Post by John Gugie on Dec 1, 2007 22:20:20 GMT -5
Although Bigelow is famous for its spicy and herb teas, this review is of their Decaffeinated English Teatime Tea. This is just a basic decaf black tea, nothing special, but I love it more than any other black tea that I have tasted.
Bigelow's English Teatime Tea is strong and rich in flavor, yet offers a very smooth taste to the palate. It is a very soothing tea, without that strong pungent aftertaste that I find in other brands of black tea. For being decaf, this, surprisingly, does not taste watery. Being English Teatime Tea, as opposed to English Breakfast Tea, this tea does not have that nutty taste of its breakfast counterpart.
This tea is great for most anytime and is great hot or in iced tea.
Bigelow tea is not as cheap as the big brands of tea, such as Lipton, Tetley, Salada, or Red Rose. Most supermarkets sell Bigelow tea in 16 or 20-count boxes for $2.50-$3.00 each. I found 28-count boxes on sale for $2.50 online.
The slightly higher-price is made up for by making their tea feel special. Bigelow boxes are beautifully decorated, unlike bigger brands that just use almost identically styled artwork. Also, Bigelow individually wraps their tea bags in sealed foil wrappers, which really keep the tea fresher than other brands that use paper wrappers.
Red Rose mostly makes regular and decaf black teas with only a few special blends, like English Breakfast, Earl Grey, and loose leaf.
Red Rose Decaffeinated tea is naturally decaffeinated using the natural EA process.
This is just your plain old basic decaf black tea. Like other bigger brands, most Red Rose tea is nothing special. Red Rose is one of my least favorite teas, because not only does it taste like most other brands, but it is also one of the weakest teas I have ever tasted. It has a strong aftertaste, but while drinking it, I just taste pungent water. Whereas I only need one Bigelow tea bag for one cup of tea, I need two bags of Red Rose to get the same strength cup of tea.
At less than half the cost of Bigelow tea, I bought a 48-count of Red Rose tea for $2.45, but it is often on sale for $1.50-$2.00 per box. Half the price because you get double the quantity. More does not always mean better quality.
To be honest, if Red Rose did not include the "free" Wade Figurine in each package, I would never buy Red Rose. It makes me wonder, though. I wonder if we are not paying for the figure and getting the tea for free.
Hands down, I choose Bigelow tea over Red Rose tea.
to read more, go to
www.associatedcontent.com/article/246871/bigelow_decaffeinated_english_teatime.html
Bigelow's English Teatime Tea is strong and rich in flavor, yet offers a very smooth taste to the palate. It is a very soothing tea, without that strong pungent aftertaste that I find in other brands of black tea. For being decaf, this, surprisingly, does not taste watery. Being English Teatime Tea, as opposed to English Breakfast Tea, this tea does not have that nutty taste of its breakfast counterpart.
This tea is great for most anytime and is great hot or in iced tea.
Bigelow tea is not as cheap as the big brands of tea, such as Lipton, Tetley, Salada, or Red Rose. Most supermarkets sell Bigelow tea in 16 or 20-count boxes for $2.50-$3.00 each. I found 28-count boxes on sale for $2.50 online.
The slightly higher-price is made up for by making their tea feel special. Bigelow boxes are beautifully decorated, unlike bigger brands that just use almost identically styled artwork. Also, Bigelow individually wraps their tea bags in sealed foil wrappers, which really keep the tea fresher than other brands that use paper wrappers.
Red Rose mostly makes regular and decaf black teas with only a few special blends, like English Breakfast, Earl Grey, and loose leaf.
Red Rose Decaffeinated tea is naturally decaffeinated using the natural EA process.
This is just your plain old basic decaf black tea. Like other bigger brands, most Red Rose tea is nothing special. Red Rose is one of my least favorite teas, because not only does it taste like most other brands, but it is also one of the weakest teas I have ever tasted. It has a strong aftertaste, but while drinking it, I just taste pungent water. Whereas I only need one Bigelow tea bag for one cup of tea, I need two bags of Red Rose to get the same strength cup of tea.
At less than half the cost of Bigelow tea, I bought a 48-count of Red Rose tea for $2.45, but it is often on sale for $1.50-$2.00 per box. Half the price because you get double the quantity. More does not always mean better quality.
To be honest, if Red Rose did not include the "free" Wade Figurine in each package, I would never buy Red Rose. It makes me wonder, though. I wonder if we are not paying for the figure and getting the tea for free.
Hands down, I choose Bigelow tea over Red Rose tea.
to read more, go to
www.associatedcontent.com/article/246871/bigelow_decaffeinated_english_teatime.html