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    "excerpt": "Twinings the Earl Grey Plant Based is the household-size box of black tea scented with bergamot, 120 bags in a 300g box, in the range whose bags are plant fibre sealed without plastic.Picked into the Teas.co.uk selection as the stocking-up box for a house that already drinks Earl Grey.Ingredients and dietary suitability: 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. Water straight off the boil, three minutes covered, then lift the bag out: bergamot is volatile and a long brew trades it for tannin. Lemon suits it better than milk.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.",
    "content_text": "Twinings the Earl Grey Plant Based is the household-size box of the blend Twinings is best known for: black tea scented with bergamot, 120 bags in a 300g box, which works out at 2.5g of tea in every bag. The Plant Based part of the name refers to the bag itself rather than to the leaf. All tea is plant based; what this range is telling you is that the bag holding it is made from plant fibre rather than sealed with plastic. A 120-bag box is a stocking-up box. It is not the size you buy to find out whether you like Earl Grey, it is the size you buy once you already know. The Taste Profile\n \nBergamot: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) The whole point of the blend. Floral and citrus at once, closer to a bitter orange than to a lemon, and it arrives on the steam before it arrives on the tongue.\n \nBody: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb (3/5) Medium. Built to carry the bergamot rather than to overpower it, which is why Earl Grey drunk black rarely feels thin and Earl Grey drunk with milk can.\n \nAstringency: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb (3/5) There is a proper black-tea grip at the sides of the mouth. It is what stops the bergamot reading as perfume.\n \nBitterness: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb\u25cb (2/5) Low at three minutes and climbing after five. This is a blend that punishes a forgotten bag more than most.\n\nTeas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.7 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind The Box\nTwinings has traded as a London tea house since 1706, and Earl Grey is the blend most people picture when they picture Twinings. The name belongs to the 2nd Earl Grey and the origin story has been told several different ways over two centuries; we are not going to pick one and present it as settled history. What is not in dispute is what the blend is: black tea scented with bergamot, a small bitter citrus, and a style that has outlived every fashion that came after it. This box is that blend at scale. Everything on the pack beyond the name belongs to the pack: the leaf origins, the exact form the bergamot takes, the nutrition panel, the certification marks and the allergen statement. What we can tell you is the arithmetic, because that comes off the pack format rather than out of a marketing line: 300g across 120 bags, 2.5g a bag, one bag a mug, 120 mugs. The bag material is why this version sits beside the ordinary box. Conventional tea bags are usually heat-sealed with a small amount of plastic; a plant-based bag is sealed without it. Whether yours is home compostable or only industrially compostable is stated on the carton, and those are not the same thing. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. Our Commitment To The Planet\n The box that arrives is the current UK retail pack rather than a grey import. The bag is plant based and sealed without plastic, which is the whole reason this line sits beside the standard box. The exact fibre and the disposal route are stated on the carton. \n How Does Twinings the Earl Grey Plant Based Compare to:\n Twinings Everyday 120 Plant-Based, 348g: the same range, the same bag, the same box count, and the unscented one. Everyday is the builder's-strength blend that takes milk as a matter of course; this is the scented one that mostly does not. Most houses that drink both keep both boxes open. Twinings English Breakfast Decaffeinated, 80 Tea Bags 218g: the same house, caffeine removed, no bergamot. That is the box for the person who wants tea at nine in the evening; this is the box for eleven in the morning. PG Tips Original, 240 Tea Bags 696g: a very different job. PG Tips is the strong, plain, milk-first mug you make without thinking. Earl Grey is the one you notice you are drinking.\n Ideal Brewing Conditions\nEarl Grey has a narrower window than plain black tea. Bergamot is volatile and leaves as steam while the tannin keeps extracting, so a long brew loses the thing you bought it for and keeps the thing you did not. The Mug\n \nWater: Straight off the boil, 100 degrees, into a mug of roughly 200 to 250ml. Black tea wants full heat and this blend is no exception.\n \nTime: Three minutes. Two if you like it light and floral, and no more than four unless you are going to drown it in milk.