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08.27

I was rudely awoken this morning by my boyfriends alarm. At 06.30. An hour earlier than it usually goes off (don’t even get me started…) and to be honest, it doesn’t usually wake me up when it goes off at 07.30.
And I am feeling rather tired, having been up for two hours more than I should have today. In fact, I’m feeling rather knackered.

So, I thought, wouldn’t this be a good time to put the English Breakfast Tea to the test? Can it really wake me up more that a coffee would? Will it make any difference at all?

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The Great Teas

Yes, I think I have made you wait long enough. The results are in, the teas have all made it to the finish line - and boy, was it close.

Without further ado, may I present to you: The Great Tea Debate - The Results

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Roll Up! Roll Up! Get your tickets here!

For tonight, and tonight only, we will bear witness to the great Battle of the Teas.

On my way home tonight, I will be purchasing some high-grade Indian Black teas from Whittard (why Whittard? Well, the teas are good… and I already have the Assam from there. But I will be testing many other brands shortly), and proceed to do a scientific-tea-comparison-experiment when I get home. Watch this space.

Teas I will be comparing:

• Darjeeling - The Champagne of Teas
• Assam - strong, rich, Indian tea
• Ceylon - Strictly a Sri Lanka tea, but will be participating in this experiment anyway.

How exciting.

Hi there, and welcome to TwistedLeaves!
The site is clearly still a work-in-progress, but I will be starting to post here and there.

First things first: this website is about tea.

Mint Tea

Possibly the best non-alcoholic drink in the world. Maybe definitely. Who knows?
What I know is that tea is tasty, and lots of people like it. There are lots of kinds of tea’s, and lots of them are very expensive, especially if they are flavoured or otherwise modified. So, my main aims with this site is to:

• Drink lots of different teas, different brands of tea
• review those teas for quality, quantity, star rating, price and flavour
• tell you how you can make those special teas in your own home…
• …and to do that I will have to do a lot of testing and experimenting in my own kitchen, so that will probably develop some funny stories too (Like me smashing China, spilling tea, shouting at inanimate objects… and that’s just an average day…)

Now I’m going to get on with my day (going to Chessington World of Adventures!) and drink some tea (no kidding), thanks for reading - come back soon!

Jessica