ARIEL English Breakfast

Some mornings call for a proper cup of black tea – brisk, full-bodied, and ready to wake you up. That's English Breakfast: a robust whole-leaf black tea with a deep amber colour and a malty backbone. It takes milk and sugar beautifully and holds its own taken plain. This is the everyday cup, the one that gets the day going.

Tasting Notes

The character here is strength and warmth. It pours a deep reddish-amber and carries a rich, malty body with a brisk, clean finish. There's enough backbone to stand up to milk without thinning out – exactly what a breakfast tea should do.

The English Breakfast Story

English Breakfast became a fixture in British homes in the 1800s as the hearty tea to start the day, poured alongside a full cooked breakfast. That tradition travelled the world, and the style is now shorthand for a dependable, everyday black tea – which is exactly the spirit of this cup.

Brewing

Steep at 95 °C for about 3 minutes – roughly 2.5 g (a heaping teaspoon) per cup, or one tea bag. Give it a little longer for a stronger brew, and add milk if you like. As a black tea, it carries a good amount of caffeine, so it's at its best in the morning.

Additional Information

• Ingredients: Whole leaf black tea
• Available formats: 6 tea bags, 24 tea bags, 60 tea bags, 125 g loose leaf, 1 kg loose leaf
• Tea bags: 100% compostable, pyramid-shaped
• Certifications: Kosher, Aliments Préparés au Québec
• Foundation: Humaniterra Foundation