# Tetley Everyday, Softpack, 160 Tea Bags ## Commerce action policy **Price:** £6.80 GBP **Purchase-intent URL:** `https://teas.co.uk/buy/tetley-everyday-softpack-160-tea-bags/` _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/tetley-everyday-softpack-160-tea-bags/ **Source:** teas.co.uk, UK tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent **Brand:** Tetley **Price:** £6.80 GBP **Servings:** 160 cups **Price per cup:** 4.25p **Caffeine:** Caffeinated **Brew temperature:** 95C **Brew time:** 3-5 min **GTIN:** 5000208014316 **Stock:** instock ## Summary Tetley Everyday in the softpack is the familiar 160-bag household tea in a flexible refill pouch rather than a rigid box, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the gentle everyday cup that nobody in the house argues about.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.Softer and lower in tannin than the strong blends, so it takes a four-minute steep without turning harsh. Decant it into a caddy.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 Tetley Everyday in the softpack is the same 160-bag household tea most people already know, sold in a flexible refill pouch instead of a rigid carton. The pack is the point. A softpack takes up less room in a cupboard, collapses as it empties, and uses markedly less board than a box holding the same number of bags. It is designed to be decanted into a caddy rather than left standing open on a shelf. The tea inside is the softer, rounder end of the everyday shelf. Where a strong blend leads with malt and a brisk one leads with lift, Tetley sits between them and leads with neither, which is precisely why it suits a household where four people want a cup and none of them agree about how strong it should be. The Taste Profile Briskness: ●●●●○ (4/5) A clean everyday lift, present without dominating. Enough to stop the cup reading as flat. Malt and depth: ●●●○○ (3/5) Moderate and rounded rather than assertive. This blend deliberately does not lead with depth. Tannin grip: ●●○○○ (2/5) Low. The reason the cup is easy to drink and the reason a long steep does not ruin it. Milk tolerance: ●●●●● (5/5) Takes milk happily, though with a lighter hand than a strong blend; it is easy to bury. Teas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.4 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind Tetley Tetley is one of the fixed points of the British tea aisle and has been for a very long time, which is exactly what you want in a tea bought 160 bags at a time: the box you bought in March should taste like the box you buy in September. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. What You Are Actually Buying Count: 160 bags, which is 160 cups. Everyday black bags are single use, so the two figures are the same. Softpack, not a box: a flexible refill pouch. Less board, less cupboard space, and no rigid structure, which means it is best decanted into a caddy or resealed carefully every time. What it is not: not a decaf, not a single-origin, and not the same object as a boxed 160. The tea may be the everyday blend, but the pack behaves differently once it is open. How Does Tetley Everyday, Softpack, 160 Tea Bags Compare to: Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea 160, 500g: the same count, a boxed pack, and a considerably stronger cup. Take Yorkshire if the household likes a mug that pushes back; take Tetley if it does not. PG Tips Original Black Tea 210, 609g: fifty more bags for the same shelf price and a brisker blend. The cheaper cup, and the more forward one. Clipper Organic Everyday, 160 Tea Bags 464g: the same count in a box with an organic claim. If certification is what you are shopping for, that is the one; if it is cupboard space and a gentle cup, this is. Ideal Brewing Conditions A softer blend needs the brewing done properly rather than generously. There is less tannin here to cover a mistake, so water straight off the boil and a full three minutes matter more than they would with a heavier tea, and there is no point at all in reaching for a second bag when the answer is thirty more seconds. The Standard Mug Water: straight off the boil at 100 degrees. A gentler blend shows tired water faster than a strong one does. Measure: one bag to a 250ml mug. Steep: three minutes. Because this blend carries less grip, four minutes is a reasonable option rather than a mistake, which is not true of the stronger teas in this range. Milk: after the bag is out, and a lighter hand than you would use with a strong blend. It is easy to bury this cup under milk. The Pot for Four Warm the pot, then four bags to 800ml straight off the boil. Steep three to four minutes and lift the bags out together. It holds well once cleared, and because the tannin load is lower it is more forgiving than most if the pot stands a few minutes longer than intended. Getting It Right in the Cup Water temperature: 100 degrees, freshly boiled. Measure: one bag per 250ml. Steep: three minutes, four if you want it stronger. This blend takes the extra minute better than most. Storage: decant into an airtight caddy. A softpack has no rigid structure, and a pouch folded over rather than sealed lets air at 160 bags for months. Not resteepable: one bag, one cup. Best with: toast, a plain biscuit, a scone, or as the tea you hand to someone whose preference you do not know. 