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    "excerpt": "Clipper Fairtrade Everyday Tea is the Fairtrade certified everyday black tea in the standard eighty-bag family box.Ingredients and dietary suitability: Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. Fairtrade is a trading standard covering the price paid to producers rather than a quality grade.Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order placed before 2pm Monday to Friday. Common questions are answered in the detailed Q and A tab below.",
    "content_text": "Clipper Fairtrade Everyday Tea is the Fairtrade everyday black tea that most people meet first, in the eighty-bag box that is the standard family size. It is the answer to a specific question: what do you put in the cupboard when you want an ordinary cup of tea and you would rather the growers were paid under a certified scheme. Everyday black tea is the hardest category to write about honestly, because the differences between the main brands are real but small, and anyone claiming otherwise is selling something. What separates this box is the certification on the front of it rather than anything dramatic in the cup. That is the number that decides whether a tea like this belongs in your cupboard, and on this box it is the same as the uncertified mainstream brands sitting next to it. The Taste Profile\n\nBriskness: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) The defining character of an everyday black tea. Clean, sharp and quick rather than heavy, which is what makes it work at seven in the morning.\nMalt: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb (3/5) Present underneath but not dominant. This is a brisk blend rather than a deep malty one, and it reads lighter than a strong builder's tea.\nBody: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb (3/5) Solid rather than full. The 2.9g bag gives enough to stand up to milk without making a heavy cup of it.\nClean Finish: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) Tannin closes the cup down quickly and cleanly, which is why one cup leads to another rather than sitting on the palate.\n\nTeas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.7 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind Clipper Clipper is a British tea house built around certified sourcing, and the Fairtrade mark on the front of this box is the reason most people pick it up rather than a cheaper one. What Fairtrade certification actually guarantees is a minimum price and a community premium paid back to producer organisations; it is a trading standard rather than a quality grade, and it is worth being clear about that distinction rather than letting the mark do work it does not do. The tea in the bag is an everyday black blend and it is a decent one. The origins in the blend, the bag material, any unbleached or plastic-free claims, the full list of certification marks and the best-before date must all be read off the current UK pack rather than taken from this page. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. What You Are Actually Buying \nCount and weight: eighty bags, 232g net, which is about 2.9g a bag. That is a standard full-size everyday tea bag, not a one-cup.\nPrice per cup: It lands level with the uncertified mainstream brands rather than above them.\nFairtrade: the product name carries the mark. It is a trading standard covering the price paid to producers, not a statement about how the tea tastes.\nTakes milk properly: this is a black tea with real tannin in it, built for milk. Anything on the herbal side of the shelf is not.\nWhat it is not: not organic; Clipper sells a separate organic line and this box is not it. The pack name claims Fairtrade and nothing else.\n How Does Clipper Fairtrade Everyday Tea, 80 Tea Bags 232g Compare to: \n\nTetley Original English Breakfast, 80 Tea Bags 250g: the other mainstream eighty-bag box. A slightly heavier bag and a rounder, maltier cup than this Clipper, which reads brisker and sharper alongside it.\nYorkshire Tea Original Everyday Blend, 80 Tea Bags 250g: the strong end of the same category. If you take your tea dark and complain that most everyday blends are weak, buy that one; if you find strong tea heavy, this is the better box.\n Ideal Brewing Conditions Everyday black tea is the one thing in the cupboard almost everyone already knows how to make, and the two mistakes that persist are both about temperature. Water that has stood in the kettle and milk poured into the mug first cost you more strength than any amount of extra steeping will win back. The Standard Mug\n\nMeasure: one bag in a mug of 200 to 250ml.\nWater: straight off the boil at 100 degrees Celsius. Black tea is the one family that genuinely wants water at a rolling boil.\nSteep: three minutes, four if you take it dark. Stir once at ninety seconds; agitation does more than time does.\nMilk: after brewing. Milk in the mug first drops the water temperature by ten degrees or more and the cup never recovers it.\n The Family Pot\n\nMeasure: one bag per cup plus one for the pot, so five bags for a four-cup pot.\nSteep: four minutes with the lid on, then take the bags out before the first cup is poured.\nServe: milk in the cup first is a matter of taste with a pot, because the tea comes out at full strength already.\n Brewing The Perfect Cup of Clipper Fairtrade Everyday Tea, 80 Tea Bags 232g\n\nWater temperature: 100\u00b0C, at a rolling boil. Reboiled or stood water makes a flat cup faster than anything else you can do wrong.\nMeasure: one bag per 200 to 250ml, or one per cup plus one for the pot.\nSteep: 3 minutes, 4 if you take it dark. Stir at ninety seconds rather than adding time.\nService: milk suits it and it is built for milk. Sugar optional.\nIced version: brew 3 bags strong in 400ml, cool, top up with cold water and pour over ice with lemon. Brewing strong and diluting cold is the whole trick.\n\nBest with: buttered toast, biscuits, a bacon sandwich, and the first ten minutes of the day.\n Safety And Purity\n\nIngredients and dietary suitability: Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.\n\nCaffeine: this is an ordinary caffeinated black tea. If you are reducing caffeine, the decaffeinated everyday boxes on the same shelf are the right answer and this is not.",
