An Englishman's informative for Americans on tea · 4:21pm Dec 9th, 2019
Hmm, England is a mostly tea-based country with a rural background, but we have a few strange things over here. However it might be for the American's viewing this, if you can try it, I recommend these following teas...
(TWININGS Brand)
Assam - strong and malty. 
Ceylon - subtle and gentle, good for curing colds. 
Earl Grey - aromatic and perfumy, strong depending on how long you brew it for. 
Darjeerling - very light tea, soft aroma, suitable for those who don't enjoy strong teas, but it has a very delicate floral scent. 
Lady Grey - the same as Earl Grey, but it mostly contains citrusy flavours, especially orange, so it's very zesty and almost nauseating. (I hate this one!) 
Green - Do I really have to say much else? Take it first thing before breakfast in the morning with a slice of freshly-cut lemon. It'll purify your stomach and the more you drink, it'll help your immune system and leave you feeling a little less dead inside. (For health freaks.) 
Lapsang Souchong - Tastes like the 5th of November. Basically, it tastes like how a bonfire smells, and it's pretty strong, so don't expect too much when you first sip it. Took me about a couple of mugs to get used to it. It's nice during the winter. 
Oh, and although most tea brands don't make it, you can actually buy chocolate-infused tea in bags. It's pretty disgusting, but someone out there who has an equal love for tea and chocolate might differ. Imagine incredibly milky, light and sickly tea with tiny bits of chocolate flakes surfacing on the top like amoebas. (Who thought that was a good idea, anyway? It ruined tea.
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As a Canadian living in the US, I gotta say tea outranks coffee any day!
Twinings is absolutely amazing. I don't think I'll ever buy another brand.
Though I do enjoy some Earl Grey, and the occasional green, chai is really the tea for me. I'll go through boxes of that before I finish one of Earl Grey.
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Ooh, I used to love chai! Not had that one for a while - having a spicy-flavoured tea all the time became a bit too boring for me, and it began to make the back of my throat sore. Earl Grey is nice, too. It's my tea of choice, with Ceylon being second. Hey, and although you say you're Canadian, in the US, I've heard that tea boxes don't have as much as we have over here. Apparently, while we get about 40 or 50 per box of tea, American's only get about 25 or less? Is that right?
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It's less. In general, for Twinings, you'll readily find boxes of 20. You can get boxes of 50 for Earl Grey, English Breakfast, Irish Breakfast, and Green, but may not be available in all stores.
Other brands have 100 bag boxes for black tea, which I suspect goes straight into iced tea. Boxes smaller than 20 are your specialty medicinal teas.
I do appreciate a good tea, many thanks