PG Tips

1. PG Tips is, at this point, my sole morning tea option. I have always loved it. It has a warm, full-bodied morning glow to it … a great way to start the day, and I don’t seem to tire of it.
2. That being said: I think that all of the reviews pro-and-con are accurate. Steeping time is critical.

If you want to drink this tea without milk/cream/sugar/bitterness, you will probably want to keep the steeping time in the 90sec.-to-250sec. range… certainly not one second longer than 3 minutes.

I always want to drink this tea with milk&sugar, and so I try to keep the steeping time in the 3.5min.-to-4.0min. range… The bitterness that results from the longer steep-time is nicely assuaged by the milk and sugar. I can’t really drink a 5min.-steeped cup of PG Tips if it has nothing added to it.

Regarding the pyramid bag: I think it’s brilliant; these tea leaves are loaded with flavor, and the pyramid bag seems to provide optimal transfer… which is why an extra few seconds of steeping can make a big difference.

One other point: If you do a short steep, it is quite conceivable to re-use the bag for a second cup… that 2nd cup would be well-less-caffeinated as well.

This is my second go-to bleary-eyed morning tea, it definitely provides the spark to bring me back from the land of sleep dead. It’s good with a bit of milk and sugar added, and as the flavor is not quite as good as my number one breakfast tea (Taylors of Harrogate Scottish Breakfast), I often steep it with some fresh minced ginger. (Plus ginger = mega health benefits)

This is what my parents have in their home as their everyday tea. It’s the only one they drink. It is tolerable, I suppose, but since PG Tips is owned by Unilever and Unilever tests on animals, it gets a big, fat ZERO in my book. Besides, there are so many other great breakfast teas that will brew strongly, like Twinings Irish Breakfast or Ty-Phoo tea.

EDIT: Okay, maybe it gets a rating of 1, since that’s as low as Steepster will go.

I really oversteeped this tea. I was anticipating that it would be undrinkable, since others have commented how strong this tea is, but it was fine. Of course I added milk and sugar. Not as nice as Twinings, but still better than any American tea, including Tetley’s British Blend.

My Political Science teacher was kind enough to give me a sampler of this fine tea (about five or six bags, I believe). The tea itself was quite good. I brought the water to just under a boil, and poured about 350ml into my glass (which conveniently, was a beaker). I allowed the tea to steep for approximately 45 seconds or a minute. I was comfortable with the look even around 30 seconds, this tea doesn’t take long at all to reach readiness.

The bag’s design is quite interesting, and is part of the reason why steeping takes so little time compared to other teas I’ve experienced. I found this tea to be quite enjoyable (I did add a bit of sugar, but that’s just my standard routine). Very good!

Love it, my favorite black tea!

WTF? These people test on animals? FAIL.

Also, not a good tea.

My Mom LOVES this tea. She kind of turned me onto it. When I’m feeling lazy and don’t want to brew a loose tea I will sometimes throw this into a mug and brew it up. It tastes best with milk and sugar of course. I’m never unhappy with this tea it totally does NOT suck.

A lot of decaffeinated teas taste terrible, but I found that PG Tips Decaf tastes wonderful compared to some others on the market. Though plain on its own, a dash of milk turns this into a wonderful treat. The taste is mellow but delicious and is sure to warm you up from the inside out!

Nearly instantaneous comfort, this is the kind of tea I grew up on. Sure I may be bad at math and far from robust, but don’t blame tea. Holds its own with milk, peeg as I like to call it is best brought to you in bed. It helps part the cobwebs from dreams and starts you on your tea filled day’s journey.

PG Tips is my go-to tea. It’s the Anglophile in me. I like a good strong builder’s tea with milk and sugar and this is the best. Discovered this at the Tea Spot in Defiance, Ohio and was delighted to see it available and a lot less expensive at Walmart. This is now a staple in my home.

I was very skeptical when my friend gifted me a few bags of this unassuming black tea. Color me impressed! So nice with milk and honey. I’m a fan!

Tried a cup of this at my mother-in-law’s and it was wonderful! Had a strong grassy aroma that didn’t make me feel like I was about to have a hayfever attack. :)

I opened the 40 count box this morning. The smell was awesome.
The tea has no string, labels, or individual foil.
Straight up green tea. Will make some more comments later.

I’ve become rather bored of Twinings English Breakfast every morning and decided to switch to this instead. Maybe I should start alternating my weekly morning black teas because I seem to get tired of the same taste quickly.

I like this tea. I was surprised to find it at my local supermarket and bought it because I hear it’s England’s “official tea” and since I love British things, I had to try it.

Although I rarely add cream to my black tea, this one is definitely best with cream. Just one mini moo will do. Add some honey and it’s pretty tasty. I’d say it’s a good, classic, solid tea. I also really needed the strength and boldness of it today as I am very tired from staying up most of the night with a poor feverish fellow of mine.

Although most decaf teas leave much to be desired, this is my go-to. My tummy doesn’t like caffeine first thing in the morning, so I like to keep a package of this at my desk, and a package at home.

Amidst all the Celestial Seasonings teas, I was surprised to see this tea in my grocery store. I’ve heard a lot about it and I see even Mark T. Wendell sells it so I thought “England’s #1 Tea” was worth a shot. Fortunately, I still have my tea bag tongs.

The Kenyan tea in the blend is what makes this different for me-never had Kenyan in an English/Scottish/Irish blend.

PG promises 50% more room in this pyramid bag, but it seems pretty small as far as pyramid bags go. If you don’t unfold it carefully, you have mainly a basic teabag. This brews a nice, dark mahogany cup in only two minutes, and is probably really loaded with caffeine. The flavor is strong and brisk-it tastes much like Upton’s East Frisian Blend. There is just a slight bitterness on the finish-doesn’t bother me.

I enjoyed this cup. Not sure that I would have this as anything but a breakfast tea, but it’s flavorful and wakes me up. I like it.

This tea is popular in England because it’s cheap. Among the standard builders’ teas (like Tetley, Typhoo) PG is normally the cheapest. I’m surprised some of the reviews here praise this basic tea. Being immune to the charms of coffee, I have about 2 thousand cups of these brands a year (milk no sugar). But I’ve given them up in search of a finer tea (which brought me to this site). I find Twinings Original English Breakfast, and Yorkshire Gold, a good step up. Both are more aromatic and without the bitter aftertaste.

This is my work tea. I keep a box of 240 on my desk and make a cup when I need it.

My favorite bag tea.

Thank goodness we no longer have this at work anymore! Nasty low grade ctc floor sweepings. Needs an age to steep to get any flavour out the bag, yet once steeped has an oily film on top of the liquid. Known as “monkey tea” for a reason…