Twinings Darjeeling

What is Darjeeling? Darjeeling tea is often called the "champagne of teas". Such comparisons are not entirely appropriate. For instance, this doesn't fizz, and banging a teapot of it against the hull of ships on their maiden voyage isn't really recommended. But it does have a certain delicacy of flavour and a fragrance to it that make the phrase not entirely inappropriate. The rules for calling a product "Darjeeling" are quite strict. To get that appellation, the tea has to be grown, produced, manufactured and processed in tea gardens in the Darjeeling area, a beautiful, hilly part of West Bengal, India. How do ...  Read the complete review

I've never been a fan of twinings tea. I don't have any intention of going through and reviewing every Twinings brand as that would be overkill, but I think that its worth using my favourite style of tea, the light, delicate and distinctively flavoured darjeeling to make a point. Now, I drink this style of tea maybe four times a day and its fair to say that the Twinings variety is fairly adequate of you just want to maintain your habit and get your caffeine fix. Providing you drink loose leaf and not teabags (dunk a teabag for more than ten seconds and the flavour is marred by the chemicals used on the bag to keep it white)you'll be rewarded with an average ...  Read the complete review