Typhoo Premium Everyday, 240 Tea Bags 750g
The scores on this one are poor and I am not going to talk anyone round. What I will say is that most of the disappointment comes from judging it the way you would judge a good tea. Taste it black and there is not much there: a plain malt, a hard edge, and no biscuity depth underneath. It was never built for that. Milk is not optional with Premium Everyday; it is half the recipe, and a proper pour turns the grip round and very drinkable. Left too long in the mug it goes hard rather than strong, and that is worth knowing before you blame the box. It is caffeinated black tea, with no decaffeinated version of this box to switch to. The other place it earns its keep is in the kitchen: strong plain tea is exactly what you want for soaking dried fruit for a tea loaf, and there is plenty of it here to spare.
Typhoo Premium Everyday, in brief.
Typhoo Premium Everyday is the big box: 240 tea bags across 750g, on our shelf as a no nonsense household workhorse rather than anything to contemplate.
A shade over three grams a bag, a full standard one-cup dose, so the big box is not hiding a thin bag. Brisk, plainly malty, built for milk. Three minutes and take the bag out, because an everyday blend gives you everything quickly and then keeps giving you tannin. One practical note we would rather make than skip: this is months of tea, so decant a few weeks' worth into a tin and keep the rest sealed, or the last mug will taste flatter than the first. For the 240 bags, the basket price is the final price.
Typhoo Premium Everyday is the big box: two hundred and forty tea bags, seven hundred and fifty grams, which works out at a shade over three grams in every bag. That last figure is the one worth checking, because a large box is the easiest place in the tea aisle to hide a thinner bag, and this one is a full standard one-cup dose rather than a shrunken version of one.
We are not going to dress this up. It is an everyday black tea, the kind that goes in a mug with milk at half past seven in the morning and gets drunk without anybody thinking about it. Nobody buys two hundred and forty bags because they want to contemplate the liquor. They buy them because the house gets through a lot of tea, or because there is an office to supply, and the sensible question is whether the bag delivers. It is.
Curator notes: the 750g box as sold and the description Typhoo publishes are what we measured our own tasting against. Dispatch for the 240 bag Premium Everyday is usually 1 to 2 working days. Steep times and storage are in the Q and A tab.
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The Story Behind Typhoo
Typhoo is a Birmingham-born household name and one of the long-standing brands in British everyday tea, which is company heritage and not a statement about where the leaf in this particular box was grown.
We wrote the tasting notes above ourselves, checking them against today's 240 bag box and Typhoo's own description.
Packaging: Your council decides how the 750g Premium Everyday box and its 240 bags are binned, alongside what the box prints.
What You Are Actually Buying
- A round one-cup bag: made for a mug, not a pot. Three of them in a teapot works, but it is not what the format is designed around.
- Built for milk: the astringency exists to be softened. Drunk black this is a plain, brisk, slightly hard cup; with milk it is what most of the country means by tea.
- A box that lasts months: which, with 240 bags, is the one real catch; we cover it below rather than glossing over it.
- What it is not: not a speciality tea, not a single origin and not something to drink without milk while thinking about the finish. It is a workhorse and we price and describe it as one.
The Storage Problem Nobody Mentions
Two hundred and forty bags is between four and eight months of tea for most households, and the box it arrives in is cardboard. Black tea does not spoil, but it does flatten, and an opened box that has been standing next to the kettle catching steam and kitchen smells for six months gives a noticeably duller cup than the same tea did in week one. Decant a few weeks' worth into an airtight tin, keep the rest of the box sealed, cool, dark and away from coffee and spices, and the last mug will taste much closer to the first. That is the single most useful thing anybody can tell you about buying tea at this scale.
The story behind Typhoo
Typhoo (the name comes from the Cantonese for "doctor") was launched in 1903 with the marketing claim that it was easier on the stomach than other teas. Whether or not that's true today, Typhoo remains a household name in British everyday tea, particularly strong on traditional black tea blends.
Packaging: Your council decides how the 750g Premium Everyday box and its 240 bags are binned, alongside what the box prints.
Our commitment to the planet
Sourcing and packaging details are printed on the current UK pack; the brand page carries the fuller story.
The taste profile
How does it compare
An everyday bag is unforgiving in one specific way: it gives you everything it has very quickly and then keeps giving you tannin. The difference between a good mug and a hard one is about ninety seconds, which is why the bag-left-in-the-mug habit ruins more cups of tea in this country than any other single thing.
The Morning Mug
Getting It Right in the Cup
Made with this tea
The Three Minute Mug
How to make The Three Minute Mug with Typhoo Premium Everyday.
- 1 bag Typhoo Premium Everyday
- 250ml freshly drawn water, just boiled
- A splash of whole milk
- Fill the kettle fresh rather than reboiling what is in it. Reboiled water gives a flatter cup.
