Twinings Earl Grey Tea K-Cups for Keurig Brewers, 25-Count Box
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 at
2:57 am
- Case of two 25-count boxes (total of 50-counts)
- Blend of fine black tea, scented with bergamot, a citrus fruit
- Consistent well balanced flavours
- Twinings sold in more than 100 countries throughout the world
Product Description
Twinings has been blending my family tea for years. Today, I am proud to continue this tradition with the tea celebrated throughout the world known as Twinings Earl Grey. Legend has it, that my ancestor, the second Earl Grey, was presented with this exquisite recipe by an envoy on his return from China. Earl Grey Decaffeinated k-cups are a light and aromatic blend of fine black tea, scented with bergamot, a citrus fruit…. More >>
Twinings Earl Grey Tea K-Cups for Keurig Brewers, 25-Count Box
This is my favorite of the currently (1/2007) available K-Cup Earl Grey teas. To calibrate this review to your tastes: (1) I like *tea*, plus this one flavoring, not herbs with a little bit of tea — I’m even finicky about how much Bergamot gets put in. (2) I prefer Twinings to Stash (in bags, not available in K-Cups) for that very reason. Twinings is sightly less expensive than Gloria Jean’s or Celestial Seasonings, and has the “cleanest” taste of the three. If you like a “brighter” or more flowery taste, go for the Celestial Seasonings; or if you like a more “complex” or “spicy” taste, choose the Gloria Jean’s.
Rating: 5 / 5
While these K-Cups worked fine in the system, our tea drinkers found the result to be much too weak to be enjoyable. “Tea-colored water,” was what one person said. We don’t know if this is really a problem with the particular product, or simply that the duration of the water flow through the cup is too short to allow the tea to steep properly.
Rating: 2 / 5
I really enjoy tea, and especially Earl Grey. I do not drink coffee, soda or anything else other then tea and water. So I find myself drinking lots of tea.
When I purchased my Keurig, I also bought a selection of teas from Celestial Seasonings, which included their Earl Grey and English Breakfast. After using them up, I decided to try the Earl Grey from Twinings for K-cups but was disappointed. The flavor was quite weak, not to say everyone likes a strong tea, but those who enjoy the sophisticated taste of Earl Grey, often like it to have a bolder taste then what this produced. Also it left a lot of unpleasant tea powder at the bottom of the tea cup which gave the cup of tea an unappealing appearance of being dirty.
I would have just assumed that this was the best a Keurig maker could do to produce a cup of tea if I hadn’t already had 2 boxes of Celestial Seasoning teas that produced stronger tea with no muddy appearance. I was quite surprised with this result because I ordered the Twinings tea with the assumption that it would be better then the Celestial Seasoning.
Not my favorite K-cup tea for the Keurig.
Rating: 3 / 5
I drink coffee- lots of it. I got these to have on hand in case I have tea drinking company. I tried them myself, and really like the taste. I won’t be giving up my coffee but this was a good change from coffee. I also picked up the twinings regular tea bags in peach black tea and use them in my Keurig as well- boy now those are great! A nice peach flavor.
Rating: 4 / 5
This tea tastes good, but it is very finely ground and some of that ends up in the cup. I like to use the same tea k-cup 2-3 times to make iced tea and with Twinnigs it doesn’t work because there is so little tea in the k-cup (I suppose that’s why it is so finely ground – so they can use less) that it ends up too dilute. With Timothy’s Earl Grey, on the other hand, there is much more tea in the k-cup which allows for my reuse of 2-3 times and the grounds don’t end up in the cup. The taste is about the same except you get more for your money with Timothys.
Rating: 3 / 5