\n \nCover: Put a saucer over the mug for the first minute. The bergamot you can smell across the kitchen is bergamot that is no longer in your cup.\n \nLift: Take the bag out at three minutes rather than letting it sit. A bag left in a mug of Earl Grey turns hard and perfumed at the same time, which is the worst of both.\n\n The Pot\n \nDose: Three bags for a 750ml pot, which is the same ratio as one bag in a mug. Warm the pot first with a splash from the kettle and tip it out.\n \nBrew: Water at the boil, lid on, three minutes, then take all three bags out before it goes to the table.\n \nServe: Lemon rather than milk is the traditional pot service, and it is traditional because it works: the citrus agrees with the bergamot instead of arguing with it.\n\n Brewing Notes For Twinings the Earl Grey Plant Based\n\nWater temperature: 100 degrees. Black tea leaf needs it, and water that has gone off the boil gives a flat, slightly sour cup no extra time will fix.\nMeasure: One bag per mug, 2.5g of tea, 120 mugs from the box. \nSteep: Three minutes covered, then lift the bag out and squeeze it once against the side.\nMilk: It takes milk, but a splash rather than a slug. Too much and the bergamot disappears behind it.\nLemon: A thin slice is the classic service and the better one. Add it after the bag is out.\nIced: Brew two bags in 250ml for four minutes, cool, then pour over a full glass of ice with a strip of lemon peel. Iced Earl Grey is one of the few black teas that is genuinely better cold.\n\nBest with: Anything buttery. Shortbread, a plain scone, buttered toast, lemon drizzle cake, or a slice of Madeira in the afternoon.\n Safety And Purity\n\nIngredients and dietary suitability: Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.\nCaffeine: Black tea, so caffeinated. If caffeine is a problem in the evening, the decaffeinated boxes in this range are the answer rather than a shorter steep.\n\nFreshness: Keep the box closed, dry and away from coffee and spices; bergamot picks up neighbours faster than plain black tea does.\nBag material: Plant based and plastic free. 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                "content": "How many mugs do I get from a 300g box?120 bags, one bag a mug, so 120 mugs. The 300g pack weight across 120 bags works out at 2.5g of tea in each one. What is bergamot, exactly?A small bitter citrus, closer to a sour orange than to a lemon. It is what makes Earl Grey Earl Grey: floral and sharp at the same time, and it reaches you on the steam before the first sip. Take the bergamot away and you have an ordinary cup of black tea. How long should I brew it?Three minutes in water straight off the boil, covered, then lift the bag out. Two minutes gives a lighter, more floral cup. Past four minutes the bergamot has mostly left as steam while the tannin keeps extracting, so you lose what you bought it for and keep what you did not. Milk or lemon?Either works, but they are different drinks. A thin slice of lemon is the traditional service and it agrees with the bergamot. Milk softens the blend and, in any quantity, buries the scent. If you take a lot of milk you may be happier with a plain everyday blend. Does it contain caffeine?Yes. This is black tea and black tea is caffeinated. For the evening, a decaffeinated box is a better answer than a shorter steep, because shortening the brew removes flavour rather than caffeine. Is this the same blend as the smaller Twinings Earl Grey box?It is the Earl Grey blend in the plant based bag format at household box size. Bag format and box count differ across the Twinings Earl Grey range, so compare the carton in front of you rather than assuming every box on the shelf is identical. How should I store a box this size?Closed, dry, and away from coffee, spices and anything else strong smelling. Bergamot is aromatic, which means it gives up scent and picks up scent. A tea caddy with a lid beats an open box on a shelf next to the curry powder. Can I make it iced?It is one of the best black teas for it. Brew two bags in 250ml for four minutes, let it cool, then pour over a full glass of ice with a strip of lemon peel. The bergamot reads brighter cold than hot, which is why iced Earl Grey works where iced builder's tea often does not. What should I eat with it?Anything buttery. Shortbread, a plain scone, buttered toast, lemon drizzle cake or a slice of Madeira. The citrus in the cup cuts through fat, which is why Earl Grey and butter is such an old pairing. Are the bags compostable at home?Plastic free and plant based is not automatically the same as home compostable. Some plant fibres need an industrial facility to break down in any sensible time. The carton states which applies to the current pack run, and we have not assumed it for you. Where is the tea grown?This is a blend rather than a single origin, which is how a household tea stays the same cup year after year while individual harvests vary."
