Twinings English Breakfast Tea, Loose Tea, 7.05 oz Tins

Tea is great just cheaper in the stores if sold as most do teabags only

I bought this tea thinking it was loose tea. It was loose but high granulated to very small size somewhat like sugar. It was just a little less than what you would find in a Twinnings tea bag. If I wanted tea bag leaves, I would have bought tea bags.It should have been labelled more clearly that this was loose tea but not really loose tea leaves. Very disappointed.

Very disappointed with Twinings English Breakfast Loose Tea. If you are wanting loose-LEAF tea, don’t buy this. It’s like powder and sifts through every tea ball and steeper we have. I buy a lot of loose teas and they are generally leaf like. This was not. Even more frustrating was that I bought this as a quick gift for my wife, expecting better quality.

I'm coming back to black tea after a lifetime of coffee, which I still like but not as much as I used to. I primarily drink iced tea. The first bulk tea I tried was Tiesta. It was fantastic! Vivid and interesting flavors and delicious hot or cold. I got a box of Twinings because that's what I drank as a child. What a disappointment! The flavor was thin and insipid - not much good hot or cold. It's not so bad that I won't finish it, and it comes in a nice tin that I will re-use - for the pound of Tiesta I just re-ordered and am looking forward to with real enthusiasm.

I bought loose leaf tea to use with my Keurig machine; no plastic, tastes better, adjustable measuring, less expensive, and - most important to me - it doesn't explode. Pods are convenient, but the tea is tasteless, and I got fed up wasting costly tea and cleaning the mess from exploding pods. I'm much happier with loose tea. I can make it any strength, and can even use the same spoonfuls twice - a nice savings. I measure out the tea into a mesh filter that fits into my mug or cup. To prevent residue on the bottom of the mug, I shake the filter over the sink a few times before adding water. Let it sit, and by the time my toast is ready, so is my tea. And it tastes like tea, not like hot water! Beats pods every time.