English Breakfast Organic
A blend of Assam, broken leaf teas. A lighter style breakfast tea that's great for morning or afternoon.
Experience the classic comfort of English Breakfast tea with the pure assurance of organic certification. This thoughtfully crafted blend of premium Assam broken leaf teas delivers that beloved strong, full-bodied character and malty richness you expect, but with a lighter, more approachable style that's perfect for any tea lover.
Why You'll Love It
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Tea Lovers’ Favourite: 96% positive reviews consistently praised for quality
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Great Everyday Tea: Loved for its smooth, approachable character that's not too strong
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Perfect Base: Reviewers note it makes an excellent foundation for milk and sugar
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Robust Yet Balanced: Delivers nice, robust taste without being overpowering
Origins & Character
BioGro New Zealand Certified: Our organic certification by BioGro New Zealand ensures this tea is grown and processed without synthetic pesticides, herbicides, or chemical fertilisers. You can trust that every cup is as pure and natural as nature intended.
Sustainable Choice: By choosing organic, you're supporting farming practices that protect soil health, biodiversity, and the environment while ensuring the highest quality tea leaves reach your cup.
Premium Assam Heritage: Sourced from the renowned Assam region of India, famous for producing some of the world's finest breakfast teas with that distinctive malty character and robust strength.
Functional & Wellness Benefits
Lighter Style, Full Flavour: This isn't just a lighter version - it's a thoughtfully balanced blend that maintains the strong, full-bodied black tea character and malty notes you love, while being smooth and approachable enough for any time of day.
Broken Leaf Quality: Made from premium broken leaf teas that brew quickly and deliver consistent flavour, ensuring every cup is perfectly balanced with rich colour and satisfying strength.
Versatile Enjoyment: Takes milk, sweetener, honey, and lemon beautifully, or enjoy it black to appreciate the pure organic flavour. Perfect for morning energy or afternoon comfort.
Morning or Afternoon Perfect: Whether you need that morning wake-up call or an afternoon pick-me-up, this lighter style breakfast tea delivers just the right amount of strength and comfort without overwhelming your palate.
English Breakfast Organic - where classic breakfast tea tradition meets organic purity and thoughtful balance in every satisfying cup.
Tea bag packaging material
There are generally 3 main types of tea bags: Pyramid shaped tea bags made from PLA – Polylactic Acid (t leaf T only uses this type), old style paper tea bags (usually rectangular and heat sealed), Pyramid shaped tea bags, made from nylon.
PLA tea bags – used by t leaf T – commercially compostable and 100% non-gmo
PLA teabags have been around since the mid 2000’s and they are 100% Plant based (non-petroleum based) and our NeoSoilon® Pyramid Tea bags are derived from sugar cane.
PLA (polylactic acid) is mainly extracted from corn or sugar cane and is then spun into thread which is used to weave the clear material that is used in t leaf T’s teabags.
PLA behaves like a plastic, even though it is plant based, this enables the sealing of the tea bags using ultrasonic vibrations that effectively welds the seams together at a specific temperature without the need of petro-chemical based plastics.
PLA tea bags are 100% INDUSTRIAL or COMMERCIALLY COMPOSTABLE -100% NON-GMO
At t leaf T we would love our PLA tea bags to be easily home compostable, but the technology is not there yet. The technology currently exists to achieve home compostability, however it has the tea bag material breaking down in in a matter of weeks so this material would not be a practical option for a long shelf-life like product like tea.
Old Style Paper Tea Bags
Paper tea bags have been around for almost 100 years. They Require heat sealing to close the tea bag because the paper fibres do not naturally adhere to each other. To be able to seal the tea bags, petro-based nano plastics are blended into the tea bag material by the material manufacturers, about 2 % of the teabag, so that when heat and pressure are applied it melts the plastic and the teabag can be sealed.
So, most paper tea bags contain approximately 98% paper fibre, that will break down in home composting, BUT 2% of the teabag is petro-based nano plastics that are not compostable or biodegradable. Not an option for us here at t leaf T.
Nylon Pyramid Shaped Tea Bags
The nylon tea bag material has been around since around 1996 as the PLA technology did not exist at the time. The pyramid tea bags look nice, but the material is entirely a petro-based plastic. The cost of Nylon is substantially cheaper than PLA so low cost driven produces will mostly opt for nylon because of the price.
Nylon is not compostable, or biodegradable so will be around for hundreds of years. Again, not an option for us at t leaf T!
In summary
No teabag solution is perfect but at t leaf T we believe that the PLA material we are using is the most sustainable solution currently for, convenience based, teabags. Every tea we sell is also available in loose leaf and is a better environmentally friendly and sustainable option.
