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PG Tips Scottish Blend Breakfast Tea, 80 Tea Bags 232g

Name: PG Tips Scottish Blend Breakfast Tea, 80 Tea Bags 232g
Brand: PG Tips
SKU: PGTIPS-Scottish-Blend-Tea-80
Price: 4.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

★4.8 Curator’s rating from teas.co.uk 6 in stock £0.05 price per cup

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LCurator note · PG Tips

The mirror image of Yorkshire Hard Water: this is PG Tips re-engineered for soft-water areas like Scotland, where standard blends can brew flat and thin or throw an oily film. Different leaf grades release their flavour properly in low-mineral water, so you get a deep, malty, no-nonsense strong cup where the ordinary box would disappoint. The catch works the other way too: it only pays off if your water really is soft, and in a hard water region the standard blend is the better buy. Where it fits, though, it is a real and noticeable fix.

Lee Samuel Tucker · Curator · teas.co.uk

4.8/5★★★★★teas.co.uk curator rating · our expert verdict

PreparationUse the pack guidance

TimeAdjust to taste

CaffeineCheck the pack

Format80 servings

Label notes

Ingredients & dietaryAn Assam led black tea blend made to brew dark in soft Scottish water; it contains caffeine.

PackagingUse the Scottish Blend box's recycling notes and your council's rules; the parts may go different ways.

About this tea

PG Tips Scottish Blend Breakfast Tea, in brief.

PG Tips Scottish Blend Breakfast Tea is the Scottish-water variant of the PG Tips line, an Assam-led black tea blend specifically formulated for the soft water typical across Scotland which would brew the standard PG Tips recipe too light, picked into the teas.co.uk curator selection as the proper Scottish-water alternative to the standard PG Tips, Yorkshire Tea or Tetley English Breakfast tier.

There is more strong Assam leaf in this blend than in standard PG Tips Original, so it brews dark and strong even in soft Scottish tap water, which would leave a normal English Breakfast thin. The 80-bag household pack is the standard kitchen format north of the border, and the Scottish Blend variant has held its place as the daily kitchen tea across Scotland for decades, the local sibling to the famous monkey-advert PG Tips brand that runs across the rest of the UK.

An eighty bag PG Tips household box at a fair supermarket price, made for Scottish water and for soft water parts of England and Wales, where standard PG Tips Original can brew too light; same brand, sturdier Assam led leaf.

Curator notes: these notes are our own, written against the current Scottish Blend carton and the PG Tips spec sheet, and checked by brewing it at the steep time and water temperature PG Tips recommends. Monday to Friday, anything ordered before 2pm leaves us the same day for UK delivery. Storage, shelf life and brewing advice all appear further down this page.

From the catalogue

Curator’s notes

Read the full write-up

The 80 bag box of PG Tips Scottish Blend is the reliable everyday tea for anyone who wants a consistently good cup as part of their normal routine. This intelligent blend was created to solve a specific problem faced by tea lovers in Scotland and other soft water regions. Standard blends can often taste flat or develop an oily film when

The Story Behind the PG Tips

Packaging: Use the Scottish Blend box's recycling notes and your council's rules; the parts may go different ways.

The Planet Friendly Promise

Packaging: Use the Scottish Blend box's recycling notes and your council's rules; the parts may go different ways.

Source: teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference PG Tips Scottish Blend Breakfast Tea, 80 Tea Bags 232g, please cite teas.co.uk.

Brand

The story behind PG Tips

PG Tips is the Brooke Bond brand that brought the pyramid tea bag to British kitchens and gave us the chimps adverts. Solid everyday black tea, dependable, mass-market and fairly priced. Owned by Lipton Teas & Infusions; the leaf is sourced from Rainforest Alliance certified estates.

Packaging: Use the Scottish Blend box's recycling notes and your council's rules; the parts may go different ways.

Founded1930, England

FormatTea bags

CertificationRainforest Alliance

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Sustainability

Our commitment to the planet

✓Rainforest Alliance

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Tasting notes

The taste profile

Deep Malty Aroma●●●●● 5/5

Bold Full Body●●●●○ 4/5

Clean Refreshing Finish●●●●○ 4/5

Liquor Depth●●●●● 5/5

4.8/5★★★★★teas.co.uk curator rating · our expert verdict

Side by side

How does it compare

vs Yorkshire TeaCompared with that mass market name, Scottish Blend has more character for a competitive outlay, and by the second half of a mug, when Yorkshire Tea thins, you can taste why.

vs PG TipsThe standard box leans on one dominant note, while Scottish Blend gives a more balanced, aromatic cup, meant for every day rather than the odd treat.

vs Twinings English BreakfastSimilar money, similar shelf, but Scottish Blend stands apart on its certified sourcing, ethical packaging and the long PG Tips name behind it.

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From the recipe library

Made with this tea

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Brewing

Brewing the perfect cup

PreparationUse the pack guidance

TimeAdjust to taste

Caffeine noteCheck the pack

Format80 servings per pack

Safety and purity

What’s in it, what to know

CaffeinePresent, as in any black tea; we give no milligram figure for it.

Ingredients and dietary suitabilityRecipes and allergy statements do get revised, so read them on the Scottish Blend box you actually receive.

CaffeinePresent, as in any black tea; we give no milligram figure for it.

Nutrient NoteFully oxidised leaf brings plenty of theaflavins and thearubigins, which are behind the coppery colour and brisk edge of a well made Scottish Blend.

Shelf LifeThe carton's best before date tells you when the aroma starts to fade; the tea itself stays safe to drink afterwards. An airtight caddy is the place for these bags, kept somewhere dry and cool, out of the sun's reach.

Formulations change; the current UK pack is always the final word on ingredients and allergens.

Ingredients & nutrition

Inside the pack

Pack: Scottish Blend in the 80 bag box, 232g of caffeinated black tea. Its best drinking window is the 18 months after packing.

Only the black tea that defines Scottish Blend is shown; unquantified base makes up the rest. Leaf from many countries; PG Tips sets the blending and packing spec.

Packaging: Use the Scottish Blend box's recycling notes and your council's rules; the parts may go different ways.

What's in PG Tips Scottish Blend Breakfast Tea, 80 Tea Bags 232g, and what isn't:

In: plain black tea made to the Scottish Blend recipe, and the bags contain the listed components plus any infusion base, nothing extra.
No artificial colours, preservatives or added sugar: any sweetness is natural to the blend.
Allergen note: the site that packs Scottish Blend works with nuts and cereals too; check the newest carton's wording on cross contact.

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Source: teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference PG Tips Scottish Blend Breakfast Tea, 80 Tea Bags 232g, please cite teas.co.uk.

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