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    "title": "Clipper Organic Fairtrade Earl Grey Tea, 80 Unbleached Tea Bags 200g",
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    "excerpt": "Clipper Organic Fairtrade Earl Grey is an Earl Grey with the bergamot turned down and the base tea turned up, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the version for anyone who has ever found an Earl Grey soapy.Ingredients and dietary suitability: The published ingredient list for this barcode names none of the 14 major allergens. 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. That is a full cup's worth of leaf rather than the skinny bag most scented teas ship with, and it is why this one holds together with a splash of milk where the famous Earl Greys fall apart. Three minutes, covered.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 Organic Fairtrade Earl Grey is an Earl Grey with the bergamot turned down and the base tea turned up, which is the right way round for a lot of people and almost nobody makes it that way. The famous Earl Greys lead with perfume and use a light leaf to carry it. This one leads with a rounder black tea and lets the citrus sit above it as scent rather than coating the tongue. If you have ever described an Earl Grey as soapy, this is the version worth trying before you give up on the style entirely. If you like your Earl Grey unmistakable and floral, this will read as underpowered and you should buy one of the loud ones instead. Both opinions are correct and the tea does not care; what matters is knowing which of them is yours before you buy eighty bags. The Taste Profile\n\nBergamot: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb (3/5) Restrained. It arrives as scent above the cup rather than as flavour across the tongue, and it never tips into soap.\nBase tea: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) Round and faintly malty, doing real work rather than acting as a carrier. This is why the cup holds together with a splash of milk.\nAstringency: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb\u25cb (2/5) Low. It will not turn hard at four minutes, which makes it more forgiving than most scented blacks.\nLength: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb (3/5) Clean and short with no soapy tail. It clears the palate rather than sitting on it.\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 Dorset tea company that built its name on organic and Fairtrade sourcing when neither was standard on a British tea shelf, and on unbleached tea bags when most of the trade was still using bleached paper. That last detail is in this product's own name, and it is a genuine point of difference rather than a marketing flourish: the bag is not whitened. According to the published pack listing this is an organic and Fairtrade Earl Grey in unbleached bags, and those are the words the product is sold under. The tasting profile above is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. What You Are Actually Buying \nCount and weight: 80 bags in 200g, which is 2.5g a bag. That is a full cup's worth and noticeably heavier than the skinny bags a lot of scented teas ship with.\n\nTakes milk, unusually: most Earl Greys fall apart with milk because the base is too light. This one has enough behind it that a splash works if that is how you drink tea.\nWhat it is not: not a loud, perfumed Earl Grey, not a Lady Grey with citrus peel and petals in it, and not caffeine-free.\n How Does Clipper Organic Fairtrade Earl Grey Tea, 80 Unbleached Tea Bags 200g Compare to: \nTwinings Earl Grey Discovery Collection, 20 Tea Bags 40g: Useful once, to find out what you like. This is the box you buy afterwards.\nClipper Organic Fairtrade Tea, 80 Tea Bags 232g: the unscented version of the same idea from the same brand, same count. Buy both and one shelf covers your morning and your afternoon.\nTaylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea for Hard Water, 80 Tea Bags 250g: the opposite purchase. Strong, unscented and built to punch through chalky water. Worth knowing about if this Earl Grey tastes dull out of your tap, because hard water mutes citrus badly.\n Ideal Brewing Conditions Bergamot is volatile, which means it leaves the cup as steam. The single most useful habit with any Earl Grey is to cover the cup for the first minute, and the second is to drink it reasonably promptly rather than letting it stand. The Afternoon Cup \nWater: straight off the boil at 100 degrees. The base here is a proper black tea and wants full heat.\nMeasure: one bag to 200ml. The 2.5g bag can carry a slightly larger cup than most Earl Greys, but not a pint mug.