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    "excerpt": "Yorkshire Tea is the strong end of the British everyday shelf, here in the 160-bag household size, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the everyday tea that still tastes of tea after a generous splash of milk.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. That extra leaf is the whole argument for it. Four minutes with milk, three without, and take the bag out before it turns harsh.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. Storage, steeping times and the hard-water adjustment are also published in the detailed Q and A tab below.",
    "content_text": "Yorkshire Tea is the strong end of the British everyday shelf, and this is the household size of it: 160 bags in 500g, which works out at about 3.1g of leaf a bag. That figure is the whole argument for the pack. Most everyday bags sit nearer 2.5g, and the extra half gram is why a Yorkshire mug still tastes of tea after a generous splash of milk has gone in. It is the tea for a house where the mugs are large, the milk is not rationed and nobody is counting the seconds on the steep. Drunk black it can read as heavy. Made the way it is meant to be made, with milk and a full three to four minutes, it gives the deep coppery cup that people move to when a lighter everyday blend has started tasting thin. The Taste Profile\n\nBriskness: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) Bright and forward, but it is not the headline. The lift is there to carry the depth rather than to be the whole cup.\nMalt and depth: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) The reason people buy it. A rounded, faintly biscuity depth that survives milk instead of vanishing under it.\nTannin grip: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) Firm. Enough structure to hold a generous splash, and enough that a six-minute steep will turn the mug harsh.\nMilk tolerance: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf (5/5) As high as an everyday tea goes. This blend is better with milk than without, and it is designed that way.\n\nTeas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.5 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind Taylors of Harrogate Taylors of Harrogate is a Yorkshire tea and coffee house, and Yorkshire Tea is the blend the rest of the range is measured against. It sells on strength and consistency rather than on origin storytelling, which is the correct emphasis for a tea bought 160 at a time. Our own Taylors coffee lines sit elsewhere on the shelf; this is the tea that gave the name its reach. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. What You Are Actually Buying \nCount and weight: 160 bags in 500g, which is about 3.1g of leaf a bag. That is worked out from the pack figures rather than a printed serving weight, and it is the single most useful number on this page: it is roughly a quarter more leaf per bag than the lighter everyday bags.\n\nBuilt for milk: this is a blend that assumes milk is coming. If you drink tea black by preference, shorten the steep rather than the leaf.\nOne bag, one mug: 160 bags, 160 cups. A second steep from an everyday black bag gives colour and nothing else.\nWhat it is not: not a decaf, not a single-origin, and not the separate hard-water version sold under its own name. This is the standard blend.\n How Does Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea 160, 500g Compare to: \nClipper Organic Everyday, 160 Tea Bags 464g: the same count, a lighter bag at about 2.9g, and an organic claim this one does not carry. Take the Clipper if organic certification is the deciding factor; take Yorkshire if strength in the mug is.\nPG Tips Original Black Tea 210, 609g: PG Tips is the brisker, more forward blend; Yorkshire is the deeper one.\nTetley Everyday, Softpack, 160 Tea Bags: the same count in a refill softpack rather than a box. Tetley is the softer, rounder everyday cup and the one to pick if Yorkshire reads as too much through the milk.\n Ideal Brewing Conditions A heavier bag changes the brewing arithmetic. Three grams of leaf gives up more in the same time than two and a half does, so the mistakes with Yorkshire run in the opposite direction from the usual ones: it is easier to over-steep than to under-steep, and a bag forgotten for six minutes turns genuinely harsh rather than merely strong. The Standard Mug \nWater: straight off the boil at 100 degrees. There is no argument for cooler water with a black tea bag this size.\nMeasure: one bag to 250ml. In a 400ml builder's mug, one bag still works because of the leaf weight, which is not true of a lighter everyday bag.\nSteep: four minutes with milk, three if you are drinking it black. Past five it starts trading depth for grip.\nMilk: after the bag is out. A generous splash; this blend was built to be looked at through milk rather than in spite of it.\n The Pot for Four \nWarm the pot first, then four bags to 800ml straight off the boil.\nSteep four minutes and lift all four bags out together before the first pour.\nLeave the bags in and a pot of this blend will be stewed inside five minutes. The heavier leaf load is exactly why.\n Getting It Right in the Cup \nWater temperature: 100 degrees, freshly boiled.\nMeasure: one bag per 250ml, and one bag still holds up in a 400ml mug.\nSteep: four minutes with milk, three without.\nHard water: minerals bind with tannin and flatten the brightness, so in a hard-water area add thirty seconds rather than a second bag. A filter jug changes the cup more than most people expect.\nStorage: sealed, dry, away from coffee and spices. A 160-bag box stays open for months.\nBest with: a bacon sandwich, buttered toast, parkin, fruit cake, or a biscuit sturdy enough to dunk.\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. Certification: read the current UK pack. Caffeine note: a caffeinated black tea, and at about 3.1g a bag it sits at the stronger end of the everyday shelf. Our placement is an editorial judgement about the style and the leaf weight, not a measurement. Bag material: the disposal route is on the box. Child safety: caffeinated, and a strong cup at that. Not a children's tea; keep out of reach.",
