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English Breakfast - Loose Leaf Tea

Sale price£9.50

A premium blend of black teas, our award-winning English Breakfast tea balances strength with caramel smoothness in a classic brew that can be enjoyed all day.

Format
size:125g Caddy
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Delivery Info

Christmas Delivery cut-off dates

We kindly ask that all customers check the cut-off dates to ensure services selected meet their needs and to avoid any disappointment. Orders placed after cut-off point of the selected shipping service will not arrive in time for Christmas.

Please note all times listed are in UK GMT. 

UK Christmas Delivery cut-off dates

Standard Delivery

Royal Mail

2pm Friday 20th December

UK Tracked

DPD

Midnight Sunday 22nd December

Next Working-Day

DPD

2pm Monday 23rd December

Saturday

DPD

2pm Friday 20th December

International Standard Economy cut-off dates

All dispatched via Royal Mail, delivered by postal service of destination country

All non-European destinations (except South Africa, Canada, Middle and Far East and USA)

2pm Wednesday 9th October

Hong Kong, Middle and Far East, Singapore and South Africa

2pm Monday 21st October

Canada and USA

2pm Wednesday 6th November

Cyprus, Eastern Europe, Greece, Iceland, Malta, Turkey and Western Europe

2pm Monday 2nd December

Other International Shipping cut-off dates 

UPS

2pm Friday 13th December

Fedex

2pm Friday 13th December

 

We dispatch all orders as quickly as possible. We are not responsible for any delays caused by unforeseen external factors. 

UK deliveries

You can find more information on their services' status at the following links:  Today's Royal Mail updates - Today's DPD service updates.

 

Method

Cost

Carrier

Transit time

Standard

£3.50, Free - over £40

Royal Mail

2-5 days, Tracked

DPD Tracked

£6.50 Free - over £100

DPD

1-3 days, Tracked

Next-Working-Day

£9.95

DPD

Orders placed before 2pm, Dispatched Monday - Friday, Next Working Day, Tracked

Saturday

£15.00

DPD

Orders placed before 2pm, Saturday delivery, Tracked

Orders are processed and dispatched Monday-Friday. 

*Most delivery will be made within the usual time-frame, but some areas and services may experience delays. 

*Please note estimated transit time is based on business days and does not include weekends or holidays. 

European deliveries

Currently, there are some delays with sending parcels to EU countries from the UK. This is due to the UK leaving the European Union. We will keep you updated with any notifications as they happen.

Please note that a tracking number is not provided for EU Standard deliveries. 

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Method

Cost

Carrier

Transit time

Standard

From £5.50

Royal Mail

3-7 days, up to 21*, Not Tracked (Offered for orders less than £50 only)

Economy

From £5.50

Royal Mail

3-7 days, up to 21*, Not Tracked (Offered for orders less than £50 only)

Tracked

From £15.95

Fedex / UPS

3-5 days, up to 8*, Tracked

*Most deliveries will be made within the usual time-frame, but some areas and services may experience delays.

*Please note estimated transit time is based on business days and does not include weekends or holidays. 

 

Rest of the World


Method

Cost

Carrier

Transit time

Standard

From £4.00

Royal Mail

8-15 days, up to 30*, Not Tracked (Offered for orders less than £50 only)

USA tracked

From £15.00

UPS

2-3 days, up to 7*, Tracked

ROW Tracked

From £18.95

UPS

1-5 days, up to 5*, Tracked


*Most delivery will be made within the usual time-frame, but some areas and services may experience delays.

*Please note estimated transit time is based on business days and does not include weekends or holidays. 

International Buyers (Including EU) – Please Note:

Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be before buying.

If you have any questions, please contact us via sales@theteamakers.co.uk.

Sourced from the high-altitude tea gardens of Sri Lanka, our premium English Breakfast Ceylon Black Tea is a classic loose-leaf blend boasting a smooth flavour, tantalising amber colour and rich, astringent mouthfeel. With dark, wiry leaves and toasted caramel notes, it has all the brisk, full-bodied characters that have made English breakfast tea a classic breakfast brew.

The leaves for our Great Taste award-winning Ceylon breakfast tea are harvested all year round in Sri Lanka's celebrated Dimbula and Nuwara Eliya tea regions, located at 1,448m and 1,868m above sea level, respectively. This is where artisan producers have farmed the plantations for more than 150 years, taking advantage of the mountainous terrain and monsoon-affected climate. Here, cool blustery blasts blow through the valleys, rainfall is high and frosts can be seen in winter, which places a measure of stress on the tea plants.

