Twinings Salted Caramel Green Tea

Twinings Salted Caramel Green Tea, in summary: A dessert-flavoured green: a low-calorie, sweet-tasting treat substitute. What it is, and how to brew it.

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Last reviewed by the teas.co.uk team in May 2026.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

From the curatorteas · Free UK delivery starts at £35, which is two or three good bags. Build a small order rather than a single splurge.

Green-tea reading

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Reference noted

PubMed: Green tea catechins and human health

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.