Irish Breakfast is strong and robust and high in caffeine with a usually blend of 3 black teas from India, Ceylon & China. A higher Assam content gives this a higher caffeine level but also more astringent than an English Breakfast. On the East Coast it is sometimes just an Assam blend.
Irish Breakfast black tea became the stronger version of the English Breakfast blend. Tea was introduced to Ireland by the English aristocracy at the beginning of the 19th Century. The initial Irish to drink this were the wealthy but later, as in England, it was drunk by the working class, but not in the same circumstances. Instead of drinking in the afternoon with High Tea parties it was drunk with breakfast and dinner to help supplement the food. Started with workers drinking tea at their work break instead of beer and Landowners realized that the work output was much higher and provided free tea.
The blend is very strong and can take plenty of milk and sugar without losing its tea taste. The English and Irish compete with who drinks the most per capita – around 5lbs per year which is around 700 cups per year. The English have always made jokes about the Irish and vice versa, and say that the Irish need more caffeine to be able to get to work in the morning. Check out the other breakfast teas.
- Bag weight 4 0unces - makes approximately 30 cups
Click TRIAL SIZE for a one ounce bag that makes approx 8 cups
Black tea blend from India, Ceylon & China
English Tealeaves sells over 125 high quality teas that are "cherry picked" from over 15 suppliers who specialize in specific types and countries. This gives us the flexibility to find the best of the best. We also blend around 8 teas ourselves that can't be obtained to our standards. For example our #1 selling tea, English Breakfast is our own blend that we created in 2002.
Our Cafe customers give feedback and we discontinue the ones that get poor ratings. We also look to improve our teas and will replace a standard tea, like say Mango, with a higher quality blend from another supplier.
The teas are selected after evaluation in these seven areas and then the scores are weighted to decide if they qualify for inclusion in our range:
• Dry leaves
• Dry aroma
• Brewed Infusion Color
• Aroma brewed
• Taste profile
• Iced taste
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