# Twinings English Breakfast Plant Based, 120 Tea Bags 300g ## Commerce action policy **Price:** £6.40 GBP **Purchase-intent URL:** `https://teas.co.uk/buy/twinings-english-breakfast-plant-based-120-tea-bags-300g/` _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/twinings-english-breakfast-plant-based-120-tea-bags-300g/ **Source:** teas.co.uk, UK tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent **Brand:** Twinings **Price:** £6.40 GBP **Servings:** 120 cups **Price per cup:** 5.33p **Caffeine:** Caffeinated **Brew temperature:** 95C **Brew time:** 3-5 min **GTIN:** 070177231316 **Stock:** instock ## Summary Twinings English Breakfast is the balanced black blend the British tea habit is built on, in a 120-bag box with the Plant Based bag, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the everyday Twinings of the group.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. Four minutes with milk in the morning, three and black in the afternoon. Plant Based describes the 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 Twinings English Breakfast is the blend the whole British tea habit is built on, here in a 120-bag box with the Plant Based bag. English Breakfast is not a place or a leaf; it is a job description. A blender takes malty black tea for body, brisker leaf for lift, and balances the two so the result is strong enough to carry milk at seven in the morning and steady enough to drink again at four in the afternoon. Three hundred grams across 120 bags is 2.5g each, the standard Twinings bag weight. It is the everyday tea of the group rather than the occasion one. It takes milk, it takes a longer steep if you like it strong, and it does not ask anything of you. The Taste Profile Briskness: ●●●●○ (4/5) The lift that arrives first and makes the cup taste awake. Malt and depth: ●●●●○ (4/5) The other half, and the slower one. Tannin grip: ●●●○○ (3/5) Moderate and deliberately so. Enough to carry milk, restrained enough that an extra minute is a choice rather than a mistake. Milk tolerance: ●●●●● (5/5) Very high. The blend is designed around milk in the morning and works black in the afternoon, which is a genuinely useful range. Teas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.8 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind Twinings Twinings is the London tea house whose name has been over the same shop door for longer than almost any other on a British shelf, and English Breakfast is the blend that does the most work in its range. The Plant Based line is a packaging decision rather than a blending one: the name refers to the bag material, not to the tea, which is plant based in the obvious sense whatever the bag is made of. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. What You Are Actually Buying Count and weight: 120 bags in 300g, which is 2.5g a bag, the standard weight across the Twinings boxes rather than anything specific to this one. Built to be drinkable all day: that balance is the whole design brief of the style, and it is why English Breakfast outsells the single-origin teas it is made from. What it is not: not a decaf, not a single-origin, and not a strong-brew blend. For sheer strength, a heavier everyday bag does more. How Does Twinings English Breakfast Plant Based, 120 Tea Bags 300g Compare to: Twinings Assam, 80 Tea Bags 200g: one of the components on its own. Louder and maltier. Buy the Assam to taste what sits underneath this blend; buy this to drink through the week. Twinings the Earl Grey Plant Based, 80 Tea Bags 200g: the same Plant Based bag with bergamot scenting and no milk. Different occasion entirely. Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea 160, 500g: Yorkshire is the strength option; this is the balanced one, and the difference shows most in the second half of the mug. Ideal Brewing Conditions A balanced blend is the easiest thing in this range to brew adequately and still repays doing properly. The Morning Mug Water: straight off the boil at 100 degrees. The malt side of the blend will not develop properly below it. Measure: one bag to 250ml. For a 400ml mug, two bags for three minutes. Steep: two to three minutes as Twinings advises, or longer for a stronger cup. Milk: after the bag comes out. The blend is designed around milk, so there is no reason to be shy with it. The Afternoon Cup Same bag, shorter steep. Three minutes gives a lighter, brisker version of the same tea, which is often what you want by mid-afternoon. That flexibility is the point. A single-origin tea gives you one cup; a well-built breakfast blend gives you two from the same box, decided by the clock. Getting It Right in the Cup Water temperature: 100 degrees, freshly boiled. Measure: one bag per 250ml, two for a large mug. Steep: two to three minutes as Twinings advises; longer for a stronger cup with milk. Storage: sealed and dry, away from coffee and spices. A 120-bag box is open for a couple of months in most houses. Not resteepable: one bag, one cup. Best with: a cooked breakfast, buttered toast, digestives, fruit cake, or on its own at any hour. 