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                "content": "IngredientProportionWhat it bringsBlack teaThe base of the blendThe body, the grip at the sides of the mouth and the caffeine. Medium bodied here rather than heavy, because it is built to carry a scent rather than to shout over one.BergamotNot stated to usThe defining character: a small bitter citrus, floral and sharp together. The form it takes in the current blend and its proportion are declared on the carton, not by us.Dose per bag2.5g300g across 120 bags. One bag per mug of 200 to 250ml, 120 mugs from the box.Origin splitNot stated to usA blend rather than a single origin.Bag materialPlant fibre, plastic freeSealed without the plastic used in conventional heat-sealed bags. Whether it is home or industrially compostable is stated on the carton.Pack: Twinings the Earl Grey Plant Based, 120 Tea Bags 300g; GTIN 0070177231309; 120 plant-based tea bags in a 300g carton, 2.5g of tea each, 120 mugs per box. Caffeinated black tea. Best before the date printed on the carton.Characterising components shown; the unquantified black tea base makes up the remaining body. Ingredient percentages, nutrition figures, caffeine milligrams, certification marks, the exact bag fibre and the full allergen statement belong to the current UK pack and we do not restate them here, having not read it. The 120-mug yield and the 2.5g dose per bag are worked out from the pack count and weight, not pack claims.Sourcing & blend. Twinings the Earl Grey Plant Based, 120 Tea Bags 300g is put together by Twinings, the family tea house trading from London since 1706, and Earl Grey is the blend the house is best known for. This box is that blend in the plant-based bag format at household size, which is the version bought by people who have already settled the question of whether they like it. The carton you receive is the current UK retail pack rather than a grey import.What is in Twinings the Earl Grey Plant Based, 120 Tea Bags 300g, and what is not:In: black tea scented with bergamot, in a plant-fibre bag sealed without plastic, and nothing else in the bag but the listed components and the tea base.No artificial colours, preservatives or added sugar: any sweetness is natural to the leaf, and there is very little of it. This is a dry, scented black tea rather than a sweetened one.Not a herbal infusion: this is real tea leaf and it contains caffeine. A shorter steep does not change that.Plastic free bag: plant fibre, sealed without plastic. Home compostable and industrially compostable are different routes and the carton states which applies."
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                "title": "Flavour Science",
                "content": "The flavour of Twinings the Earl Grey Plant Based, 120 Tea Bags 300g is built in three layers, and reading them in order explains why this blend rewards a timer more than almost anything else in the cupboard.The outer layer is aromatic and it is the whole reason the blend exists. Bergamot is a volatile oil: it lifts out of hot water as steam, which is why a freshly poured mug smells of it from across the kitchen and a mug left standing does not. That aroma is not a bonus on top of the flavour, it is a large part of the flavour, because most of what we call taste in a scented tea is actually being read by the nose. Put a saucer over the mug for the first minute and you keep it in the liquid instead of losing it to the room, and the difference between a covered and an uncovered brew is bigger here than with any plain black tea.The flavour spike arrives mid palate, where the black tea base does its work. Tea leaf gives up its aromatics quickly and its tannins slowly, and the two run on different clocks. At two minutes you have plenty of bergamot and not much structure: floral, pretty, a little thin. At three you have both, which is the point of balance this blend is built around. At five the bergamot has largely gone to the air while the tannin has kept coming, so you are left with a cup that is simultaneously harder and more perfumed than you wanted. That is the specific failure mode of Earl Grey, and it is why a forgotten bag spoils it faster than it spoils a builder's blend.The base structure is a dry, clean finish with a moderate astringent grip at the sides of the tongue. That grip is doing a job: it stops the citrus reading as perfume and gives the cup somewhere to end. A well made mug of this should finish dry rather than sweet, and should leave the mouth ready for the next sip or for something buttery. If the finish is sour rather than dry, the water was off the boil; if it is harsh rather than dry, the bag stayed in too long.Getting it right in the cup. One bag per 200 to 250ml of water straight off the boil at 100 degrees, covered, for three minutes, then lift the bag out and press it once against the side. Two minutes for a lighter, more floral cup; four if it is going to take milk. For a pot, three bags to 750ml holds the same ratio, and every bag comes out before it goes to the table, because bags left sitting keep extracting and the second cup pays for the first. Cold brewed in the fridge for six to eight hours the same bag gives a startlingly different drink: almost no astringency, the bergamot rounder and sweeter, and a long soft finish. Stored closed and dry away from strong smells, the box holds its character well past a year, fading in aroma long before it tastes stale.How water and temperature change it. This blend shows its water more plainly than most. Hard tap water flattens citrus and mutes floral notes, so in a hard-water area the bergamot reads dull and slightly chalky and a filter jug improves the cup more than any change of technique will. Soft or filtered water lets it ring clear. Temperature matters at the top of the range rather than the bottom: black tea leaf needs the full 100 degrees to extract properly, and water that has sat off the boil for a few minutes gives a flat, faintly sour cup that no extra steeping time will rescue. At the other end, a longer, hotter brew pulls more tannin for a fuller and more astringent result that stands up to milk, while a shorter one keeps the top notes forward and the body light. None of this is a fault in the blend; it is the same leaf answering the cup you build around it, and once you know which way you like it, three minutes and a saucer will give you the same mug every morning."
