thought I'd try Twinings verson. Twinings is milder in flavor, but still very good, and a great value too.

It's not the regular, strong Earl Grey Twinings I come to love. This version lacks strength and flavor - two teabags are needed for regular strength tea. It's even states on the box - Light Flavour Strenght (2 leaves out of five). Beware!

We love getting this by the case since we drink so much of it. However, the last case showed up and about 90% of all the bags were not "stuffed" and folded closed properly. Resulting in massive amounts of tea spilling out. Not the end of the world. you could just stuff the bag into a tea ball and that would get you by. We resorted to shaking all the tea to the side of the bag that was folded closed properly and rolling up the edge and winding the string around it to keep it that way while steeping. Again, not the end of the world but an annoyance. If the next case shows up like this I think we'll send it back. But I don't know who to request to make good on it; Amazon or Twinings

My husband and I both love Twinings Earl Grey Tea. In the grocery store you can only buy little boxes, and often times they are out of it. I've searched other sites, and stores looking for the best price. This, hands down, is it.

We bought this bulk box because we drink a lot of tea...it's a great bargain if you're a tea drinker!!! :)

Twinings invented Earl Grey blend tea. It is a very light and refreshing blend. The bergamont flavor (derived from a type of Mediterr. orange, not an herb as the last reviewer stated) is not very overpowering at all. It is not as caffeine heavy as some of Twinings other blends (English Breakfast, Irish Breakfast). If you like this blend, you will also enjoy Lady Grey (which adds a little lemony flavor to the blend). They also sell this tea as a loose leaf. Cant beat Amazon's price either.

I used to be a coffee drinker. I was raised on the stuff. Being up first in the morning meant I filled the electric pot and got it going. My mother did not emerge until the pot finished, some 20 minutes later. I started drinking it myself when I got my first job at the ski lift. We got hot drinks for free, and I was soon hooked. Some years later, I realized I wasn't really drinking coffee. I was lacing it with so much sugar and creme that it wasn't really coffee at all. I got headaches if I didn't get my fix, every couple hours, every day.

So, as a health benefit, I switched to tea. I began with Lipton, but soon experimented with all sorts of flavors. When I hit on the Earl Grey, that was it for me. It's a mild form of the English Breakfast Tea, laced with a bit of Bergamot which may be the reason it is palatable any time, day or night. I prefer Twinings, although I have used competitor's out of curiosity, or availability, I always go back to Twinings Earl Grey. I am definitely hooked again, but with no ill side effects. I generally drink 2 big mugs in the morning, yearn for more in late afternoon, and top of my evening the same way it began.

Try it. You'll like it.