\nSteep: three minutes, covered. Four is fine and does not turn it hard, which is unusual for the style.\nFinish: clear, with lemon, or with a small splash of milk. All three work here, which is not true of most Earl Greys.\nDo not squeeze the bag: you gain a little strength and a lot of dryness, and dryness is not what this cup is for.\n The Pot, And The Second Cup \nThree bags to 600ml in a warmed pot for three minutes, then all three out together.\nCover the pot. A lidded pot holds the bergamot far better than an open cup does, and the second cup out of it is noticeably more scented than a second cup brewed separately.\nDo not let it stand on the bags. It will not go hard, but the citrus flattens and you end up with a plain black tea.\n Getting It Right in the Cup \nWater temperature: 100 degrees, freshly boiled.\nMeasure: one bag per 200ml.\nSteep: three minutes, covered, then lift the bag out.\nService: clear, with lemon, or with a splash of milk. Your choice, and all three are defensible.\nStorage: sealed, dry, dark, and away from your other tea. Bergamot travels through cardboard and will scent whatever sits beside it.\nBest with: lemon drizzle cake, shortbread, a plain scone, or a piece of mature cheddar.\n Safety And Purity Ingredients and dietary suitability: The published ingredient list for this barcode names none of the 14 major allergens. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change. Certification: the product is sold under a name that states organic and Fairtrade, and that is what we record. Caffeine note: a caffeinated black tea and we place it in the middle of our scale for the style. Bag material: the product is sold as having unbleached bags, so the paper is not whitened. That is a different claim from plastic-free or compostable, and we make neither of those here. The material and the disposal route are on the box. Child safety: caffeinated. Not a children's tea; keep out of reach.",
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                "content": "How strong is the bergamot?Restrained. It arrives as scent above the cup rather than as flavour across the tongue, and it never tips into soap. If you like your Earl Grey unmistakable and floral this will read as underpowered, and you should buy one of the loud ones instead. Can I put milk in it?Yes, and that is unusual for an Earl Grey. Most of them are built on a light base that milk simply washes out. The 2.5g bag here carries a rounder black tea underneath the citrus, so a small splash softens the scent without destroying the cup. How long do I brew it?Three minutes in water straight off the boil, covered if you can. Four minutes is fine and will not turn it hard, which is more forgiving than the style usually manages. Lift the bag out rather than squeezing it. How much tea is in a bag?200g across 80 bags is 2.5g a bag. That is a full cup's worth and noticeably heavier than the bags most scented teas use, which is the reason the base tea shows through at all. What does unbleached mean here?The bag paper is not whitened, which is in the product's own name. It is a statement about the paper and nothing else. It is not the same claim as plastic-free or compostable, and we do not make either of those on this page. The disposal route is on the box. Is it organic and Fairtrade?Both words are in the product's own name, according to the published pack listing, and that is what we record. Why does my Earl Grey taste dull?Usually the water. Hard tap water mutes citrus badly and flattens the top of the cup, so an Earl Grey in a chalky-water area can read as plain black tea however long you brew it. A filtered kettle changes this tea more than any adjustment to the timing. Should I cover the cup?Yes, for the first minute at least. Bergamot is volatile and leaves the cup as steam, which is why a freshly poured Earl Grey fills a room and a cup left standing smells of plain tea. A saucer on top keeps the scent in the liquid. Does it make a good pot?Better than a cup, for this style. Three bags to 600ml in a warmed pot for three minutes, lid on, then all three bags out together. The lid holds the bergamot, so the second cup out of a pot is more scented than a second cup brewed separately would be. Is it caffeinated?Yes. It is a black tea and we place it in the middle of our caffeine scale for the style. For the same afternoon ritual without caffeine, a rooibos is the honest swap. How should I store it?Sealed, dry, dark, and away from your other tea. Bergamot travels through cardboard, so an open box of Earl Grey will scent a plain breakfast tea sitting beside it within a few weeks. The best-before date is on the box."