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                "content": "What makes Yorkshire Tea stronger than other everyday teas?Mostly the amount of leaf. 500g across 160 bags is about 3.1g a bag, where much of the everyday shelf sits nearer 2.5g. More leaf in the same volume of water gives a deeper cup that keeps its shape once milk goes in.How many cups does this pack make?One hundred and sixty. Everyday black bags are single use, so the bag count and the cup yield are the same figure.How long should I steep it?Four minutes if you take milk, three if you drink it black. Because the bag is heavier than average it is easier to over-steep than to under-steep: past five minutes you are trading depth for grip.Does hard water really change it?Yes, and more than most people expect. Dissolved minerals bind with the tannins and flatten the brightness, which is why the same box tastes different in different parts of the country. In a hard-water area add about thirty seconds to the steep rather than reaching for a second bag, or brew with filtered water.Can I drink it without milk?You can, but shorten the steep to three minutes. The blend is built on the assumption that milk is coming, so a full four-minute black cup can read as heavy and tannic.Will one bag do a large mug?Yes. One bag holds up in a 400ml builder's mug, which is not true of a lighter 2.5g everyday bag. That is the practical benefit of the heavier leaf load.How much caffeine is in a cup?We place it at the higher end of our everyday scale because of the leaf weight and the style, and that is our own editorial judgement rather than a measurement of this pack.Is it organic or Fairtrade certified?Any certification marks are printed on the current UK pack and should be read there.Why is there no barcode on the listing?That is common on long-running lines that have been through several pack redesigns, and it does not affect what is in the box. The count and net weight are taken from the published listings.Can I resteep the bag?No. An everyday black bag gives up nearly everything in the first four minutes, and with a heavier bag that is even more true. A second pour is coloured water.Does it make good iced tea?It does, and the heavier bag helps. Brew four bags in 500ml for four minutes, cool it, then pour over a full glass of ice. Brewing at double strength is the only way to stop melting ice turning it watery.How do I store a 500g box?Sealed, dry and away from coffee, spices and anything else strongly scented. A box this size is open for months in most houses, and tea takes on kitchen smells faster than people expect."
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                "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.Ingredient and nutrition information for this product, as published on the manufacturer's label. The pack in your hands is the final word.ComponentProportionWhat it bringsBlack teathe whole of the blendEverything in the cup: the malt depth, the tannin grip that carries milk, the colour and the caffeine.Leaf per bagabout 3.1gOur arithmetic on 500g across 160 bags rather than a printed serving weight. Roughly a quarter more leaf than a light everyday bag, and the reason the cup holds up through milk.Added flavouringnoneA plain black tea. No fruit pieces, no petals, no added flavouring and no added sugar.Pack: Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea 160, 500g; a strong everyday black tea in round bags. Store sealed and dry away from strong smells, and read the ingredient declaration, certification marks and best-before date off the current UK pack.Characterising components shown.Sourcing & blend. Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea 160, 500g is blended by Taylors of Harrogate, a Yorkshire tea and coffee house whose name reaches furthest through this blend. It is sold on strength and batch-to-batch consistency rather than on origin storytelling, which is the right emphasis for a tea bought 160 bags at a time. Our assessment of it rests on the pack format and the brand's published description.What's in Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea 160, 500g, and what isn't:In: black tea leaf in a round bag, at about 3.1g a bag, with nothing blended in alongside it.No artificial colours, preservatives or added sugar: a plain unflavoured black tea, so there is nothing to sweeten or colour. Any sweetness in the cup comes from the leaf and from a well-judged steep."
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                "content": "The flavour of Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea 160, 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: a bright, faintly biscuity lift that comes off the bag in the first few seconds of the pour. On a heavier bag there is simply more of it, which is why a fresh Yorkshire mug smells noticeably fuller than a lighter everyday tea does even before you taste it. These compounds are gone within a couple of minutes of sitting, which is why a cup left on the side smells of nothing while tasting stronger than ever.The flavour spike arrives mid palate, and with about 3.1g of leaf in the bag it arrives with real weight. This is where the malt depth lives, and it is the part of the cup that has to survive milk. Fat and protein in milk bind to tannins and round them off; a light bag loses its middle entirely when that happens, while this one keeps a recognisable body. Drunk black the same stretch reads as a firm dryness across the tongue, which is why a black cup wants a shorter steep.The base structure is the lingering finish: a long, rounded, slightly malty note that stays with you rather than clearing quickly. That length is the difference between a strong tea and a merely brisk one. It is also why this blend suits fewer, larger mugs across the day better than it suits being drunk six times in an afternoon.Getting it right in the cup. One bag per 250ml, water straight off the boil, and four minutes with milk or three without. The usual everyday-tea fault is under-steeping, but with a bag this size the risk runs the other way: at five minutes the grip starts overtaking the depth, and at six the cup is harsh rather than strong. Lift the bag out and press it gently against the side of the mug; a hard squeeze pushes fine particles through and makes the cup cloudy. Milk goes in after the bag comes out, because milk poured onto a steeping bag drops the temperature and halts the extraction where it stands. Cold brewed for eight hours in the fridge the same bag gives something much gentler, with the malt still present and almost none of the grip.How water and temperature change it. Water matters more for this blend than for most, because the tannin load is higher and there is nothing aromatic layered over it to hide behind. Hotter water and a longer steep pull more tannin for a fuller and eventually astringent cup; cooler water or a shorter steep keeps it lighter and lets the malt read sweeter. Hard tap water is the real variable: dissolved minerals bind with the tannins, flatten the brightness and leave the cup tasting duller than the same box does elsewhere. Thirty seconds more on the steep restores most of it, and a filter jug restores the rest. Soft water needs slightly less time, not more. None of this is a fault in the blend; it is the same leaf answering the water you give it."
