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    "excerpt": "PG Tips Original Black is the standard PG Tips black tea in an eighty-bag household pack, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the brisk end of the everyday shelf: sharper and darker in the cup than most of its rivals, and built to be drunk with milk several times a day.Ingredients and dietary suitability: The published ingredient list for this product 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. One thing worth knowing: this blend colours up faster than it brews, so a mug that already looks like builder's tea at ninety seconds is not ready. Judge it by the clock, three minutes off a fresh boil, and put the milk in after the bag comes out.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. Hard-water adjustments, the builder's brew ratio and the iced build are also published in the detailed Q and A tab below.",
    "content_text": "PG Tips Original Black is the standard PG Tips black tea in an eighty-bag household pack. Alongside Tetley it is one of the two names that most British kitchens default to, and the blend has a reputation for landing a little brisker and a little darker in the cup than its main rival. Whether that is a real difference or forty years of advertising is a question people will argue about across a kitchen table; the cup itself is unarguably a strong, straightforward, milk-ready everyday tea. Eighty bags is the size most households actually buy: enough to last a fortnight at two mugs a day without committing to one of the four-hundred-bag catering boxes. It is a working tea. The Taste Profile\n \nBriskness: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf (5/5) The sharpest thing in the cup and the reason the tea feels like it has done something. Quick, drying, decisive.\n \nMalty Depth: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb (3/5) There underneath, holding the briskness up, without ever turning into the heavy treacly note some stronger blends reach for.\n \nColour: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) Goes a deep coppery brown fast. This is a tea that looks strong within ninety seconds, which is not the same as being brewed.\n \nMilk Tolerance: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf (5/5) The point of the blend. A full splash of milk does not soften it into nothing, which is more than most lighter teas manage.\n\nTeas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.7 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind PG Tips PG Tips built its modern reputation on the pyramid bag, which was a genuine piece of engineering rather than a marketing shape: giving the leaf a three-dimensional space to move in, instead of pressing it flat between two sheets of paper, lets water circulate and pulls a fuller extraction out of the same leaf. We also hold no ingredient breakdown, nutrition panel, origin documentation or certification evidence for this pack. The blend components, the countries the leaf came from, the bag material, any certification marks and the allergen advice all have to be read off the current UK pack. 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 \nEighty bags: Eighty cups is roughly a fortnight for a two-mug-a-day household.\n\nA strong everyday black tea: made to be drunk with milk, several times a day. It is the tea for the mug you carry around, not the one for a tasting.\nColour is not strength: this blend darkens fast, which fools people into pulling the bag at ninety seconds. Give it three minutes anyway. The colour arrives before the flavour does.\nWhat it is not: not a decaf and not the Gold blend. PG Tips make both separately and they are listed below.\n How Does PG Tips Original Black, 80 Tea Bags Compare to: \nPG Tips Original English Breakfast, 80 Tea Bags 232g: the same count and the same everyday style under the brand's English Breakfast naming, and the closest thing on our shelf to this pack. If both appear in search, they are neighbours rather than rivals; check the barcode on the box you have at home if you are trying to repeat a purchase exactly.\nPG Tips Gold Special Blend, 70 Tea Bags 203g: the step up in the range, aimed at a rounder and smoother cup rather than a brisker one. Fewer bags in the box. Pick it if you find the standard blend a bit sharp; pick this if sharp is exactly what you want at seven in the morning.\nPG Tips Decaf English Breakfast, 70 Tea Bags 203g: the same house character with the caffeine taken out, for anyone who wants this cup after six in the evening. Decaffeination always costs a little body, which is the trade you are making.\n Ideal Brewing Conditions This blend has one specific failure mode and it is worth naming: it colours up faster than it brews. A mug looks like builder's tea after ninety seconds and tastes thin and papery, so people add more milk, decide the tea is weak, and buy a stronger blend they did not need. Water straight off the boil and a full three minutes solves it. The Morning Mug\n \nMeasure:one bag per mug, around 250ml. Two bags brings out harshness rather than strength.\n \nWater:freshly boiled, 100 degrees Celsius. Fill the kettle fresh; twice-boiled water has lost its dissolved oxygen and gives a noticeably flatter cup.