What are BLACK TEA BLENDS?

Porcelain cup with black tea on a black background

English Breakfast Tea, Irish Breakfast Tea, East Frisian Tea, what’s the difference?

Blending or mixing teas is one of the basic techniques of black tea production.

Blends are usually strong, dark teas that tolerate all kinds of ingredients well.

Here we explain the differences between the most common black tea blends. 🧐

This is English Breakfast Tea

The typical English blend consists of 80% Ceylon tea and 20% either Darjeeling, Sumatra tea or Assam. This is because the English made tea socially acceptable in Ceylon in the 19th century and a lighter infusion was preferred due to the warm temperatures.

This is Irish Breakfast Tea

Irish teas, on the other hand, are very strong, often

They consist of the strongest Assams, the machine-produced so-called CTC teas, which are made from the same
Leaves in spherical shape with a huge surface. They are therefore fast-growing. Java or
Sumatra varieties can also be found again and again in the Irish varieties.

This is East Frisian tea

East Frisian blends consist of 80% Assam and 20% Ceylon or Sumatra tea, which is used almost exclusively for blends.

Therefore, the tea in East Frisia has always been very strong.

Finally, it is traditionally drunk with Kluntje und Wölkchen - brown sugar candy and a few drops of cream. Occasionally, a shot of rum can also be added.

We hope you enjoy trying it out!