Irish breakfast tea

A box of Irish breakfast tea sold by Twinings. (Note the four filled in leaves on the packet denoting a high strength tea)

Irish breakfast tea is a blend of several black teas, most often Assam teas. Irish brands, notably Lyons, Barry's, Bewley's, Nambarrie's, and Punjana, are heavily weighted toward Assam.

Serving

Because of its strength, Irish breakfast tea is commonly served with milk, but may also be consumed plain or with sugar. In Ireland, where milk and dairy products are traditionally a major part of the diet, most people drink tea with milk. Being of black teas, it has a strong flavour and higher caffeine content than green, oolong, or white teas. The marketing of the tea as "breakfast tea" is somewhat misleading, as it is drunk throughout the day.[1]

Packaging

As with other teas, premium Irish breakfast teas are offered in loose leaf form which allows the consumer to inspect the proportion of hand-picked buds and whole tea leaves to broken fannings of indeterminate origin. When brewed, the tea varies in colour from very dark red to brown. Irish breakfast tea can also be bought in tea bags but with more variation in quality.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pratt, James Norwood (1999). New Tea Lover's Treasury. Publishing Technology Associates. ISBN 978-0-9741486-0-1.
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