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                "content": "What does the Fairtrade mark actually guarantee?A minimum price for the producers and a community premium paid back to producer organisations. It is a trading standard rather than a quality grade, and it says nothing directly about how the tea tastes. Being clear about that is more useful than letting the mark do work it does not do. How many bags, and how big is each one?Eighty bags, 232g net, which is about 2.9g a bag. That is a standard full-size everyday tea bag rather than a one-cup, and it is the same net weight per box as the mainstream eighty-bag brands it sits beside. What does it work out at per cup? That is the number that decides an everyday tea, and it is the strongest argument for this one: the certification does not cost you anything per cup against the uncertified brands on the same shelf. How should I brew it?One bag, 200 to 250ml of water at a rolling boil, three minutes, or four if you take it dark. Stir the mug once at ninety seconds. Agitation gets more out of the leaf than extra time does. Milk in first or last?Last, if you are brewing in the mug. Milk poured in first drops the water temperature by ten degrees or more and the cup never gets that back. With a pot it genuinely does not matter, because the tea comes out at full strength already. Is it organic?No, and the pack does not claim to be. Clipper sells a separate organic line and this box is not it. The product name claims Fairtrade and that is the claim we repeat here. Does it contain caffeine?Yes, as any black tea does. If you are cutting caffeine, the decaffeinated everyday boxes on the same shelf are the right answer rather than this one. How does it compare with the big mainstream brands?Honestly, the differences across everyday black tea are real but small. This blend reads brisker and cleaner than a strong builder's tea and lighter than a deep malty one. The certification is the thing that actually separates it on the shelf. Are the bags unbleached and plastic free?Bag material, any unbleached or plastic-free statement and the disposal route for bag and carton are printed on the current UK pack, and they change between production runs, so the box in your kitchen is the better authority. Can I make iced tea with it?Brew three bags strong in 400ml, let it cool, top up with cold water and pour over ice with lemon. Brewing strong and diluting cold is what stops iced tea going watery as the ice melts into it. How should I store the box?Sealed, cool, dry and away from strong smells. Black tea keeps its character better than green or herbal, but the carton is still absorbent and will pick up whatever sits next to it in the cupboard. The best-before date is printed on the pack. How many bags for a pot?One per cup plus one for the pot, four minutes with the lid on, and take the bags out before you pour the first cup. Bags left in a standing pot make the last cup a different drink from the first."
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                "content": "IngredientProportionWhat it bringsFairtrade black teathe whole of the bagA blend of Fairtrade certified black tea leaf. It supplies everything in the cup: the briskness, the colour, the body and the tannin that lets it take milk.CertificationFairtrade, per the pack nameA trading standard covering the price paid to producers and a community premium. The full list of marks carried by the current pack is on the carton.Format80 bags, 232g netAbout 2.9g a bag, a standard full-size everyday tea bag, which is why it stands up to milk without making a heavy cup.Pack: Clipper Fairtrade Everyday Tea, 80 Tea Bags 232g; caffeinated black tea. Store sealed, cool and dry; the best-before date is printed on the pack.Characterising components shown. Blended by Clipper.Sourcing & blend. Clipper Fairtrade Everyday Tea, 80 Tea Bags 232g is blended by Clipper, a British tea house whose proposition is certified sourcing. The Fairtrade mark named on the pack is a trading standard: it covers a minimum price and a community premium paid back to producer organisations, rather than grading the leaf.What's in Clipper Fairtrade Everyday Tea, 80 Tea Bags 232g, and what isn't:In: Fairtrade certified black tea leaf, with nothing in the bag but the tea.No added sugar or flavouring: this is plain black tea. Anything sweet in the mug is something you put there."
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                "content": "The flavour of Clipper Fairtrade Everyday Tea, 80 Tea Bags 232g is built in three layers, and reading them in order explains exactly why the cup tastes the way it does from the first lift of steam to the last swallow. Everyday black tea is a narrow category and the differences between blends live almost entirely in how these three are balanced.The outer layer is aromatic and it is fleeting. Black tea carries far less volatile aroma than a green tea or a herbal infusion, and what there is arrives in the first thirty seconds after pouring and is largely gone by the time the mug is drinkable. That is why the smell of a freshly poured pot is such a specific and short-lived thing, and why the aroma of an everyday tea is almost never the reason anyone chooses one brand over another.The flavour spike arrives mid palate and is where this blend makes its case. Briskness is the character, meaning a clean sharp lift rather than a deep malty weight, and it is the quality that makes a tea work at seven in the morning when something heavier would be too much. Malt sits underneath it rather than over it. That balance is the difference between this and a strong builder's blend, and it is the most reliable way to describe an everyday tea without overselling it.The base structure is the lingering finish, carried by tannin, and in a brisk blend it closes quickly and cleanly. The cup resets the palate rather than sitting on it, which is exactly why one mug of everyday tea leads to another in a way that a heavy blend does not. Milk softens this layer more than the other two, which is the real reason British everyday tea and milk have stayed together: there is something there for the milk to work on.Getting it right in the cup. Use one bag per 200 to 250ml and steep for three minutes in water at a rolling boil, four if you take it dark. Stir the mug once at ninety seconds; agitation pulls more out of cut leaf than waiting does. Add milk after brewing rather than before, because milk in first drops the water temperature by ten degrees or more and the cup never recovers it. Cold brewed in the fridge for six to eight hours the same bags give a smooth result with almost no astringency, which makes a better base for iced tea than a hot brew that has been chilled. Stored sealed somewhere cool and dark black tea holds its character well beyond a year.How water and temperature change it. The same bag gives a measurably different cup depending on how you treat the water, and with black tea the water itself matters more than with anything else on the shelf. Hotter water and a longer steep pull more tannin for a fuller, darker, more astringent result; cooler water or a shorter steep keeps the cup lighter and brighter. Hard tap water mutes the aroma, darkens the liquor and leaves that thin film on the surface, so in a hard water area a filter jug changes this cup more than switching brands would, while soft water lets the brisk top notes come through clearly and needs a touch less time. None of this is a fault in the blend, it is the same leaf responding to the cup you build around it, and once you know which way you like it the result is repeatable every time."