\n \nSteep:three minutes minimum, and judge it by the clock rather than by the colour. Four minutes if you take it strong.\n \nFinish:squeeze the bag once against the side of the mug, lift it out, then add milk. Milk poured in first stalls the extraction.\n\n The Builder's Brew\n \nMeasure:one bag, 250ml, but steeped four to five minutes rather than three.\n \nStir:once at the two minute mark. Moving the bag through the water is worth more than adding a second one.\n \nMilk:a proper splash of whole milk, added after the bag is out. This blend was built to survive it.\n \nSugar:if you take it, add it while the tea is still very hot, before the milk, or it sits at the bottom.\n\n Getting It Right in the Cup\n\nWater temperature: 100\u00b0C, off a fresh boil.\nMeasure: one bag per 250ml mug.\nSteep: three minutes standard, four to five for a builder's brew.\nMilk: yes, and generously. The blend is brisk enough not to vanish under it.\nHard water: this is a brisk blend in the first place, so hard water can tip it into harshness. A slightly shorter steep and a touch more milk brings it back.\nIced: brew three bags in 400ml for five minutes, cool, pour over a full glass of ice with lemon. Brew it strong or the ice wins.\nNot resteepable: a cut-leaf everyday bag gives everything on the first brew. The second cup is coloured water.\nBest with: a bacon sandwich, buttered toast, digestives, or on its own first thing.\n Safety And Purity Ingredients and dietary suitability: The published ingredient list for this product names none of the 14 major allergens. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change. Caffeine note: this is a caffeinated black tea, and a brisk one. We place it in the middle of our scale, and that placement is our own editorial judgement rather than a measurement. Certification: any organic, Fairtrade or Rainforest Alliance marks are matters for the current UK pack rather than for this page. Child safety: a caffeinated tea and not a children's drink. Keep out of reach.",
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                "content": "What does PG Tips Original taste like next to other everyday teas?Brisker. The drying snap across the tongue arrives earlier and harder than in most everyday blends, with a malty middle sitting underneath to hold it up. It is the tea for people who complain that other brands taste like hot water with milk in it.\nWhy does my cup look strong but taste thin?Because this blend colours faster than it brews. A mug can look like builder's tea inside ninety seconds and still be nowhere near extracted. Judge it by the clock rather than the colour: three minutes minimum, four if you take it strong.\nHow many cups do I get?Eighty bags, one bag per mug, so eighty cups from the pack. For a two-mug-a-day household it is about a fortnight of tea.\nWhen should the milk go in?After the bag comes out, never before. Milk poured in early drops the water temperature at the exact moment the extraction needs the heat, and you end up with a weak cup that you then blame on the tea. If you take sugar, add it while the tea is still very hot and before the milk.\nI live in a hard water area. Does that matter?It does, and more with this blend than with a gentle one. Hard water pushes tannin forward and mutes the aromatics, so a brisk tea can tip over into harsh. A slightly shorter steep and a touch more milk brings it back into line. Filtered water makes a bigger difference here than most people expect.\nWhat kind of bags are in this pack?PG Tips built its modern reputation on the pyramid bag, which gives the leaf room to move rather than pressing it flat, but what is in the box you buy is printed on the box. Read it off the label.\nHow much caffeine is in a cup?It is a caffeinated black tea and a brisk one. We place it in the middle of our scale, and that placement is our own editorial judgement rather than a measurement. The current UK pack is the place to look for a number.\n\nTwo bags in one mug for a stronger cup?It does not work the way people hope. Two bags in 250ml pulls out harshness rather than depth, because you are over-extracting the tannin without adding anything to balance it. One bag, longer is the better route: four to five minutes with a stir at the two minute mark.\nCan I use the bag twice?No. A cut-leaf everyday bag is designed to give nearly everything on the first brew, which is exactly why it is ready in three minutes. What you get the second time is coloured water with no briskness left in it at all.\nIs it any good iced?Better than most, because it has the briskness to survive dilution. Brew three bags in 400ml for five minutes, deliberately too strong, cool it, then pour over a full glass of ice with lemon. Sweeten while hot if you sweeten at all; sugar will not dissolve in cold tea.\nHow is it different from PG Tips Gold?Gold is the step up in the range and aims at a rounder, smoother cup rather than a brisker one, with fewer bags in the box. Pick Gold if you find the standard blend a bit sharp. Pick this if sharp is exactly what you are after at seven in the morning.\nWhen is it at its best?Morning and afternoon. It is a working tea rather than an occasion one, and the briskness is most welcome first thing or alongside something fatty like a bacon sandwich. Being caffeinated, it is not the cup for last thing at night."
