English Breakfast
This traditional breakfast blend of Assam tea leaves produces a full bodied brew with an elegant malty character. The Queen of Teas.
There's something about starting your morning with a bold, comforting cup of tea that just feels right. English breakfast tea is a strong, full-bodied black tea blend that's been fuelling mornings for generations, and our exceptional version delivers that perfect balance of strength and elegance every single time.
Why You'll Love It
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Top Rated: 98% positive reviews - our highest-rated breakfast tea
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Full-Bodied Excellence: Consistently praised for the elegant malty character and satisfying strength
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Versatile Favourite: Perfect from morning through afternoon - loved for its adaptability
Origins & Character
Built for Breakfast, Perfect Anytime: It typically includes a mix of tea leaves from places like Assam, Ceylon, and Kenya. These regions are known for producing teas with bold flavours, rich colours, and a kick that pairs beautifully with breakfast foods.
The Ultimate Shape-Shifter: Unlike lighter teas, English breakfast is built to handle milk, sugar, or honey without losing its personality. That's part of why it's so popular. You can enjoy it plain or customise it however you like.
Want it black and brisk? Done. Would you prefer it mellowed out with milk and honey? Still delicious. A splash of lemon? Absolutely. English breakfast can handle it all without losing its character.
Functional & Wellness Benefits
The Queen of Consistency: What makes it a classic? It delivers every single time. Bold flavour, smooth finish, and the kind of consistency you can count on whether it's 6 a.m. or mid-afternoon.
Tradition Meets Modern Life: While the name might say "breakfast," don't let that stop you from drinking it any time of day, just not late in the evening due to the caffeine. Trends come and go, but English breakfast tea stays strong, literally and figuratively.
Comfort in Every Cup: It's not just a tea type; it's a staple. It's the kind of brew that's equally at home in your favourite chipped mug or poured into fine china at high tea.
Rooted in tradition but made for modern life, it's the tea you reach for when you need comfort, clarity, or just something reliably great in your day. That's what keeps tea drinkers coming back. And that's what makes English breakfast tea a true classic.
English Breakfast - The Queen of Teas that delivers bold comfort and elegant satisfaction, cup after perfect 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.