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. Blend description: we describe English Breakfast by what the style is built to do, which is a fact about the category. Bag material: the pack name states Plant Based, which describes the bag. Follow the disposal guidance on the box. Caffeine note: a caffeinated black tea. We place it in the middle of our scale as an editorial judgement about the style and the 2.5g bag, not as a measurement. Child safety: caffeinated, and not a children's drink. Keep out of reach. ## Product Questions What is English Breakfast, exactly?Not a place and not a leaf, but a job description. A blender takes malty black tea for body and brisker leaf for lift, then balances the two so the result is strong enough to carry milk first thing and steady enough to drink again in the afternoon.How much tea is in a bag?300g across 120 bags is 2.5g a bag, the standard weight across the Twinings boxes rather than anything particular to this one.How long should I steep it?Four minutes with milk.Can I get a lighter cup out of the same box?Yes, and that is the useful part. Steep three minutes instead of four and it is clean enough to drink black. A single-origin tea gives you one cup; a well-built breakfast blend gives you two, decided by the clock.How much milk?As much as you like. The blend is designed around milk in the morning, so there is no reason to be careful with it. Add it after the bag comes out, not before, because milk poured onto a steeping bag stalls the extraction.What about a large mug?Two bags for three minutes rather than one bag for six. A 2.5g bag stretched across 400ml gives a thin cup with a tannic edge.How much caffeine is in a cup?We place it in the middle of our scale, based on the style and the 2.5g bag, which is our own editorial judgement rather than a measurement.Is it organic or Fairtrade certified?Any marks are printed on the current UK pack.Does it work iced?Well. Brew four bags in 500ml for four minutes, cool, then pour over a full glass of ice with lemon. Brew it at double strength, because melting ice halves whatever you started with. ## 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.Ingredient and nutrition data for this barcode: Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), ODbL. The pack in your hands is the final word.ComponentProportionWhat it bringsLeaf per bag2.5gOur arithmetic on 300g across 120 bags. The standard Twinings bag weight rather than anything specific to this pack.Added flavouringnoneAn unscented black blend. No fruit pieces, no petals, no added flavouring and no added sugar.Pack: Twinings English Breakfast Plant Based, 120 Tea Bags 300g; a balanced everyday black blend, GTIN 0070177231316. Store sealed and dry away from coffee and spices. Read the ingredient declaration, the bag material, the disposal guidance and the best-before date off the current UK pack.Characterising components shown. The blend is described by what the style is built to do rather than by its components.Sourcing & blend. Twinings English Breakfast Plant Based, 120 Tea Bags 300g is blended by Twinings, the London tea house whose name has been over the same shop door longer than almost any other on a British shelf, and English Breakfast is the blend that does the most work in its range. The Plant Based line is a packaging decision rather than a blending one. Our assessment rests on the pack format and the brand's published description.What's in Twinings English Breakfast Plant Based, 120 Tea Bags 300g, and what isn't:In: a balanced blend of black tea leaf at 2.5g a bag, in a bag the pack describes as plant based, with nothing scented or flavoured added.No artificial colours, preservatives or added sugar: an unscented black blend, so there is nothing to sweeten or colour. Any sweetness in the cup comes from the malt in the leaf and from a well-judged steep. ## Flavour Science The flavour of Twinings English Breakfast Plant Based, 120 Tea Bags 300g 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 clean, warm, faintly biscuity lift that reaches the nose within the first minute. A balanced blend gives a less dramatic opening than either of the teas it is built from: not as sharp as a brisk single leaf, not as quiet and heavy as a straight Assam. That middle position is deliberate, and it is the first sign that this tea is designed to be unobtrusive rather than memorable, which is a harder brief than it sounds.The flavour spike arrives mid palate, and this is where the blend's structure becomes obvious.The base structure is the lingering finish: a medium-length, faintly malty close that neither lingers the way an Assam does nor clears