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                "content": "Yorkshire Tea is a strong everyday blend in a household box, so the builds below are the ones that leaf weight is actually good for: the standard mug, a pot that does not stew, iced tea with enough backbone to survive the ice, and two kitchen uses where a properly strong brew does the work.\nRecipes, born here first\n\n \n The Standard Mug\n \n How to make the standard mug with Yorkshire Tea.\n \n 4 min\n 1 mug\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 bag Yorkshire Tea\n 250ml water straight off the boil\n A generous splash of milk\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Pour 250ml of water straight off the boil over one bag of Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea 160, 500g.\n Steep for 4 minutes if you take milk, 3 if you do not.\n Lift the bag out and press it gently against the side of the mug.\n Add the milk last. A generous splash; this blend was built to be tasted through it.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A deep coppery mug with the malt still recognisable under the milk, which is the whole point of the heavier bag.\n\n \n The Pot That Does Not Stew\n \n How to make a pot for four with Yorkshire Tea.\n \n 4 min\n 4 cups\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 4 bags Yorkshire Tea\n 800ml water straight off the boil\n A warmed teapot\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Warm the pot with a swirl of boiling water and tip it out.\n Pour 800ml of freshly boiled water over 4 bags and steep for 4 minutes.\n Lift all four bags out together before the first cup is poured.\n A cleared pot holds for twenty minutes. Left on its bags, a blend this strong is stewed inside five.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Four consistent cups rather than one good one followed by three that get progressively sharper.\n\n \n Hard Water Adjustment\n \n How to brew Yorkshire Tea in a hard water area.\n \n 4.5 min\n 1 mug\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 bag Yorkshire Tea\n 250ml filtered water, boiled\n Milk\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Filter the water first if you can. A jug filter removes enough of the dissolved minerals to change the cup noticeably.\n If you cannot filter, add about 30 seconds to the steep instead, so roughly 4 and a half minutes.\n Do not reach for a second bag. That adds strength you did not lose, and grip you did not want.\n Descale the kettle regularly; scale in the water carries straight into the mug.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: The brightness the minerals were flattening, back where it should be, without the cup turning harsh.\n\n \n Double Strength Iced Tea\n \n How to make iced tea with Yorkshire Tea.\n \n 4 min + chill\n 2 glasses\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 4 bags Yorkshire Tea\n 500ml water straight off the boil\n A full glass of ice\n Lemon\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew 4 bags in 500ml of just-boiled water for 4 minutes. Deliberately double strength.\n Sweeten now if you want it sweet, while the tea is still warm.\n Cool, then chill.\n Pour over a full glass of ice with a slice of lemon.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Iced tea that still has malt and body once the ice has melted, which a normal-strength brew never manages.\n\n \n Overnight Cold Brew\n \n How to cold brew Yorkshire Tea.\n \n 8 hours\n 1 litre\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 6 bags Yorkshire Tea\n 1 litre cold water\n A sealed jug\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Drop 6 bags into 1 litre of cold water in a sealed jug.\n Refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight.\n Lift the bags out and keep the jug chilled for up to two days.\n Drink it black over ice. Cold brew and milk are not a good match.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: The malt depth without the tannin grip, which is a surprisingly different drink from the same bag.\n\n \n Strong Tea for a Fruit Loaf\n \n How to use Yorkshire Tea for soaking fruit in baking.\n \n 10 min + soak\n 1 loaf\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 3 bags Yorkshire Tea\n 300ml water straight off the boil\n 300g mixed dried fruit\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew 3 bags in 300ml of just-boiled water for 10 minutes, far stronger than you would drink it.\n Lift the bags out and pour the hot tea over 300g of mixed dried fruit.\n Soak overnight, covered, at room temperature.\n Use the fruit and its liquid in a tea loaf or a fruit cake the next day.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Plump fruit with a tannic background that stops the loaf tasting flatly sweet. A strong blend does this better than a light one."
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