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                "content": "Ingredients and allergens. The published ingredient list for this barcode names none of the 14 major allergens. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.Ingredients, as published for this barcode: ORGANICALLY GROWN FAIR TRADE TEA, NATURAL BERGAMOT FLAVOUR 95% FAIR TRADE INGREDIENTS.Typical values per 100g, as publishedPer 100gEnergy4 kcalFat0gof which saturates0gCarbohydrate0gof which sugars0gFibre0gProtein0gSalt0gIngredient and nutrition data for this barcode: Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), ODbL. The pack in your hands is the final word.ComponentProportionWhat it bringsBlack teaThe body of the blendRound and faintly malty, and doing real work rather than acting as a carrier. It is the reason this cup holds together with a splash of milk when most Earl Greys do not.BergamotPrinted on the current packWhat makes a tea an Earl Grey. Restrained here: it arrives as scent above the cup rather than as flavour across the tongue, and never tips into soap.Leaf per bag2.5gOur arithmetic on 200g across 80 bags. A full cup's worth, and noticeably heavier than the bags most scented teas use.Bag paperUnbleachedStated in the product's own name. A claim about the paper only: it is not the same as plastic-free or compostable, and neither of those is claimed here.Pack: Clipper Organic Fairtrade Earl Grey Tea, 80 Unbleached Tea Bags 200g; a caffeinated scented black tea, GTIN 5021991938542. Store sealed, dry, dark and away from your other tea. Read the ingredient declaration, the certification marks, the bag material and the best-before date off the current UK pack.Characterising components shown; the unquantified black tea base makes up the remaining body. Our assessment of the cup rests on the pack format and the brand's published description.Sourcing & blend. Clipper Organic Fairtrade Earl Grey Tea, 80 Unbleached Tea Bags 200g is put together by Clipper, the Dorset tea company that built its name on organic and Fairtrade sourcing when neither was standard on a British tea shelf, and on unbleached tea bags when most of the trade still used bleached paper. That last detail is in this product's own name and is a genuine point of difference rather than a flourish.What's in Clipper Organic Fairtrade Earl Grey Tea, 80 Unbleached Tea Bags 200g:In: black tea with bergamot, at 2.5g a bag, in an unbleached paper bag. The full declaration is on the current UK pack."
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                "content": "The flavour of Clipper Organic Fairtrade Earl Grey Tea, 80 Unbleached Tea Bags 200g 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.The outer layer is aromatic, and with any Earl Grey it is a large part of the drink. Bergamot oil is extremely volatile: it sits on the outside of the dried leaf and leaves the cup as steam faster than almost anything else in tea. That is why a freshly poured Earl Grey fills a room and a cup left standing for ten minutes smells of plain black tea, even though the liquid has lost none of its strength. In this blend the aromatic layer is deliberately lighter than in the famous Earl Greys, which is what stops it reading as soap.The flavour spike arrives mid palate, and here the difference from other Earl Greys is obvious. Most of them thin out in the middle, because the base leaf is chosen to stay out of the way of the perfume. This one does not: at 2.5g a bag there is a genuine black tea underneath, rounded and faintly malty, so the middle of the cup has something in it besides citrus. That extra body is also the reason milk works, which is not true of a light-based Earl Grey. It is the densest stretch of the cup and the part a longer steep develops most.The base structure is the lingering finish: clean, short and drying only slightly, with no soapy tail behind it. A scented tea that finishes long and perfumed is one where the bergamot has been pushed hard; here the citrus fades before the tea does, which leaves a black-tea finish rather than a floral one. That is what makes this an afternoon tea you can drink several cups of rather than one you admire once.Getting it right in the cup. Use one bag per 200ml in water straight off the boil and steep for three minutes, covered if you can manage it, because covering traps the volatile bergamot in the liquid rather than losing it to the kitchen. Four minutes is fine and will not turn the cup hard, which the low astringency of this blend makes possible and which most scented blacks cannot survive. Do not squeeze the bag: you gain a little strength and a lot of dryness. Cold brewed in the fridge for six to eight hours the same bag gives a cleaner, sweeter citrus drink with the tannin left behind entirely, and it needs no sugar. Stored sealed somewhere cool and dark the character holds well beyond a year, but keep it away from your other tea, because bergamot travels through cardboard.How