English breakfast tea is typically made from a blend of robust black teas that hail from either Sri Lanka or Assam, in India's north-east. To create an unrivalled taste experience for ours, we carefully select the finest Ceylon BOP (Broken Orange Pekoe) and larger FBOP (Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe) grades of loose-leaf teas. We choose 100% pure orthodox Ceylon teas for their strength and well-rounded character, which makes them the perfect ingredients for this blend.

How Orthodox English Breakfast tea is made

Tea making begins with picking carefully selected succulent leaves and buds from the Camellia Sinensis plant. Once plucked, the leaves go through the time-honoured orthodox production process: withering, to dry them out, then rolling, which transforms them into the familiar thin, wiry shape. This is followed by oxidation, sometimes referred to in the tea industry as 'fermentation', when the broken, rolled leaves are laid out and exposed to the air for a set period of time, usually several hours. Here's where the magic happens, as the leaves darken and the chemical processes kick in, contributing to the tea's distinctive aroma, colour, strength and briskness – in essence, its character. Next, the tea is dried again, this time in a chamber with hot, conditioned air – a process that further desiccates the leaves, intensifies their colour and helps maintain quality for storage. Finally, they are sorted by hand, ready for shipment and delivery.

In the humid Sri Lankan hills, the process of oxidation takes up to four hours, during which the leaves turn copper brown and the tea's unique fragrance starts to unfurl. This process also ensures that the steeping liquid is strong and flavourful. Our English Breakfast tea has a grade of BOP/FBOP.

Facts about this iconic tea

English breakfast tea's rich characters, invigorating flavour and high caffeine content are what have made it so historically popular. It was the first blend to become a commercial success, most notably in its namesake UK, where it has long been famous as the nation's favourite 'eye-opener'. It is often enjoyed hot or as an iced tea, or as the perfect companion to a Full English Breakfast.

In recent years, studies have also pointed to English breakfast tea's health benefits. Whether taken strong and black in the morning or with milk and sugar throughout the day, a cup of black tea is now known to pack in minerals such as magnesium and potassium while also being rich in antioxidants and vitamin B. It also may have an impact on blood pressure.

As for its popularity in times past, it was Catherine of Braganza, Portuguese wife of the English King Charles II, who started the habit of drinking tea in the morning. As a new arrival at the English royal court, Catherine was known to prefer tea to ale – at the time the customary breakfast drink of choice – and a new upper-class trend was set. But as the 17th century rolled into the 18th and 19th, tea transitioned from an upper-class luxury to a beverage enjoyed by British citizens of all stripes. By the time Scottish tea master Robert Drysdale introduced what would eventually become known as the English breakfast blend to Queen Victoria in the 1890s, almost everyone had a caddy in their kitchen.

Alternatives

For those who love the bold flavour of an English breakfast blend, our Assam Breakfast Tea packs a similar flavour punch, with a rich infusion and a lift from fruity notes. Other alternatives for a strong cup of tea include Irish Breakfast and Ceylon Breakfast. If you're after something brighter, with citrusy notes and floral undertones, try our best-selling Supreme Earl Grey.

Looking for more black teas? Why not sample a wider taste with our Classic Black Tea Discovery Collection.

Region

Dimbula, Sri Lanka

Located in Sri Lanka’s Central Province, Nuwara Eliya is about 40 km south of Kandy in the hill country. The district's terrain is mainly mountainous, featuring deep valleys and expansive estates surrounded by dense forests. Nuwara Eliya, situated at 1,868 meters above sea level, is near Sri Lanka's highest peak, Pidurutalagala, at 2,542 meters, and the sacred Adam's Peak at 2,243 meters. Known as 'Little England,' the area retains a cool, temperate climate, making it apopular British colonial hill station and a contemporary resort destination.

Temperatures here are moderate year-round, peaking at 22°C in March and April and cooling to between 9°C and 20°C from November to January. The region, lying within the Wet Zone, experiences heavy cloud cover and consistent rainfall, especially from October to November, with milder rain from December to March. These conditions, along with fertile soils at high altitudes, are perfect for tea cultivation. After replacing disease-ravaged coffee plantations in the 1860s, tea became the predominant crop. Today, Nuwara Eliya is celebrated for its high-grown teas, renowned globally for their exceptional quality and flavour.

3g - 4g

200ml

100°C

3 - 5mins