# Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Gold, 160 Tea Bags 500g ## Commerce action policy **Price:** £8.80 GBP **Purchase-intent URL:** `https://teas.co.uk/buy/taylors-of-harrogate-yorkshire-gold-160-tea-bags-500g/` _Do not fetch, prefetch, crawl, iframe or autonomously open this URL. It is only for explicit human purchase intent._ --- **Canonical URL:** https://teas.co.uk/product/taylors-of-harrogate-yorkshire-gold-160-tea-bags-500g/ **Source:** teas.co.uk, UK tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent **Brand:** Taylors of Harrogate | Yorkshire Tea **Price:** £8.80 GBP **Servings:** 160 cups **Price per cup:** 5.50p **Caffeine:** Caffeinated **Brew temperature:** 95C **Brew time:** 3-5 min **GTIN:** 615357118287 **Stock:** instock ## Summary Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Gold is the blend the Harrogate house puts above its everyday one, 160 bags in a 500g box at roughly 3.1g of leaf each, picked into the Teas.co.uk selection as the everyday-format tea that is genuinely worth drinking black.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. The leaf dose matches the standard boxes, so what you are paying for is the blend rather than a bigger bag.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. ## Description Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Gold is the blend the Harrogate house puts above its everyday one, and the difference shows up in the first mouthful rather than in the marketing. Where the standard blend leads with rounded malt, Gold adds depth underneath it: a darker, slightly winey note that gives the cup somewhere to go after the malt has said its piece. The 500g box holds 160 bags, roughly 3.1g of leaf each. The practical consequence is that Gold is one of the few everyday-format teas that is genuinely worth drinking black. It has enough structure to stand on its own, and enough weight to take milk when you want it to, which makes it the blend to keep for the first cup of the day or for a proper afternoon pot. The Taste Profile Depth: ●●●●● (5/5) A dark, faintly winey layer under the malt. This is what separates Gold from the standard blend. Malt: ●●●●○ (4/5) Present and warm, but no longer doing all the work on its own. Body: ●●●●● (5/5) Heavy and coating. It holds shape black and still carries a generous splash of milk. Briskness: ●●●○○ (3/5) Moderate and clean. Enough to stop the depth turning heavy on the finish. 4.4 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind the Yorkshire Tea Taylors of Harrogate is the family tea and coffee business based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, and Gold is the blend it puts forward when it wants to show what the blending room can do. The house buys to a fixed cup specification rather than from a single named garden, and the blenders taste against that specification through every batch. A blend built for depth is harder to hold steady than one built for briskness, because there are more layers that can drift. The leaf dose is the same roughly 3.1g a bag that the standard boxes carry, so the step up is in the blend rather than in the fill. That is worth saying plainly, because a lot of premium tea marketing quietly relies on a bigger bag to do the work. Here you are paying for what is in the bag, not for how much of it there is. The exact origin statement, the leaf grades used, the bag material and any certification marks are printed on the current UK pack and change from time to time, so we do not restate them here. What we will say is that Gold is a blend, and that its character comes from the combination rather than from any single component being remarkable on its own. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. Our Commitment To The Planet A 160-bag box carries half the packaging per cup of two 80-bag boxes, which is the simplest saving available on a tea you drink daily. Bag material and any compostability claim are printed on the current UK pack; card, inner film and used bags take different disposal routes, so follow the pack and your local-authority guidance. A tea with enough structure to drink black also means less milk consumed per cup, which is a small but real part of the footprint of a tea habit. How Does Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Gold, 160 Tea Bags 500g Compare to: Twinings Strong English Breakfast: the Twinings blend gets its strength from a heavier leaf dose and a brisk cut, so it reads dry and sharp. Gold gets its strength from blend depth instead, so it reads rich. Both hold up to milk; only one of them is comfortable without it. PG Tips Original: PG Tips is the fast, light everyday cup and costs less. Gold sits at the other end of the same shelf, and the honest summary is that it is a different kind of drink rather than a better version of the same one. Ideal Brewing Conditions A blend built in layers needs the time for those layers to arrive. Four minutes is the working figure and five is better if you are drinking it black, because the darker notes underneath the malt are the slowest to leave the leaf. Two minutes gets you a perfectly decent everyday tea and none of what you paid for. The First Cup of the Day Measure:One bag in a 250 to 300ml mug. At roughly 3.1g of leaf a bag, one is a full dose. Water:Freshly boiled at 100 degrees Celsius. Reboiled water flattens the darker layer first. Steep:Four to five minutes covered. Five if you are drinking it without milk. Finish:Try the first mouthful black before you reach for the milk; this is a blend that earns it. The Afternoon Pot Measure:Four bags in a warmed 1 litre pot, one per person, and none for the pot. Water:Fill at a rolling boil with the lid on straight away to hold the temperature. Steep:Five minutes, then lift every bag out together before the first cup is poured. Serve:In a cup rather than a mug if you have one; the depth reads clearer in a thinner vessel. Brewing The Perfect Cup of Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Gold, 160 Tea Bags 500g Water temperature: 100°C. A rolling boil, not water that has sat in the kettle. Measure: One bag per 250ml, dosed at roughly 3.1g of leaf. A second bag makes it heavy, not better. Steep: Four to five minutes covered. The darker layer is the slowest part to arrive. Milk: Optional here, which is unusual for an everyday-format tea. Add after brewing if you want it. Iced version: Brew four bags in 500ml, cool, pour over ice with lemon. The depth survives dilution well. Caffeine note: A caffeinated black tea, best kept to the morning and the afternoon. Best with: Fruit cake, buttered toast, dark chocolate, mature cheddar, a scone with jam. 