VAHDAM, Original English Breakfast Black Tea Leaves 340g (170+ Cups) Non GMO, Gluten Free | Strong, Robust & Aromatic Loose Leaf Tea | Unblended Single Origin Loose Leaf | Vacuum Sealed Pack

I am the the English breakfast person in my family. My grandparents used to make me frsh tea leaf tea when I was a child and this is exactly what I was looking for. We use a teapot because of the microplastics in teabags, as we drink a LOT of tea in my household. So when we heard about the microplastics we wanted to seek out somewhere ethical and fresh to get our tea. Indian tea is known for its quality, and VAHDAM are definately that. Their teas are fresh tasting, delicate, well packaged and have a wonderful history note that comes with them which tell us about the companies values to give jobs to local farmers and educate their children. This English breakfast tea in particular is perfect and rich. We now only buy fresh tea leafs from VAHDAM.

Right nice tea.

This was my first pack of Vahdam tea, and on the strength (sic) of this, I shall definitely be buying some more. It's a quite large-leaf blend, so if you like your tea relatively strong, you'll have to leave it to steep for perhaps rather longer than you might have anticipated. This describes itself as an 'Original English Breakfast Tea' - if that is the case, then it is likely that the EBTs I've sampled over the years are not the same. My experience of EBT is that it tends to have a very 'clean' edge to it, which makes it good for that first, refreshing infusion of the new day. This (the Vahdam blend) seems to have a softer, richer, more malty flavour, which may imply greater reliance on Darjeeling. It is not the same as those EBTs of yore, but none the worse for it.

Absolutely stunning tea, best I've every drank. Initially bought the taster box (with different teas) and this one tastes superb. Real leaves, not "dust", I thought Twinning's tea was good but that that is now a thing of the past.

I like this ... a lot. I drink tea habitually, made in a ForLife tea pot and drunk black. I can't stand this namby, pamby Early Grey garbage which tastes like a perfume shop. I want something malty, with a bit of body. This tea gives me that, a classic English Breakfast tea. Good size leaves with a good, solid flavour which develops as I drink through the pot. If you like 'proper' tea, this is tea you will like.

This tea is ok. It's not bad and I am sure the company is producing the best produce it can for the money. But to claim it is the world's best is nonsense. Firstly, it is not long leaf in my opinion. The leaves are generally less than 1cm long along with a fair bit of powder and that is from a new unhandled pouch. I have emptied the last contents of an unbranded, no-fanfare pouch of tea that we have had for more than a year, that has been handled so many times, with ample opportunity for the leaves to break if they were going to and most of the leaves are more than 2cm long. Secondly, the flavour is just not there. When I opened the packet I was not hit with that 'chai' smell tea drinkers love. It was a fairly bland aroma. With the quality of packaging (foil laminate etc) that is available today there is no reason why aroma should escape. My 1 year old bag with just 1 gram remaining in it still smells much stronger than this freshly opened tea. But I gave the tea a try anyway as advised at 2g per 200ml of water. After 5 minutes there was very litle taste. After a few tries I managed to get an acceptable brew with 4 grams per 200ml and 8 minutes of brewing. For those who use teabags (that includes me sometimes), this tea is still better than a teabag, even a good quality one, but somehow I just feel we are often tricked with food and drink in the UK. Maybe it's the push for ever cheaper food that has pushed quality down in so many products. Try a loose leaf tea at a home in eastern Europe or Russia and you won't believe how much better it tastes than what we get sold here in Britain these days. Another commenter mentioned 'the smell they remember when their granny made tea'. That encapsulates it neatly. It used to be so easy to get a good cup of tea - Not anymore. Sorry but I am sending this back. On the photo you'll see a standard Yorkshire teabag on the left, this product in the middle and my 'local shop' unbranded tea from Sochi on the right. You can see the difference in leaf length. You can also see the extra volume of the leaves after brewing at the top of picture.

After so many years of drifting into the convenience of tea-bags, lockdown provided the perfect opportunity to get back to basics and start investing the time and effort to make a proper cuppa. I tried a few loose tea providers on Amazon, which were mostly good but for me Vahdam teas are my favourite. The English breakfast tea provides a perfect strong and full flavoured cuppa. I brew for around 4-5 minutes but unlike a Darjeeling (which Vahdam also supply) can tolerate longer without going bitter. Such high quality tea is, per cup made is possibly more expensive than my old tea-bags. However, unlike before, I never waste a cup these days- and no longer do I find cold half drunk mugs around the place. So I think it all balances out. Lockdown is coming to an end, I feel, but I shall be continuing with my Vahdam teas.

