PG TipsTea - Loose Leaf - 250g - 8.8ozRainforest AllianceRainforest AllianceRainforest AllianceRainforest Alliance

This tea never disappoints. However I was surprised at how small the box is for the price.Delivery was prompt.

This tea was recommended by my British colleague, who drinks it daily. I use loose tea in a ceramic teapot with a stainless steel filter basket. I probably don't follow best brewing practices according to the most staunch English tea drinkers, but I do believe my brewing setup is worlds better than teabags.My first observation is that this loose PG Tips looks unlike any loose-leaf tea I've ever seen. It's little "granules" with no resemblance to actual tea leaves. This surprised me. It must be highly processed. It almost resembles Lipton's instant iced tea, but of course it is much better quality and flavor than that.I was advised to only let it steep for about 2.5 minutes. I normally do ~7 minutes for my Scottish breakfast tea. It was probably good advice, but since I tend to load it up with cream and a bit of sugar, I could handle the extra tannins that result from steeping for about 4-5 minutes.Good cup of tea. Not entirely sure if I'm ready to give up my Scottish breakfast tea, but it's good to bring other stuff into the rotation to keep mornings interesting.

If you want basic black tea, look no further. Perfect with your Digestives or a Sausage Roll. Great with savories. It's not going to wilt under the flavor profile of any strong foods. My fave basic black tea. For afternoon tea, or Masala Chai, I have other suggestions, but this is a home-run basic!

I absolutely love PG Tips! OF the many black teas I've tried, this is my favorite. This shipment did not disappoint. I was very fortunate too since I was about to run out of my current stock and while I had other tea to hold me over till this shipment arrived, I was extremely pleased to have it arrive 2-3 weeks early!This tea is not bitter as some other teas are and since it is made from the "tips" (top 2 leaves and the end bud of the stem), you get the smoothest flavor with boldness. I have tried the PG Tips Pyramid bags and found them to be not at all the same as the loose leaf probably because the grind is finer than the loose leaf version. Twinings does the same for a more brisk flavor with its bagged version vs its loose leaf.I've tried Golden Moon EBT, but it was not flavorful enough and a bit harsh. Of course, it is a broad leaf tea. I've tried Typhoo now and then and that is good for a divergence. It has similar texture as a tea to PG Tips.

This is my favorite tea. Doesn't need to brew as long as most (I brew for 4 minutes instead of 5), and takes less tea.

FYI PG Tips is dead because it got sold to an American company who also owns Lipton Tea, so now the quality has gone down. It is now way too bitter to drink without milk and sweetner. They reduced the steeping time from 3 to 5 minutes to 2 minutes, got rid of the pyramid tea bags, and stopped sourcing most of their tea leaves from India, which gave PG Tips its unique malty flavor. Instead they are now sourcing most of their tea leaves from Kenya because it is cheaper. Until you are fortunate to get an OG batch of PG Tips before the takeover was complete you probably won't understand or notice the difference unless you are an experienced PG Tips drinker.

While it’s loose, it’s certainly not loose-leaf. It’s this textural sort of pellet, one that I did not think was very good compared to the original PG Tips I had been drinking already.For context, I swapped from using teabags in a cup, to using a teapot with an internal sieve for loose-leaf tea to steep. However, the pellets are neither built for this type of pot (sometimes falling through the holes in the steeper), nor do I think they release the tea leaf flavour in quite the same way. What’s more is that I have no idea what ratio or measurements are needed for this type as compared to your typical whole dried leaf type, which I had been very used to.Because of all this, I’m just going to order a new set of teabag PG Tips and loosen several bags at a time into the steeper….lol

This is the best English Breakfast tea I've ever had. The price was fantastic (less than eight bucks per box). I ordered two boxes of PG Tips loose-leaf tea, and they arrived slightly crumpled/dented but still sealed, so no problems. The only downside was that my order took 49 days to arrive, a full three weeks after Amazon's expected arrival window had ended. Additionally, the seller, Tora Foods, didn't respond to either of my polite emails asking for an update.The "leaves" themselves look like tiny pellets rather than whole dry leaves. This translates to a much shorter steep time, only 30-45 seconds, to prevent a bitter flavor.Anyway, just know what you're in for:1) Best tea ever, no contest2) Fabulous price3) Takes almost two months to arrive4) Seller doesn't respond to questionsIf you're good with that, go ahead and order it, because it's the best.