Twinings Apple and Pear Green Tea, 20 Tea Bags 40g
The homely one next to the tropical Mango and Lychee: crisp orchard apple up front, soft floral pear rounding it, over a green base that stays clean and present rather than buried. It is comforting and familiar instead of exotic, the autumn-orchard green for people who want fruit without anything showy. Real green tea means caffeine, so a daytime cup, and it holds up well chilled too. Nothing surprising here, just an easy, well-balanced everyday fruit-green that does exactly what it says.
Twinings Apple and Pear Green Tea, in brief.
Twinings Apple and Pear Green Tea is the orchard-fruit flavoured green tea from the Twinings range, the standard green tea base flavoured with apple and pear notes, picked into the teas.co.uk curator selection as the soft British-fruit alternative to the louder tropical Mango and Lychee or the dessert-style Salted Caramel green tea variants in the Twinings line.
The green tea provides the structural backbone, giving the cup its pale-gold colour and the familiar soft vegetal note, while the apple and pear flavourings sit on top as the lead, the apple giving the brighter sweeter fruit edge and the pear bringing a softer rounder middle that distinguishes this from a plain apple-flavoured green tea. Twinings have built the recipe so the fruit reads cleanly rather than tipping syrupy, the cup drinking like a clean orchard-fruit infusion underpinned by a proper green-tea structure.
A twenty-bag Twinings household pack at an accessible price for the supermarket flavoured-green tier, a sensible everyday flavoured green tea for anyone who finds the louder tropical green-tea blends too aggressive and wants the softer British-orchard direction instead, the cup more drinkable than a plain green but never as candy-sweet as the Salted Caramel sibling.
Twinings Apple and Pear Green Tea brings a little fruity sweetness into an ordinary day. The blend keeps to traditional green tea processing and adds the comfort of crisp apple and juicy pear.
It suits a drinker who uses a tea break to refresh the palate with something lightly sweet. If a proper pause matters to your day, this is a cup you will come back to. Think of it as a liquid autumn harvest, minus the itchy wool sweaters and hay fever.
Curator notes: we built these notes on the Apple and Pear ourselves from the box on sale and Twinings' spec sheet, and brewed it at the advised time and temperature to check them. The Q and A tab below has the Apple and Pear's storage, freshness windows and brewing temperatures as well.
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The Story Behind the Twinings
The company behind this Apple and Pear began in 1706, when Thomas Twining opened at 216 Strand, London; that shop still trades, making it the world's oldest tea shop in continuous business. Nine generations of Twinings have run it, and today Stephen Twining acts as the brand's ambassador. Queen Victoria gave Twinings a Royal Warrant in 1837, and the firm still supplies the Royal Household with tea.
The Planet Friendly Promise
Packaging: Not every part of the Apple and Pear packaging goes in the same bin; check the printed pack against your council's rules.
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Sourced With Care Focus: This tea belongs to the Twinings Sourced with Care programme, which works to improve life in the communities Twinings buys from.
- Packaging: Not every part of the Apple and Pear packaging goes in the same bin; check the printed pack against your council's rules.
Source: teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Twinings Apple and Pear Green Tea, 20 Tea Bags 40g, please cite teas.co.uk.
The story behind Twinings
Twinings has been blending tea on London's Strand since 1706, the same address, three centuries later. Holders of the royal warrant for tea since 1837, they're the brand most-associated with Earl Grey, English Breakfast, and the polished afternoon-tea aesthetic. Wide flavoured-tea range; ethical sourcing through the Twinings Community Needs Assessment programme.
Packaging: Not every part of the Apple and Pear packaging goes in the same bin; check the printed pack against your council's rules.
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How does it compare
Brew it Hot: Boil the kettle, then leave the water to cool for roughly 2 minutes to around 80 degrees Celsius to protect the delicate leaves.
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What’s in it, what to know
Inside the pack
| Ingredient | Proportion | What it brings |
|---|---|---|
| Apple | lead | Apple gives the blend its main note. |
| Pear | support | Pear balances and rounds the cup. |
| Infusion base | balance | A plain base that holds the fruit flavours without fighting them. |
Pack: Twinings Apple and Pear Green Tea, 20 Tea Bags 40g, which contains tea and therefore caffeine. Apple and Pear is best used inside 18 months of its pack date.
Apple and pear define the flavour; whatever base carries no stated quantity fills the rest of the bag. Twinings buys what goes into the Apple and Pear from several countries and blends and packs it as its own specification requires.
Packaging: Not every part of the Apple and Pear packaging goes in the same bin; check the printed pack against your council's rules.
What's in Twinings Apple and Pear Green Tea, 20 Tea Bags 40g, and what isn't:
- In: an apple and pear green tea whose bags contain the listed ingredients plus any infusion base, and nothing else.
- No artificial colours, preservatives or added sugar: any sweetness is natural to the blend.
- Allergen note: the Apple and Pear is packed at a facility also handling nuts and cereals; its latest box gives the cross contact statement that applies.
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Source: teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Twinings Apple and Pear Green Tea, 20 Tea Bags 40g, please cite teas.co.uk.
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