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                "content": "Clipper Fairtrade Everyday Tea, 80 Tea Bags 232g is a box of ordinary mugs and there is no shame in that. Five builds below: the proper mug, a family pot, an iced tea jug, a tea loaf and a brew strong enough to cook with.\nRecipes, born here first\n\n \n The Proper Mug\n \n How to make The Proper Mug with Clipper Fairtrade Everyday Tea.\n \n 4 min\n 1 mug\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 bag Clipper Fairtrade Everyday Tea\n 250ml water at a rolling boil\n A splash of milk\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Boil the kettle fresh rather than reboiling water that has stood.\n Pour 250ml over one bag of Clipper Fairtrade Everyday Tea, 80 Tea Bags 232g and stir once at ninety seconds.\n Steep to 3 minutes, or 4 if you take it dark, then lift the bag out.\n Add the milk after brewing, not before.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Fresh boiling water and milk added last are the two habits that separate a good everyday cup from a flat one.\n\n \n The Family Pot\n \n How to make The Family Pot with Clipper Fairtrade Everyday Tea.\n \n 5 min\n 4 cups\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 5 bags Clipper Fairtrade Everyday Tea\n 1 litre just boiled water\n A warmed teapot\n Milk\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Warm the pot with boiling water and tip it out.\n Brew 5 bags of Clipper Fairtrade Everyday Tea, 80 Tea Bags 232g, one per cup plus one for the pot, in 1 litre of just boiled water for 4 minutes.\n Take the bags out before the first cup is poured.\n Pour, and put milk in the cup whichever way round you prefer.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: With a pot the milk order genuinely does not matter, because the tea leaves the pot at full strength already.\n\n \n Iced Tea Jug\n \n How to make an Iced Tea Jug with Clipper Fairtrade Everyday Tea.\n \n 6 min + chill\n 1 litre\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 3 bags Clipper Fairtrade Everyday Tea\n 400ml just boiled water\n 600ml cold water and ice\n 1 lemon, sliced\n Sugar to taste\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew 3 bags of Clipper Fairtrade Everyday Tea, 80 Tea Bags 232g in 400ml of just boiled water for 4 minutes, double strength.\n Lift the bags out and stir in sugar while it is still warm if you want it sweet.\n Top up with 600ml of cold water and chill thoroughly.\n Serve over ice with slices of lemon.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Sweeten while it is warm or the sugar sits in a layer at the bottom of the jug and never goes anywhere.\n\n \n Everyday Tea Loaf\n \n How to make an Everyday Tea Loaf with Clipper Fairtrade Everyday Tea.\n \n 60 min + overnight\n 1 loaf\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 3 bags Clipper Fairtrade Everyday Tea\n 250ml just boiled water\n \u2022300g mixed dried fruit\n \u2022250g self raising flour\n 150g soft brown sugar\n \u20221 large egg\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew 3 bags of Clipper Fairtrade Everyday Tea, 80 Tea Bags 232g in 250ml of just boiled water for 10 minutes and let it cool completely.\n Soak 300g of mixed dried fruit in the cold tea overnight.\n The next day beat in 250g of self raising flour, 150g of soft brown sugar and 1 large egg.\n Bake in a lined 2lb loaf tin at 170\u00b0C for 60 minutes.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Keeps four days in a tin and is better on the second day. The tea is doing the work that butter would otherwise do.\n\n \n Strong Brew for Cooking\n \n How to make a Strong Brew for Cooking with Clipper Fairtrade Everyday Tea.\n \n 12 min\n About 300ml\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 4 bags Clipper Fairtrade Everyday Tea\n 300ml just boiled water\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew 4 bags of Clipper Fairtrade Everyday Tea, 80 Tea Bags 232g in 300ml of just boiled water for 10 minutes.\n Squeeze the bags out against the side of the jug, which is a mistake in a mug and correct here.\n Use it to soak dried fruit, to braise a ham, or as the liquid in a marinade.\n Keep what is left in the fridge for two days.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A strong tea brew adds tannin and colour to a braise the way red wine does, at a fraction of the cost."
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