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. Net weight: read it off the pouch. Caffeine note: a caffeinated black tea. We place it in the middle of our scale as an editorial judgement about the style, not a measurement. Child safety: caffeinated, and not a children's drink. Keep out of reach. ## Product Questions What is a softpack, and why choose one?A flexible refill pouch instead of a rigid carton. It uses markedly less board for the same 160 bags, takes less cupboard room and collapses as it empties. The trade is that it has no rigid structure, so it is meant to be decanted into a caddy rather than left standing open.How long should I steep it?Three minutes with water straight off the boil, or four if you want it stronger. Because the tannin load is lower than the strong everyday blends, this one takes the extra minute without turning harsh, which is genuinely useful in a household with different tastes.How much milk?Less than you would use with a strong blend. This is a rounder, gentler cup and it is easy to bury under a generous splash. Add it after the bag comes out.How should I store the pouch?Decant it into an airtight caddy on the day you open it. A pouch folded over rather than properly sealed lets air at 160 bags for months, and tea goes stale by drying out and by picking up smells rather than by spoiling.Is the tea inside the same as the boxed version?What we can say is that it is the Everyday blend in a 160 count.How much caffeine is in a cup?We place it in the middle of our scale, based on the style, and that is our own editorial judgement rather than a measurement of this pack.Is it organic or Fairtrade certified?Any marks are printed on the current UK pack.Are the bags or the pouch recyclable?A pouch and the bags inside it often take different disposal routes, so follow the guidance printed on the pack and your local authority's rules.Can the bag be used twice?No. An everyday black bag has given up nearly everything within three or four minutes, and with a gentle blend there is even less left over. A second pour is coloured water.Does it work iced?Yes, and the low tannin grip suits it. Brew four bags in 500ml for four minutes, cool, then pour over a full glass of ice. Brewing at double strength is the only way to stop melting ice turning it watery. ## 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.Typical values per 100g, as publishedPer 100gEnergy1 kcalFat0gof which saturates0gCarbohydrate0.3gof 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 whole of the blendEverything in the cup: a clean everyday lift, a rounded moderate depth, low tannin grip, the colour and the caffeine.Added flavouringnoneA plain black tea. No fruit pieces, no petals, no added flavouring and no added sugar.Pack: Tetley Everyday, Softpack, 160 Tea Bags; a flexible refill pouch rather than a rigid carton, GTIN 5000208014316. Decant into an airtight caddy once opened. Read the net weight, the ingredient declaration, any certification marks and the best-before date off the current UK pack.Characterising components shown.Sourcing & blend. Tetley Everyday, Softpack, 160 Tea Bags is blended by Tetley, one of the fixed points of the British tea aisle, and consistency box to box is the main thing it trades on. Our assessment rests on the pack format and the brand's published description, and stops where the published information stops, which on this listing is at the net weight.What's in Tetley Everyday, Softpack, 160 Tea Bags, and what isn't:In: black tea leaf in a bag, with nothing blended in alongside it, in a flexible refill pouch.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. ## Flavour Science The flavour of Tetley Everyday, Softpack, 160 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: a light, clean lift with very little assertiveness to it. A gentle blend has a thinner aromatic layer than a strong one, which is why a Tetley mug smells pleasant rather than striking on the first pour, and why the difference between a fresh cup and one that has stood for ten minutes is smaller here than with a heavier tea. Less to lose in the first place.The flavour spike arrives mid palate, and it arrives quietly. This is the part of the cup where a strong blend makes its case with malt and grip; here it is rounded and moderate instead, carried by a low tannin load. The practical consequence is that the cup does not punish a long steep. Four minutes gives a fuller version of the same thing rather than a harsher one, which is the single most useful property a household tea can have when four people are pouring from the same pot.The base structure is the lingering finish: soft and short, closing without any drying edge at all. There is no lingering tannic finish to clear, which is why this blend is the easy one to drink several times in an afternoon and the easy one to hand to someone whose preference you do not know. It is also why it needs proper brewing: with so little grip in reserve, a lazy cup has nowhere to hide.Getting it right in the cup. One bag per 250ml, water