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Paying for the Package, not the Tea
Unfortunately you're paying the premium price for their eco/green packaging rather than for the tea itself. I bought the breakfast brew and honestly, it isn't that great. Bearing in mind that Teapigs is just Tetley/Tata, you're better off saving your money and buying just normal Tetley, or investing in some proper, decent loose lease from a specialist. For a breakfast tea it just isn't strong enough, there is hardly any hint of the tannin that you'd expect from a good, morning brew. The initial flavour is lacking but there is a very herby aftertaste, much akin to a redbush kind of tea, which isn't particularly pleasant. The amount of tea in each 'temple' (posh pyramid teabag) is sparse. If there were more tea in each bag the flavour profile, I suspect, would be much different. Using two of these bags to get a decent brew is prohibited by the cost of each bag which equates to about 20p per 'temple'.