water and temperature change it. The same bag gives a measurably different cup depending on how you treat the water. Full boiling water and a longer steep pull more of the black tea through and push the citrus further back, which suits milk; a shorter steep keeps the bergamot forward and the body lighter, which suits lemon. Hard tap water is the real variable with any scented tea, because it mutes citrus badly and flattens the top of the cup, so in a chalky-water area this blend can read as plain black tea until you put a filter on the kettle. Soft water lets the bergamot ring clear 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 Organic Fairtrade Earl Grey Tea, 80 Unbleached Tea Bags 200g has a heavier base than most Earl Greys, which means it survives cooking, milk and ice better than the perfumed ones do. Five builds below, starting with the cup and ending with a loaf cake.\nRecipes, born here first\n\n \n The Covered Afternoon Cup\n \n How to make The Covered Afternoon Cup with Clipper Organic Fairtrade Earl Grey.\n \n 4 min\n 1 cup\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 bag Clipper Organic Fairtrade Earl Grey\n 200ml just boiled water\n A saucer to put on top\n Lemon or a splash of milk, your choice\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Pour 200ml of just boiled water over one bag.\n Cover the cup with a saucer for the first minute, which keeps the bergamot in the liquid rather than in the kitchen.\n Steep three minutes in total, then lift the bag out without squeezing it.\n Drink clear, with a slice of lemon, or with a small splash of milk.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A clear amber cup where the citrus sits above a proper black tea instead of replacing it. Covering it is worth more than any change to the timing.\n\n \n Earl Grey London Fog\n \n How to make Earl Grey London Fog with Clipper Organic Fairtrade Earl Grey.\n \n 6 min\n 1 mug\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 2 bags Clipper Organic Fairtrade Earl Grey\n 150ml just boiled water\n 150ml milk, dairy or oat\n A few drops of vanilla extract\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew 2 bags in 150ml of just boiled water for 4 minutes to make a concentrate.\n Heat and froth 150ml of milk while it steeps.\n Pour the milk over the concentrate and add a few drops of vanilla.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: The one Earl Grey drink that needs a heavy base tea. A light Earl Grey vanishes under milk; this one does not.\n\n \n Iced Earl Grey, No Sugar\n \n How to make Iced Earl Grey, No Sugar with Clipper Organic Fairtrade Earl Grey.\n \n 2 min + 8 hours\n 750ml\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 4 bags Clipper Organic Fairtrade Earl Grey\n 750ml cold water\n Lemon wheels to serve\n Plenty of ice\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Drop 4 bags into 750ml of cold water, lid on, into the fridge.\n Leave for eight hours or overnight, then lift the bags out.\n Serve over ice with a lemon wheel. It needs no sugar.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Clean citrus with the tannin left behind. Cold water never pulls the harsh compounds out, which is why iced tea made this way is never bitter.\n\n \n Earl Grey and Cheddar Toast\n \n How to make Earl Grey and Cheddar Toast with Clipper Organic Fairtrade Earl Grey.\n \n 8 min\n 1 serving\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 bag Clipper Organic Fairtrade Earl Grey\n 200ml just boiled water\n Mature cheddar, sliced thick\n Good bread, toasted\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew the cup first, three minutes, covered, and leave it to cool a little.\n Toast the bread and lay thick slices of mature cheddar on it while it is still hot.\n Eat and drink together while the cheese is just softening.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: An unlikely pairing that works. Bergamot does to cheddar roughly what chutney does, and the tannin cuts the fat.\n\n \n Earl Grey Tea Loaf\n \n How to make Earl Grey Tea Loaf with Clipper Organic Fairtrade Earl Grey.\n \n 90 min + overnight\n 1 loaf\n Medium\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 3 bags Clipper Organic Fairtrade Earl Grey\n 300ml just boiled water\n 300g mixed dried fruit\n 1 egg, 150g soft brown sugar, 250g self-raising flour\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew 3 bags in 300ml for 5 minutes, then pour the hot tea over the dried fruit and leave it overnight.\n Stir the egg, sugar and flour into the soaked fruit and whatever liquid is left.\n Bake in a lined loaf tin at 160C fan for 60 to 70 minutes, until a skewer comes out clean.\n Cool in the tin, then slice and butter it.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A traditional British tea loaf with the citrus running through the fruit. Bergamot survives the oven better than most tea flavours do."
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