- Pour 250ml over one bag and leave it three minutes, four if you like it strong.
- Lift the bag out and press it once against the side of the mug, no more.
- Add the milk last, after the bag has gone.
What you'll end up with: The cup this tea is designed to make. The ninety seconds between three minutes and five is the whole difference between brisk and hard.
A Pot for a Houseful
How to make A Pot for a Houseful with Typhoo Premium Everyday.
- 3 bags Typhoo Premium Everyday
- 750ml freshly boiled water
- Milk, to serve
- Warm the pot with a splash of hot water and tip it out, which stops the brew losing heat in the first minute.
- Steep three bags in 750ml for four minutes with the lid on.
- Lift all three bags out before the first pour, or the last cup will be undrinkable.
- Pour and add milk in the cup rather than the pot.
What you'll end up with: A pot that stays drinkable for a second round, which is the one thing a teapot full of abandoned bags never does.
Double Strength Iced Tea
How to make Double Strength Iced Tea with Typhoo Premium Everyday.
- 2 bags Typhoo Premium Everyday
- 250ml just boiled water
- 1 teaspoon sugar, while hot
- Lemon slices and plenty of ice
- Brew two bags in 250ml for four minutes to make a deliberately strong base.
- Stir the sugar in while it is still hot, because it will not dissolve later.
- Cool it right down, then pour the Premium Everyday into a tall glass loaded with ice, lemon added.
What you'll end up with: A plain everyday blend has nothing to hide behind once it is cold, so the double strength and the sugar are not optional here the way they are with a fruitier tea.
Tea Loaf Soak
How to make Tea Loaf Soak with Typhoo Premium Everyday.
- 3 bags Typhoo Premium Everyday
- 300ml just boiled water
- 350g mixed dried fruit
- 150g soft brown sugar
- Brew three bags in 300ml for five minutes, deliberately strong, then lift them out.
- Pour the hot tea over the dried fruit and the sugar in a large bowl and stir.
- Cover and leave overnight, until the fruit has taken up nearly all the liquid.
- Fold in 250g of self-raising flour and one beaten egg and bake at 150 degrees fan for about an hour and a quarter.
What you'll end up with: The traditional use for a strong everyday tea, and a far better one than a speciality blend would be, because the fruit wants strength and tannin rather than subtlety.
Tea Brine for Chicken
How to make Tea Brine for Chicken with Typhoo Premium Everyday.
- 4 bags Typhoo Premium Everyday
- 1 litre water
- 60g salt and 40g brown sugar
- 1 chicken or 4 thighs
- Brew four bags in 500ml of just boiled water for six minutes, then lift them out.
- Dissolve the salt and sugar into the hot tea, then top up with 500ml of cold water to bring the brine down to fridge temperature.
- Submerge the chicken and refrigerate for four hours, no longer.
- Rinse, pat dry and roast as usual.
What you'll end up with: The tannin firms the surface and the malt gives the skin a deeper colour. A good use for a bag so cheap you can afford to be generous with it.
Brewing the perfect cup
What’s in it, what to know
Inside the pack
| Ingredient | Proportion | What it brings |
|---|---|---|
| Black tea | Not stated to us | The whole of the blend. Brisk, plainly malty and strong enough to hold its shape when milk goes in, which is the job description of an everyday bag. |
Ingredients and allergens. Typhoo's published ingredient list for the 240 bag box names none of the 14 major allergens. Read the 750g box you receive, as Typhoo can change the recipe and allergen advice.
Ingredients, as published for this product: Black Tea.
Ingredient and nutrition information for this product, as published on the manufacturer's label. Whatever the 750g box in front of you says takes priority.
Pack: Typhoo Premium Everyday, 240 tea bags, 750g. Seven hundred and fifty grams across two hundred and forty bags is a shade over three grams a bag, a full standard one-cup dose. Contains caffeine. The 240 bag box carries its best before date.
Components that shape the taste are shown; unquantified base forms the rest of the 240 bags. Each blank cell could be filled, but only from the current UK box of 240 bags.
Sourcing & blend. Typhoo Premium Everyday is put together by Typhoo, a Birmingham-born household name and one of the long-standing brands in British everyday tea. Everything said here about the taste is our editorial view, compared with the Premium Everyday pack and Typhoo's own wording.
What's in Typhoo Premium Everyday, and what isn't:
- In: black tea at a shade over three grams a bag, in a round one-cup bag, two hundred and forty to the box.
- Caffeine: present. This is an ordinary black tea and nothing about the box suggests otherwise.
- No flavouring: nothing has been added to it. What you get is the leaf and whatever the water does to it.
- Built for milk: the astringency exists to be softened, and drunk black this is a plainer and harder cup than it needs to be.
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