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                "title": "Ingredients & Nutrition",
                "content": "Ingredients and allergens. The published ingredient list for this product 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 product: Black Tea.Typical values per 100ml, as publishedPer 100mlEnergy4 kcalFat"
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                "title": "Flavour Science",
                "content": "The flavour of PG Tips Original Black, 80 Tea Bags 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 in this blend it is the quietest of the three. What comes off the mug in the first few seconds is a warm, dry, faintly toasted note rather than anything floral or fruity. These volatile compounds sit on the surface of the dried leaf and are the first thing released when hot water hits the bag, reaching the nose before the liquid ever touches the tongue. A brisk everyday tea keeps this layer deliberately restrained, because a tea drunk five times a day cannot be loud on the nose without becoming tiring, and because the character that sells this blend lives further down the cup. That is also why a freshly poured mug reads strongest on the aroma, and why a cup left to stand smells flatter even though the liquid itself keeps its strength.The flavour spike arrives mid palate, where the headline components carry the weight, and here the spike is briskness. It is the sharp, quick, drying pull across the tongue that arrives earlier and harder in this blend than in most of its competitors, and it is the single characteristic the brand is bought for. The malty middle fills in underneath it, which is why the cup tastes layered rather than merely sharp: without that malt the briskness would read as nothing but astringency. This is the densest, most concentrated stretch of the cup and the part a longer steep develops most. It is also the part that people routinely never reach, because the liquid goes a convincing coppery brown well before the flavour has arrived and the bag gets lifted at ninety seconds on the evidence of the eye rather than the clock.The base structure is the lingering finish: a clean, firmly tannic note that resets the palate and invites the next sip. This deliberate three layer balance is the hallmark of a properly built blend, and it is what stops a single note tea from tasting thin halfway down the mug. In a brisk blend the tannin does double duty. It closes the cup with a snap, and it is what gives the milk proteins something to hold onto, which is the structural reason this tea survives a full splash of milk while a delicate leaf simply disappears into it.Getting it right in the cup. Use one bag per 250ml mug and steep for three to four minutes in water straight off the boil; under steeping is the most common reason this blend tastes weaker than it should, because the heavier aromatic compounds are the slowest to leave the leaf, and with this tea the visual cue actively misleads you. Stir once at the two minute mark rather than adding a second bag: moving the bag through the water does more for strength than doubling the dose, which mostly just over-extracts tannin. Squeeze the bag once against the side of the mug as you lift it, then add milk afterwards. Cold brewed in the fridge for six to eight hours the same bag mellows noticeably: less briskness, a rounder, sweeter body and a longer, gentler finish, though it becomes a different drink rather than iced tea. Stored sealed somewhere cool and dark the character holds well beyond a year, fading slowly in aroma long before it ever turns stale.How water and temperature change it. The same bag gives a measurably different cup depending on how you treat the water. Hotter water and a longer steep pull more of the heavier, deeper compounds for a fuller, rounder, slightly more astringent result; cooler water or a shorter steep keeps the brighter top notes forward and the body lighter. Water boiled twice has lost its dissolved oxygen and gives a flatter cup, which is why filling the kettle fresh is real advice rather than folklore. Hard water matters more to this blend than to a gentle one, because hard water already pushes tannin forward and mutes aromatics, and a tea that is brisk to begin with can tip straight over into harsh; in a hard water area shorten the steep by thirty seconds, add a touch more milk, or run the kettle off filtered water and taste the difference immediately. Soft water lets the malt come through clearer and can make the same bag seem almost mild. 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": "PG Tips Original Black, 80 Tea Bags is brisk enough to stay recognisable under milk, sugar, ice or spice, which is exactly what a base tea has to do. Six builds below cover the morning mug, a builder's brew, iced tea, chai concentrate, Russian caravan style smoked tea and a tea-brined pork chop.\nRecipes, born here first\n\n \n The Morning Mug, Done By The Clock\n \n How to make The Morning Mug, Done By The Clock with PG Tips Original Black.