Blended Tea

Blended Tea

Tea blending describes the process of blending different teas together to produce a final product. The aim of blending teas is to create a well balanced flavour using different origins and characters - this also ensures that variation in quality and from season to season can be, to a certain extent, controlled.

The one golden rule of blending is that every new blending must taste the same as the previously created blend, so a consumer will not be able to detect a difference in flavour from one purchase to the next of the same blended tea.

Common Tea Blends

Breakfast:-
Generally a blend of different black teas that are robust and full-bodied, and go well with milk. Some flavours are English Breakfast, Irish Breakfast and Scottish Breakfast.

Afternoon:-
These blends (of black teas) are generally lighter than breakfast blends. Both breakfast and afternoon blends are popular in the British Isles. Russian Caravan:-
A popular blend, Russian Caravan harks back to the days when tea was hauled to Russia from China on camels. It often contains a bit of smoky Lapsang Souchong, though its base is typically Keemun or Dian Hong. Some also contain Oolong.