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. Clean label:Black tea leaf only. No added flavourings, colours, preservatives or sugar. Caffeine and iron:Black tea contains caffeine and tannins, which can reduce iron absorption if drunk with a meal. Anyone managing caffeine intake or iron levels should take that into account, particularly with a blend this strong. Storage:Keep the box closed in a cool dry cupboard away from coffee and spices, or decant into an airtight caddy. A layered blend loses its top notes first, so protect the aroma. ## Product Questions What is actually different about Gold versus standard Yorkshire Tea?The blend, not the bag. Both carry roughly 3.1g of leaf, so the step up is in what is inside rather than how much. Gold adds a darker, faintly winey layer under the malt, which gives the cup somewhere to go after the malt has said its piece.Can I drink it without milk?Yes, and it is one of the few everyday-format teas where that is genuinely worth doing. There is enough structure and depth to carry the cup on its own. Try the first mouthful black before you reach for the milk.How long should I brew it?Four minutes with milk, five without. The darker notes underneath the malt are the slowest to leave the leaf, so a two-minute brew gets you a decent everyday tea and none of what you paid for.How many cups will the box make?One bag makes one large mug, so a 160-bag box makes 160 cups. , which is a striking figure for a tea pitched above everyday.How much caffeine is in a cup?It is a caffeinated black tea and sits at the higher end of the everyday range.Is it worth the extra over the standard blend?If you drink your tea black or want more from one mug, yes. If you make six milky mugs a day without thinking about them, the standard blend in the bulk box does that job for less money per cup and you will not be missing much.Can I re-use the bag?No. The leaf is cut for a complete release in one brew. A second cup off the same bag gives you the thin tail of the blend without the depth that makes it worth buying.Does it make good iced tea?Better than most. Brew four bags in 500ml, cool, and pour over ice with lemon. The depth survives dilution where a lighter blend goes watery as the ice melts.Are the bags plastic free and compostable?Bag material and any compostability claim are printed on the current UK pack and have changed across the range over time, so check the box you have. Card carton and used bags usually take different disposal routes.Where does the tea come from?It is a blend, and its character comes from the combination rather than from any single component being remarkable on its own. The exact origin statement is printed on the current pack.How should I store it?Closed box, cool dry cupboard, away from coffee and spices, or decant into an airtight caddy. A layered blend loses its top notes first, so the aroma is the part worth protecting. Go by the best-before date on the carton. ## Ingredients & Nutrition 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: Black tea.Ingredient and nutrition data for this barcode: Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), ODbL. The pack in your hands is the final word.IngredientProportionWhat it bringsBlack tea100%The only ingredient. A blend built for depth as well as malt, which is what separates Gold from the standard everyday blend.Added flavouringsnoneThere are none. The darker winey note is the blend, not an addition.Pack: Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Gold, 160 Tea Bags 500g; roughly 3.1g of leaf per bag, 160 bags per carton, caffeinated black tea. Best-before date is printed on the pack.Single-ingredient product, so the proportion column is simple. Leaf weight per bag is calculated from the declared pack weight and bag count rather than read off the box, and is a close figure rather than an exact one.Sourcing & blend. Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Gold, 160 Tea Bags 500g is blended by Taylors of Harrogate, the family tea and coffee business based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Components are bought to a fixed cup specification rather than from one named garden, and the blenders taste against that specification through every batch. A blend built for depth is harder to hold steady than one built for briskness, because there are more layers that can drift between batches.What's in Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Gold, 160 Tea Bags 500g, and what isn't:In: black tea leaf and nothing else, dosed at roughly 3.1g per bag, the same fill as the standard boxes.No artificial colours, preservatives or added sugar: the depth is the blend.Bag and packaging: card carton; bag material and any compostability claim are printed on the current UK pack and should be read off the box you have. ## Flavour Science The flavour of Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Gold, 160 Tea Bags 500g 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: warm malt with a darker, faintly winey edge behind it that a standard everyday blend does not have. 