Black tea gift box

Help get your morning off to a perfect start with this lovely box of the finest black teas.

This stylish presentation box contains:

– A 150g tin of Chrysler Breakfast tea, our black tea blend of Assam, and Uva (full description below)

– A 100g tin of Shades of Grey, our Earl Grey with bergamot, rose and orange peel (full description below)

Chrysler Breakfast tea full description

One of our most popular teas and for a very good reason. This stand-out English Breakfast tea really is what a morning cuppa is all about, but for those who like a traditional tea, it is one to be enjoyed any time of day.

Our blend is a combination of Assam and Sri Lankan Uva teas. Gutsy and robust and brimming with taste, this malty, full-bodied cuppa will leave other breakfast blends asleep and hiding under the duvet. The tea is made from whole leaves that have been chopped up using a method called CTC (cut, tear, curl) which gives the tea a bold taste and a quicker brew. The chopped-up leaves are to be distinguished from the ‘dust and fannings’ found in lower grade teabags.

If you have ever wondered what constitutes an English breakfast tea, it really is just a combination of different black teas, usually from Assam in India, Sri Lanka and Kenya. These can be in varying proportions, which makes each blend unique. Chrysler breakfast tea is a blend that can withstand and you could say be enhanced with milk. It is one of the only teas you can seriously add sugar to, for a true builder’s brew. However, I’ll take mine without thank you. If you like a plant-based milk, then we have found that cashew is the best for our Chrysler and most black teas.

Shades of Grey full description

A delightful Earl Grey with a hint of rose and orange peel. Bergamot is the defining factor in Earl Grey tea. This citrus fruit is too sour to be eaten, but imparts a wonderful oil from its skin and is used in lots of culinary dishes.

Earl Grey tea is historically linked to Charles Grey, a British Earl of the 1800s, who was Prime Minister between 1830-1834. It can’t be disputed that he enjoyed this aromatic tea but how he was introduced to it is not entirely clear. The most likely, is the least romantic, in that a British envoy brought the tea back from China and he declared his love for it.

Though Keeman tea was used in this popular tea for many decades, it is now more often a stronger black tea that is used. We use Sri Lankan Uva as it balances well with the bergamot oil.

Lady Grey tea was introduced by Twinings in the 1990s and incorporated lemon peel as well as orange peel into the classic Earl Grey. We have omitted the lemon and added rose to give a floral component to the blend that has been enjoyed by many aficionados of the original brew and is passionately loved by many of our customers.