Real nice tea. Drink some.

I am not kidding, this is the highest quality tea I have ever found. It is priced so well, too! I bought the English Breakfast Black tea and it arrived yesterday. I opened up the elegantly packaged vacuum seal bag and could see the tea leaves are fresh, uniform in appearance, and of a very high quality. Nice fresh aroma, too. I made a pot and did not have time to drink it because I was heading out to dinner. The tea was left it sitting out on the counter steeping for 5 hours. When I got home, I put the tea in the refrigerator. This morning, I went to drink it cold and was concerned that because I did not follow the proper directions for steeping the tea, it might taste bitter. Not the case at all... I could not believe how smooth the taste was! Even with me not following proper steeping technique, the tea tasted so smooth and delicious! I made a cup of it hot, using the tea leaves I had previously used ( out of curiosity to see how it would turn out) and it was delicious as well! Believe the reviews! This tea is of superior quality and taste and there is no bitterness whatsoever! I have paid a lot more for teas that aren't even in the same league as this tea. This is an exceptional value! I was so thrilled with this tea, that I just purchased the Vahdam green tea, and am excited to try that.

少し前から気になっていたVahdam Teas。 不要な中間業者を排除し、インドの有名な茶園からプレミアムティーやスーパーフードを調達し、インドの最先端の茶園施設で新鮮な状態で包装して消費者に届けることをモットーとしている企業のようです。 ブランド名で売っている世界的メーカーとは違い、中間業者を入れないことで農家が適正価格で取引でき、私達にもお手頃価格で届くという仕組み。好感が持てます。 今回初めて手に取ってみたのは、こちらの看板商品でもあろう、イングリッシュブレックファーストですが、一般的なアッサム、セイロン、ケニア辺りのブレンドではなく、アッサムのみでブレンドではない恐らく単一農園もののようです。 茶葉は大きいフルリーフ。FTGFOP1の等級は間違いないと思います。 一般的なイングリッシュブレックファーストはメーカー独自のブレンドで茶葉もBOPかそれより細かいものが多いので短時間でかなり濃く出ます。 こちらはフルリーフなので3分ほど滲出してもストレートでも美味しく飲める味。もちろんミルクティーにも良いですが、ドバドバっと入れてしまうとミルクに負けるかも。 ミルクティーはかなり濃い目が好きな私としてはこの点は物足りないのですが、そこはアッサムのCTC茶葉とブレンドしたり、濃いめを飲みたい時用にアレンジできる良さもあると思っておきます。 茶葉の品質は良いと思いました。コクもありモルティな香りも豊かです。 3分でストレート向き、4～5分でミルクティーに良いですが、5分滲出すると冷めたときに渋みや雑味が前に出てくるので、4分くらいにとどめるのが飲みやすいと思います。 それにしても340gで999円は激安ですね。おまけに定期おトク便の対象になっているので申し込めば更に安くなります。 茶葉は真空パックされていますが、最初に入っている袋はジッパーつきではないので、なんと詰替え用のジッパーバッグまで入ってます。自分で封をハサミで切ってから使う未開封状態のジッパーバッグでした。茶葉の種類がわかるよう大きなステッカーまでついています。 詰替え用のジッパーバッグは200g弱でパンパンになるので150g程度をまず茶缶などに移してから、詰めたほうがいいですね、詰めるのが200より多いとこぼす羽目になると思います。 最初に入ってる袋も内側がアルミで保存性は良いので、大きい茶缶なんてないわという方は、袋に入れたまま輪ゴムなどできっちりとめてジッパーバッグ（透明可）に入れたり、おせんべいの缶など空いてればそういうのに入れてもいいです。二重にするだけで長期間保存できます。 アッサムメインのボディの強いミルクティ向け紅茶→イングリッシュブレックファーストというイメージからこの名前になっているのかもしれませんが、中身はブレンドではなくアッサムFTGFOP1のシングルエステートなので、そういう表記にした方がいいのに勿体ない、と思う以外は、品質も良し価格もお手頃で飲み続けたい紅茶です。

One of the best tea's i have ever purchase.

Everyone is looking for a premium touch to add to his day.. this tea has a premium quality strong aroma, great flavor which makes my family enjoyed tea time!!

Delicious English breakfast tea in a fresh bag. Aromatic and well preserved in this packaging. This is the second time I have bought this tea. The price is also reasonable.