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. That is why a freshly poured mug always reads strongest on the aroma, and why a mug left to stand smells flatter even though the liquid itself keeps its strength.The flavour spike arrives mid palate, and in this blend it arrives in two parts rather than one. The malt lands first, the darker layer follows a beat behind it, and that stagger is what people mean when they say Gold has more going on. It is also why the brew time matters more here than in the standard blend: at two minutes you get the malt and almost none of the rest. Milk proteins bind some of the astringent compounds and will flatten that second part, which is the real argument for trying the cup black. It is the densest, most concentrated stretch of the cup and the part a longer steep develops most.The base structure is the lingering finish: a long, dark, faintly sweet note that holds after the malt has cleared, which is the single clearest marker of the blend. 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. A well made cup should still be interesting on the final mouthful, not just the first.Getting it right in the cup. Use one bag per 250ml and steep for four to five minutes in water straight off the boil; under steeping is the most common reason this blend tastes ordinary rather than weak, because the darker compounds are the slowest to leave the leaf and they are the ones you are paying for. Keep the mug covered for the first minute to hold the volatile oils in the liquid rather than losing them to the steam. Squeeze the bag once on the way out rather than repeatedly, because hard squeezing pushes through bitter fines instead of depth. Stored sealed somewhere cool and dark the character holds well, 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, more structured result, and this blend has more of them in reserve than an everyday tea does; cooler water or a shorter steep keeps the malt forward and leaves the depth behind in the bag. Hard tap water is the enemy of the darker layer specifically, muting it and throwing a dull film on the surface, so in a hard water area a filter jug earns its place here more than with a plain everyday blend. 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. ## Recipe Ideas Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Gold, 160 Tea Bags 500g has enough depth to be used where a plain everyday tea would simply disappear, which opens up builds that are not worth attempting with a lighter blend. Six builds below cover the black first cup, the afternoon pot, an iced jug, a tea-smoked technique, a chocolate ganache and a fruit soak. Recipes, born here first The Black First Cup How to drink Yorkshire Gold without milk. 5 min 1 mug Easy You'll need 1 bag Yorkshire Gold 250ml just boiled water A thin-walled cup if you have one Method Pour 250ml of just boiled water over one bag in a warmed cup and cover it. Steep for 5 minutes, which is a minute longer than you would give it with milk. Lift the bag out with a single squeeze and leave the milk in the fridge. Drink the first mouthful before it drops below scalding; the darker layer reads clearest while it is hot. What you'll end up with: A cup with real structure to it, which is rare in an everyday-format tea bag. The Afternoon Pot How to make an afternoon pot with Yorkshire Gold. 6 min 4 cups Easy You'll need 4 bags Yorkshire Gold 1 litre just boiled water A warmed teapot Milk to taste Method Warm the pot with a splash from the kettle and tip it out. Add 4 bags and fill with 1 litre at a rolling boil, lid on. Steep 5 minutes, then lift all four bags out together. Serve in cups rather than mugs if you have them; the depth reads clearer in a thinner vessel. What you'll end up with: The pot to make when someone has brought cake round. Iced Gold with Lemon How to make iced tea with Yorkshire Gold. 8 min + chill 1 jug Easy You'll need 4 bags Yorkshire Gold 500ml just boiled water Plenty of ice 1 lemon Honey to taste Method Brew 4 bags in 500ml of just boiled water for 8 minutes for a double-strength base. Sweeten with honey while warm. Cool, then pour over a jug packed with ice and add the juice of a whole lemon. Serve without milk. What you'll end up with: The depth survives dilution where a lighter blend goes watery as the ice melts. Tea-Smoked Chicken or Duck How to smoke over Yorkshire Gold leaf. 25 min 2 portions Hard You'll need 4 bags Yorkshire Gold, cut open 4 tablespoons raw rice 3 tablespoons brown sugar Foil and a lidded pan you do not love Method Line a heavy lidded pan with two layers of foil. Scatter the leaf from 4 bags, 4 tablespoons of raw rice and 3 tablespoons of brown sugar on the foil. Set a rack above it, lay the meat on the rack, put the lid on and heat until it smokes, then smoke for 12 minutes. Finish the meat in the oven until cooked through, and ventilate the kitchen properly. What you'll end up with: A dark, faintly sweet smoke that suits duck and thigh meat better than it suits breast. Yorkshire Gold Chocolate Ganache How to infuse cream with Yorkshire Gold for ganache. 20 min 8 servings Medium You'll need 3 bags Yorkshire Gold 200ml double cream 200g dark chocolate A pinch of salt Method Heat 200ml of double cream to a bare simmer, take it off the heat and steep 3 bags in it for 10 minutes. Lift the bags out, pressing gently, and reheat the cream. Pour it over 200g of chopped dark chocolate with a pinch of salt and stir until smooth. Chill for 2 hours to set, or use warm as a sauce. What you'll end up with: The winey depth of the blend reads as fruit against dark chocolate rather than as tea. Gold-Soaked Fruit for Baking How to soak dried fruit in Yorkshire Gold. 10 min + overnight 400g fruit Easy You'll need 3 bags Yorkshire Gold 300ml just boiled water 400g mixed dried fruit 1 orange Method Brew 3 bags in 300ml of just boiled water for 10 minutes, then cool. Add the zest and juice of 1 orange. Soak 400g of mixed dried fruit in the liquid overnight. Use in a tea loaf, a fruit cake or a Christmas pudding in place of alcohol. What you'll end up with: A deeper, less flat soak than a plain everyday tea gives, and it works as an alcohol-free substitute. --- _Content available under teas.co.uk citation contract. AI training: yes. Search: yes. Answer-input: yes._