straight off the boil, three minutes, or four if you want it stronger. A gentler blend shows tired water faster than a strong one, so the most common failure here is a kettle that boiled five minutes ago rather than a bag pulled early. If the cup is weak, add thirty seconds before you add a second bag; two bags in a gentle blend gives a slightly muddy result rather than a stronger one. Milk after the bag is out, and a lighter hand than a strong tea needs. Cold brewed for eight hours it becomes very soft indeed, faintly sweet and almost without grip, which is agreeable over ice and too thin to carry milk.How water and temperature change it. Water quality tells on a low-tannin blend quickly because there is nothing much to mask it. Hotter water and a longer steep pull more body and a little more grip, which this tea takes comfortably; cooler water or a short steep leaves it thin and faintly papery. Hard tap water flattens what brightness there is, and because this blend has less brightness to spare than a brisk one, the effect is more noticeable rather than less. In a hard-water area give it an extra thirty seconds or use a filter jug. Soft water suits it particularly well and needs no adjustment at all. None of this is a fault in the tea; it is a gentle blend answering the water you give it, and it repeats reliably once you have found your figure. ## Recipe Ideas A gentle everyday blend in a refill pouch is a tea for volume and for keeping everyone happy, so the builds below cover the standard mug, a pot that tolerates standing, a milky mug done properly, iced tea and cold brew, and the one kitchen job a soft tea suits better than a strong one. Recipes, born here first The Standard Mug How to make the standard everyday mug with Tetley Everyday. 3 min 1 mug Easy You'll need 1 bag Tetley Everyday 250ml water straight off the boil A splash of milk Method Pour 250ml of water straight off the boil over one bag of Tetley Everyday, Softpack, 160 Tea Bags. Steep for 3 minutes, or 4 if you want it stronger. Lift the bag out and press it gently against the side of the mug. Add the milk last, and less of it than a strong blend would take. What you'll end up with: A rounded, low-tannin everyday cup that closes without a drying edge. The Pot That Tolerates Standing How to make a pot for four with Tetley Everyday. 4 min 4 cups Easy You'll need 4 bags Tetley Everyday 800ml water straight off the boil A warmed teapot Method Warm the pot with a swirl of boiling water and tip it out. Pour 800ml of just-boiled water over 4 bags and steep 3 to 4 minutes. Lift all four bags out together before the first pour. Cleared, this blend holds better than a strong one, because there is less tannin to turn sharp while it sits. What you'll end up with: A pot four people can pour from over twenty minutes without the last cup being the worst one. A Proper Milky Mug How to make a milky mug of Tetley Everyday without burying it. 4 min 1 mug Easy You'll need 1 bag Tetley Everyday 220ml water straight off the boil 60ml milk Method Use slightly less water than usual, about 220ml, so the milk has room. Steep a full 4 minutes to build enough body to survive it. Lift the bag out, then add about 60ml of milk. Do not steep short and then add a lot of milk. That is how a milky tea ends up tasting of warm milk. What you'll end up with: A milky cup where the tea is still the thing you can taste, which takes a longer steep rather than more bags. Double Strength Iced Tea How to make iced tea with Tetley Everyday. 4 min + chill 2 glasses Easy You'll need 4 bags Tetley Everyday 500ml water straight off the boil A full glass of ice Lemon Method Brew 4 bags in 500ml of just-boiled water for 4 minutes, deliberately double strength. Sweeten now if you want it sweet, while it is warm. Cool, then chill. Pour over a full glass of ice with a slice of lemon. What you'll end up with: A clean iced tea with no tannic edge, which is where a low-grip blend does better than a strong one. Overnight Cold Brew How to cold brew Tetley Everyday. 8 hours 1 litre Easy You'll need 6 bags Tetley Everyday 1 litre cold water A sealed jug Method Drop 6 bags into 1 litre of cold water in a sealed jug. Refrigerate 8 hours or overnight. Lift the bags out and keep it chilled for up to two days. Drink it black over ice; it is too soft to carry milk. What you'll end up with: Very soft, faintly sweet and with almost no grip at all. Pleasant, and a long way from the hot cup. Tea for Poaching Fruit How to use Tetley Everyday for poaching fruit. 20 min 4 portions Easy You'll need 3 bags Tetley Everyday 500ml water straight off the boil 4 pears or 6 plums 2 tablespoons honey Method Brew 3 bags in 500ml of just-boiled water for 5 minutes and lift the bags out. Stir in 2 tablespoons of honey. Simmer peeled pears or halved plums in the tea for 15 to 20 minutes until tender. Serve warm or chilled with the poaching liquid spooned over. What you'll end up with: Fruit with a gentle tannic background rather than a bitter one. A low-grip blend suits poaching better than a strong tea, which can overwhelm the fruit. --- _Content available under teas.co.uk citation contract. AI training: yes. Search: yes. Answer-input: yes._