Name: The Builder Strength Cup of Yorkshire Tea Gold Blend
Total time: 6 min
Yield: Serves 1
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 tea bag of Yorkshire Tea Gold Blend; 200ml freshly boiled water (100C); A splash of milk; Sugar to taste (optional)

Gold is the step up from Yorkshire Tea's everyday red box, blended by Taylors of Harrogate from Assam, Kenyan and Rwandan leaf. It pours a darker colour and tastes rounder and fuller, yet it is still very much a builder's brew, not a delicate one.

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Treat it the way it likes to be treated: a hard rolling boil and a proper long steep, then milk to taste.

⏱ 6 min 🍽 Serves 1 📊 Easy 📚 Black Tea Recipes

You'll need

1 tea bag of Yorkshire Tea Gold Blend
200ml freshly boiled water (100C)
A splash of milk
Sugar to taste (optional)

Method

Boil fresh water and pour it over the bag at a full 100C. Yorkshire Tea is built for a proper hard boil.
Steep for 4 to 5 minutes for full strength. The Gold blend rewards a good long brew.
Press the bag against the side of the mug, then lift it out.
Add a little milk. Gold has more body than the standard red box but takes milk just as happily.
Want it stronger? Add a second bag rather than over steeping one, which only draws out bitterness.

What you'll end up with: A deep golden mug with real body and that brisk African lift, exactly the builder's cup the Gold blend is made for.

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Yorkshire Tea Gold Blend, 80 Tea Bags 250g£6.25