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Twinings Salted Caramel Green Tea is one of the brand's most distinctive flavoured green teas: a Chinese green tea base with caramel and salt flavouring. It is polarising. Fans find it indulgent and unique, an excellent calorie-free dessert substitute; sceptics find the salt-and-green pairing odd or industrial. Worth trying once for the curiosity. Mainstream pricing.
The blend
A Chinese green tea base, natural caramel flavour, salt and salt-flavoured crystals (the "salted" in the name), and occasionally a touch of vanilla depending on batch. The bag looks like standard green tea; the surprise is in the cup.
How it tastes
Sweet caramel hits first, a slight salted edge follows (less than a salted-caramel chocolate bar but recognisable), and green-tea grassiness sits underneath. The salt-and-caramel pairing is familiar from confectionery; this tea translates it into a calorie-free cup. Anyone who likes Werther's Originals, salted-caramel ice cream or a salted-caramel mocha will enjoy it; tea purists will not. Curator Rating: 4.9/5.
How to brew
- 1 bag in 200ml water at about 80°C, not boiling.
- Cover the cup; the caramel and salt aromatics are volatile.
- Steep 2 to 3 minutes only; the green base over-extracts.
- Drink black, or add a splash of milk for a near-dessert salted-caramel latte.
- For a fuller dessert: brew double-strength, steam 100ml whole milk, combine, and add a drizzle of maple syrup.
Use cases
- A dessert-tea substitute when you don't want a biscuit.
- A sweet-craving stand-in for drinkers cutting sugar.
- Variety in a green-tea rotation.
- A tea-latte base for salted-caramel drinks.
- A cosy evening cup with a small piece of dark chocolate.
The salted-caramel story
Salted caramel went from niche French confectionery (caramel au beurre sale from Brittany) to a mainstream British high-street flavour in the 2010s, peaking in coffee-shop syrups around 2015 to 2018. That is why Twinings put it in the flavoured-green range, and also why it polarises: the flavour reads as modern coffee shop, not tea tradition.
At a glance
| Aspect | The read |
|---|---|
| Type | Green base + salted-caramel flavour; dessert-style |
| "Sweet meets healthy" | Marketing; it is a flavoured tea, not a health drink |
| Caffeine | Standard modest green load; a daytime cup |
| Brew | Off the boil, short; no sugar needed |
Pairings
- Salted-caramel chocolate (mirrors the cup; not subtle).
- Vanilla ice cream or sorbet.
- Plain shortbread or biscotti.
- Coffee-shop pastries (cinnamon roll, almond croissant).
- Apple pie with a scoop of vanilla.
FAQ
Caffeine? 20 to 30mg per cup.
Vegan? Yes typically; check the pack for dairy-derived caramel flavouring.
Calories? Near zero; the caramel and salt are flavouring, not real sugar.
Worth trying? Yes, once, even if you bounce off it.
Curator's note: Twinings Salted Caramel Green Tea is a distinctive dessert flavoured green tea. Worth trying for variety. Lee, Teas.co.uk, Tunbridge Wells.
What to buy now
Buy Twinings Salted Caramel Green Tea for a dessert-flavoured green, or as a calorie-free sweet-craving substitute. For the plain baseline, try Twinings Pure Green. Browse the wider green tea range and the Twinings range.
Green-tea reading
Reference noted
The bottom line
A pleasant, low-calorie dessert-flavoured green: a mild green base carrying a salted-caramel note. A genuine treat-substitute rather than a health drink, despite the "sweet meets healthy" framing. Brew it off the boil and short, with no sugar needed; a splash of milk turns it into a near-dessert latte.
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