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Description

Black Keemun tea from the Anhui region of China. As its name implies, English Breakfast tea is an ideal accompaniment to a morning meal. Our exquisite version of this tea is made with the finest grade Keemun, prized for its rich smoky flavor, and sumptuous aroma. May be enjoyed plain or with a drop of milk. It remains one of our most popular varieties.

Story

The English required a tea strong enough to wash down their beloved Fry-up, a typical morning fare of fried bacon, sausage, mushroom, eggs and tomato. The black teas of Keemun were found to be an ideal lubricant for all this cholesterol. English Breakfast was also instrumental in the Monty Python spam sketch (waitress: Well, there's egg and bacon; egg, sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg, bacon and spam...) that gave annoying and unsolicited emails their nickname.

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Lynne, D.
May 20th '09

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"I bought this when the Irish Breakfast was out of stock and was disappointed. It has a flavor or scent that is reminiscent of Band-Aid. "
1 vote
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Ronald R.
Mar 22nd '07

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"This was unlike any other English Breakfast tea I have ever had. It was way too smokey for my taste. I'll stick with the Irish Breakfast."
1 vote
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Andrea D.
Dec 12th '06

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"Overpoweringly smoky. I normally love English Breakfast teas and was surprised by the unpleasant smokiness in this blend. If smoky is not your thing, pass on this. "
1 vote
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Samantha C.
Nov 13th '06

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"Not very good. . .it has a strange, smokey scent and flavor that I did not like at all. I love regular English Breakfast so I expected to love this but was very disappointed it."
1 vote
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Yvonne A.
Sep 2nd '10

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"my bf is from the UK and as soon as he opened the canister he sniffed it and grinned. apparently it's pretty legit. I found it to have a bit of a smokey flavor to it, really nice. I prefer it with sugar, but he prefers it without. Definitely a nice tea"
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Barb C.
Sep 2nd '10

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"A good tea. I tried the sample. I have found a better English Breakfast tea at a local store."

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