English Breakfast Blend No. 1 Tea - Loose Leaf

Tea is so fine that it sifts through a standard ball infuser. I can't imagine what kind of infuser would contain it, except the individual papery ones (extra cost). If you don't mind straining tiny tea bits through your teeth, & having the mess of trying to clean them all out of the infuser, go ahead and order this one. I ordered it because my preferred type was out of stock, and this one was advertised as their strongest cup of tea. What a shock after enjoying the Irish Breakfast loose tea.

This tea is ground very fine. This makes the brewing time extra fast and the taste is very good with a bit of milk for a morning tea. It is one of my standard teas I stock.

My bag of English Breakfast #1 tea is mostly tea-dust. very unpleasant and it shifts through the tea-ball, floating around in my cup. Don't bother ordering it. It is terrible.

English Tea Store's own brand, namely their English Breakfast Tea No.1 is as good as any other name brand, and better than most. If you've had Twinings or PG Tips and enjoyed them then you'll appreciate the full-bodied flavor of No. 1. At home we usually brew a full pot of tea each morning so we can have more than one cup each. We also add a teaspoon of a Ahmad Special Blend to the pot to add just a touch of extra zing to the flavor. We've been ordering tea from English Tea Store for about eight years now, and they are good people to deal with. Our most recent order arrived in new style bags labeled No.1 but, when we opened the first bag we discovered it contained the larger leaf No.2. The No.2 is the large-leaf version of No.1, and it has very similar taste except that it's milder, less full-bodied. I scooped some onto a dish beside the bag and took a photo with my phone. Then I emailed Online Stores. They handle communications for several merchants including English Tea Store. They responded the next day and asked if we wanted a refund or wanted them to send No.1 as originally requested. We said send the tea, of course! It arrived in about a week, and this time it was the correct fine-grain No.1. We made a fresh pot this morning and confirmed it's exactly right. Nice tea, nice company. Mistakes happen; they fixed it.

I love the English Breakfast Tea by ETS. It has a great flavor and brews very fast since it is a very fine ground tea. I mix it with Bourbon Street Vanilla and add a bit of milk for a wonderful taste. It gets me going in the mornings.

As stated by many other reviewers, the tea is ground VERY fine, almost dust-like. The flavor is not bad but absolutely no 'malty' flavor. Much prefer the Scottish or No. 2 loose leaf teas. To each their own...

Just a lovely tea everyone should enjoy at any time of the day or in the evening. Could be ground just a bit coarser as small bits sometimes pass thru the tea strainer mesh. I should have ordered 2 pounds instead of 1 !

My two 1lb bags of English Breakfast Blend No 1 Tea were almost powder. Pretty close to the consistency of that found in a tea bag. The price was great, the taste was OK but nothing worthy of ordering it again.

I love the English, Irish, and Scottish breakfast teas from ETS. I buy them alternately. The English is robust, dark colored tea that takes milk and various methods of sweetening very well. Malty flavor, maybe a bit like porter. Great with honey and a little lemon, especially for a sore throat or bad voice day. I have never really taken to milk in my tea, though I try it periodically. I really prefer the flavor of the tea black, maybe with just a touch of sugar, just enough to take off any bitter edge. If I'm stressed or sick, I make it strong and sweet. That seems to be the recommendation in many English mysteries, which also go well with the tea, by the way. Also, If you don't want to use a real tea strainer with a fine mesh, get the English breakfast tea II. If you want to make real tea, you need a real tea strainer, not a coarse mesh ball style or hole-pricked screw together affair. Unless you want to read the leaves instead of Agatha Christie.