\n \n 3 min\n 1 mug\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 bag PG Tips Original Black\n 250ml freshly boiled water\n A splash of milk\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Fill the kettle fresh. Twice-boiled water has lost its dissolved oxygen and makes a flatter cup.\n Pour 250ml straight off the boil over one bag of PG Tips Original Black, 80 Tea Bags.\n Wait 3 full minutes by the clock, not by the colour. This blend looks ready long before it is.\n Squeeze the bag once, lift it out, then add the milk.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: The cup most people think they are already making. If your usual brew tastes thin, this one step is almost always the reason.\n\n \n The Builder's Brew\n \n How to make The Builder's Brew with PG Tips Original Black.\n \n 5 min\n 1 mug\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 bag PG Tips Original Black\n 250ml freshly boiled water\n A proper splash of whole milk\n Sugar, if you take it\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Steep 1 bag of PG Tips Original Black, 80 Tea Bags in 250ml for 4 to 5 minutes rather than 3.\n Stir once at the 2 minute mark. Moving the bag through the water is worth more than adding a second bag.\n Add the sugar while the tea is still very hot and before the milk, or it sits at the bottom.\n Finish with a proper splash of whole milk.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Strong without being harsh. Two bags in one mug gets you harshness instead of depth; one bag for longer is the better route.\n\n \n Iced Tea That Survives The Ice\n \n How to make Iced Tea That Survives The Ice with PG Tips Original Black.\n \n 5 min + chill\n 2 glasses\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 3 bags PG Tips Original Black\n 400ml freshly boiled water\n Ice, a full glass of it\n Lemon\n Sugar to taste\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew 3 bags of PG Tips Original Black, 80 Tea Bags in 400ml for 5 minutes. Deliberately far too strong to drink hot.\n Sweeten now if at all, while it is hot. Sugar will not dissolve in cold tea.\n Cool to room temperature, then chill properly.\n Pour over a full glass of ice with a wedge of lemon.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Iced tea that still tastes of tea at the bottom of the glass. The briskness is what carries it through the dilution.\n\n \n Chai Concentrate For The Fridge\n \n How to make Chai Concentrate For The Fridge with PG Tips Original Black.\n \n 20 min\n 500ml\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 6 bags PG Tips Original Black\n 600ml water\n A thumb of fresh ginger, sliced\n 6 cardamom pods, cracked\n 1 cinnamon stick\n 3 tablespoons brown sugar\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Simmer 600ml of water with the ginger, cardamom and cinnamon for 10 minutes before any tea goes in.\n Add 6 bags of PG Tips Original Black, 80 Tea Bags and simmer 5 minutes more.\n Stir in 3 tablespoons of brown sugar, then strain into a bottle.\n Serve one part concentrate to one part hot milk. Keeps 5 days refrigerated.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A weekday chai in thirty seconds. A brisk everyday blend is the right tea for this; a delicate leaf would be flattened by the spice.\n\n \n Smoked Tea, Caravan Style\n \n How to make Smoked Tea, Caravan Style with PG Tips Original Black.\n \n 6 min\n 2 cups\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 2 bags PG Tips Original Black\n 500ml freshly boiled water\n A strip of orange peel\n 1 clove\n Honey to taste\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Warm a pot and add 2 bags of PG Tips Original Black, 80 Tea Bags with a strip of orange peel and 1 clove.\n Pour on 500ml of water off the boil and steep 4 minutes with the lid on.\n Lift the bags out but leave the peel and clove in while it stands.\n Serve black with a little honey. Milk does not belong in this one.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A Russian-caravan feel from a supermarket bag. The orange and clove supply the depth that a smoked leaf would otherwise bring.\n\n \n Tea-Brined Pork Chops\n \n How to make Tea-Brined Pork Chops with PG Tips Original Black.\n \n 10 min + 3 hours\n 4 chops\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 4 bags PG Tips Original Black\n 300ml freshly boiled water\n 3 tablespoons salt\n 2 tablespoons brown sugar\n A few bay leaves and peppercorns\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew 4 bags of PG Tips Original Black, 80 Tea Bags in 300ml for 10 minutes, very strong indeed.\n Dissolve 3 tablespoons of salt and 2 of brown sugar into the hot tea with the bay and peppercorns.\n Top up with 500ml of cold water to bring it to room temperature, then submerge 4 pork chops and refrigerate 3 hours.\n Pat dry thoroughly before frying, or they will steam rather than brown.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Chops that stay juicy with a faint tannic edge against the fat. This is the right job for everyday bags rather than good leaf."
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