TwiningsEarl Grey Tea, Loose Tea, 7.05 oz Tins

I recently tried the Twinings Earl Grey Loose Tea and I'm in love! This tea is the perfect way to start my mornings or unwind after a long day. The aroma of the bergamot oil is simply heavenly and the taste is smooth and satisfying. I love the convenience of the loose tea as it allows me to control the strength of the tea to my liking. The 7.05 oz tins are also great value for money and will last me a long time. I enjoy drinking my Earl Grey tea with a splash of milk and a drizzle of honey, it's the perfect pick-me-up! If you're an Earl Grey fan, this tea is a must-try! Plus, every time I brew a cup I can't help but say "Earl Yeah!" in my head. It's just that good!

So good! Good value too!

Consistantly the best

My favorite tea! Bre

Never understood loose leaf tea. I mean you can buy tea bags already made up for a cup of tea so why would you want to go to the trouble of dealing with loose leaf? Then I discovered the little paper tea envelopes a few years ago. Didn't realize that these existed. You fill the envelope with as much tea as you want, pull the string and the bag closes. Insert the bag into your tea cup or pot and add hot boiling water. (I will admit that I mostly use my Keurig which is faster.) The flavor is so much "cleaner" somehow than a regular tea bag. It's like tasting Earl Grey for the first time. Also a can lasts a long time. Really can't say enough about how delicious this is.

Earl Gray is my husband’s favorite tea. He reports that this has excellent flavor. We had been using the teabags until I read in a reliable source, could contain plastic microbeads. All of the plastics that we’ve used for decades are now found as microbeads throughout our food cycle, including fresh and saltwater fish. Of course, you will need a tea ball of some type.

If I'm making tea at home, I much prefer using loose leaf tea to tea bags. Tea bags are fine at the office where I'm forced to brew it right in the mug, but at home I have tea pots, a large one if I have guests and a small one that makes two mugs' worth for myself. I have to say that my preferred brand for loose Earl Grey tea is Taylor's of Harrogate, which gets an A+ from me. That said, Twinings is easier to find, a little more affordable, and gets an A-. A minus is a perfectly good rating. I've taken to brewing it with my smaller teapot by putting a Melitta No. 2 filter cone on top with a No. 2 paper filter in it and pouring the boiling water through it and this tea works just fine that way. I get perfectly clear tea with no need to pour it through a strainer. But I've also brewed it using my teapot's stainless steel mesh infuser -- some "fines" do get through and pouring it through a fine-mesh strainer helps, and that method makes very nice tea, too. Either way, it's better than teabags. The tin it comes in is very nice -- it's airtight to keep the tea fresh and flavorful, and the lid is easily removable with just one's fingers -- no need to pry it open with a spoon handle. At any rate, I think this is very good Earl Grey tea. I note that many, many years ago, I tried Earl Grey tea for the first time -- probably 1977, when I bought a package of 10 Twining's tea bags at the supermarket and I became an immediate fan of Earl Grey tea as a result. I bought the tea bags for making tea at the office and was delighted to discover Twining's offered loose tea for making tea at home on a pot. I'd give this 4-1/2 stars if I could, reserving 5 stars for the Taylor's of Harrogate tea. 4-1/2 stars for a cheaper price, easier to find, is a good thing, actually. By the way, half the joy of making Earl Grey tea is smelling the tea in the tin -- the aroma that comes from the oil of bergamot flavoring the black tea is absolutely enticing.

Fresh tasting and good Earl Gray flavor. Nice size.