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                "content": "Twinings the Earl Grey Plant Based, 120 Tea Bags 300g is a scented black tea, which makes it useful well beyond the mug: bergamot survives being chilled, whipped into cream and baked into a loaf. Six builds below cover the everyday mug, the pot, an iced version, a London Fog, an Earl Grey loaf and a tea-soaked fruit compote.\nRecipes, born here first\n\n \n The Three Minute Mug\n \n The everyday build, and the saucer trick that keeps the bergamot in the cup instead of in the kitchen.\n \n 4 min\n 1 mug\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 Earl Grey tea bag\n 200 to 250ml water at 100 degrees\n A thin slice of lemon, or a splash of milk\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Pour water straight off the boil onto the bag in the mug.\n Cover with a saucer for the first minute so the bergamot stays in the liquid.\n Lift the bag out at three minutes and press it once against the side.\n Finish with lemon, or a splash of milk if that is how you take it.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A clear, dry, scented cup with the citrus still on it, which is what you lose if you walk away and come back at five minutes.\n\n \n The Pot With Lemon\n \n Four cups for the table, and why the bags come out before it leaves the kitchen.\n \n 5 min\n 3 to 4 cups\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 3 Earl Grey tea bags\n 750ml water at 100 degrees\n 1 lemon, thinly sliced\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Warm the pot with a splash from the kettle and tip it out.\n Brew three bags in 750ml, lid on, for three minutes.\n Remove all three bags before the pot goes to the table.\n Serve with lemon slices on a saucer beside it rather than in the pot.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A pot that is as good in the fourth cup as the first, because nothing is still extracting in it.\n\n \n Iced Earl Grey With Lemon Peel\n \n The one black tea that is arguably better cold than hot.\n \n 5 min + chill\n 1 tall glass\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 2 Earl Grey tea bags\n 250ml water at 100 degrees\n A full glass of ice\n A strip of lemon peel\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew two bags in 250ml for four minutes, deliberately stronger than a mug.\n Cool to room temperature, then chill.\n Pour over a glass packed with ice so the dilution lands where you want it.\n Twist a strip of lemon peel over the glass and drop it in.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A clean, bracing iced tea where the bergamot reads brighter than it does hot, and no sugar is needed.\n\n \n London Fog\n \n Earl Grey as a latte, which is the one situation where milk is the point rather than the problem.\n \n 6 min\n 1 large cup\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 2 Earl Grey tea bags\n 120ml water at 100 degrees\n 150ml milk or oat milk\n A few drops of vanilla extract\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew two bags in only 120ml of water for four minutes to make a concentrate.\n Lift the bags out and stir in the vanilla while it is still hot.\n Steam or heat the milk and froth it, then pour it over the concentrate.\n Sweeten only if you want to; the vanilla usually does the job on its own.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A milky cup where the bergamot still comes through, because the tea was brewed at double strength before the milk arrived.\n\n \n Earl Grey Tea Loaf\n \n The overnight soak that turns a box of tea bags into a cake, with no butter in it at all.\n \n 60 min + overnight\n 1 loaf\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 3 Earl Grey tea bags\n 300ml water at 100 degrees\n \u2022300g mixed dried fruit\n \u2022250g self raising flour\n \u2022150g soft brown sugar\n \u20221 egg, beaten\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew three bags in 300ml for five minutes, strong, and lift them out.\n Soak the dried fruit in the hot tea with the sugar, covered, overnight.\n Stir in the flour and the beaten egg the next day until just combined.\n Bake in a lined loaf tin at 160 degrees fan for about an hour, until a skewer comes out clean.\n \n \n \n Slice it thick and butter it, and serve it with another cup of the same tea.\n\n \n Earl Grey Poached Fruit\n \n A pudding built from three tea bags, some fruit and a pan.\n \n 25 min\n 4 servings\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 3 Earl Grey tea bags\n 500ml water at 100 degrees\n \u20224 pears or 6 plums, halved\n \u2022100g caster sugar\n A strip of lemon peel\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew three bags in 500ml for five minutes, then take them out.\n Dissolve the sugar in the hot tea with the lemon peel.\n Poach the fruit gently for fifteen to twenty minutes until tender but holding its shape.\n Reduce the liquid by half over a higher heat and pour it back over the fruit.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Fruit in a dark, faintly bitter, citrus-scented syrup. The tannin keeps it from being sickly, which is exactly what a sugar syrup on its own cannot do."
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