instantly the way a brisk everyday tea does. It is the middle again, and it is the practical reason this style became the default British tea: long enough to feel substantial with breakfast, short enough that the fourth mug of the day is still welcome.Getting it right in the cup. One bag per 250ml, water straight off the boil, four minutes with milk. If the mug is large, two bags for three minutes rather than one bag stretched to six; extending a single 2.5g bag adds grip rather than body. Milk goes in after the bag comes out. Cold brewed for eight hours it gives a rounded, faintly sweet result with the malt present and the grip almost gone, which is pleasant over ice and will take a little cold milk if you want it to.Full heat matters because the malt side is slow to develop and never arrives at all below the boil, which is the difference between a mug that tastes complete and one that tastes brisk and thin. A longer steep pulls more malt and more tannin together, so the cup gets fuller before it gets harsh, which gives you a wider margin than either a scented tea or a heavy single origin. Hard tap water flattens the brisk half faster than the malty half, so in a hard-water area the cup drifts towards heaviness; thirty seconds less on the steep, or a filter jug, brings the balance back. ## Recipe Ideas English Breakfast is the all-day blend, so the builds below cover the whole day rather than one moment of it: the morning mug, the lighter afternoon cup from the same box, a pot for four, iced tea, cold brew, and a strong brew for baking. Recipes, born here first The Morning Mug How to make the morning mug with Twinings English Breakfast. 4 min 1 mug Easy You'll need 1 bag Twinings English Breakfast 250ml water straight off the boil Milk Method Pour 250ml of water straight off the boil over one bag of Twinings English Breakfast Plant Based, 120 Tea Bags 300g. Steep a full 4 minutes. The malty half of the blend is still building at the fourth minute. Lift the bag out and press it gently against the side. Add milk. The blend is designed around it, so there is no need to be careful. What you'll end up with: A complete cup with the malt filled in underneath the briskness, which is what the extra minute buys you. The Lighter Afternoon Cup How to get a second, lighter cup out of Twinings English Breakfast. 3 min 1 cup Easy You'll need 1 bag Twinings English Breakfast 250ml water straight off the boil Lemon, optional Method Steep for 3 minutes instead of 4. Lift the bag out while the brisk half is still leading. Drink it black, with a slice of lemon if you like. What you'll end up with: A brighter, lighter tea from the same box. The clock is doing the work a second product would otherwise have to. The Pot for Four How to make a pot for four with Twinings English Breakfast. 4 min 4 cups Easy You'll need 4 bags Twinings English Breakfast 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 4 minutes. Lift all four bags out together before the first pour. Cleared, it holds well for twenty minutes; the moderate tannin load means it is slower to turn sharp than a strong blend. What you'll end up with: Four even cups, and a pot that is more tolerant of standing than a heavier tea would be. Double Strength Iced Tea How to make iced tea with Twinings English Breakfast. 4 min + chill 2 glasses Easy You'll need 4 bags Twinings English Breakfast 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 while warm if you want it sweet. Cool, then chill. Pour over a full glass of ice with lemon. What you'll end up with: A balanced iced tea with body as well as brightness, which is what the malt half of the blend contributes once the ice has melted in. Overnight Cold Brew How to cold brew Twinings English Breakfast. 8 hours 1 litre Easy You'll need 7 bags Twinings English Breakfast 1 litre cold water A sealed jug Method Drop 7 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, or with a little cold milk. What you'll end up with: Rounded and faintly sweet with the malt present and the grip almost gone. One of the few cold brews that will still take milk. Strong Tea for a Tea Loaf How to use Twinings English Breakfast for soaking fruit in baking. 10 min + soak 1 loaf Easy You'll need 4 bags Twinings English Breakfast 300ml water straight off the boil 300g mixed dried fruit Method Brew 4 bags in 300ml of just-boiled water for 10 minutes, far stronger than you would drink it. Lift the bags out and pour the hot tea over the dried fruit. Soak overnight, covered, at room temperature. Use the fruit and its liquid in a tea loaf or fruit cake the next day. What you'll end up with: A balanced tannic background that flavours the fruit without dominating it, which suits a plain tea loaf better than a heavy single origin does. --- _Content available under teas.co.uk citation contract. AI training: yes. Search: yes. Answer-input: yes._