English Breakfast Tea

A full-bodied black-tea style for morning mugs — usually a multi-origin blend. TEA TOP’s is 100% Ceylon FBOP from Dimbula, unflavoured, with no Assam or Kenya in the pack.

No. Many famous breakfast teas are multi-origin blends. This tea is 100% Ceylon from the Dimbula district — a broken, tippy FBOP grade that infuses quickly and gives a reddish, brisk liquor. You still get the morning strength people expect from English Breakfast; the flavour is brighter and more flowery than a heavy Assam-led blend.

We have not published a lab assay for this lot, so treat any milligram figure as a typical range, not a promise. Ceylon black tea at 2 g / 200 ml usually falls around 40–70 mg of caffeine per cup when brewed three to five minutes — less than drip coffee. Hotter water, longer steeping and more leaf extract more caffeine; a shorter steep or cooler water (such as 85°C) gives a lighter cup.

Use 2 g per 200 ml (one pyramid bag per mug, or 10 g per litre for a pot) and fresh filtered water at 85–95°C. This broken FBOP colours faster than whole-leaf Orange Pekoe: 85°C, 4–5 minutes for a soft, floral cup plain or with honey; 90°C, 3–4 minutes for everyday balance; 95°C, about 3 minutes for depth and briskness with milk. See the brewing guide on this page. For a stronger pot, add a teaspoon “for the pot” after scaling the ratio.

Yes if you want the classic English Breakfast tea with milk. Brew at 95°C for about three minutes at 2 g / 200 ml so the cup stays brisk and full-bodied, then add milk after steeping — never onto dry leaf. For plain drinking, try 85°C for a softer, flowery Ceylon character without dairy.

English Breakfast is an unflavoured black tea: malt, briskness, and a breakfast-strength cup. Earl Grey is black tea scented with bergamot. Choose English Breakfast for a straightforward morning mug, especially with milk. Choose Ceylon Earl Grey when you want citrus aroma; that tea is often better plain or with a little milk, not a heavy dash.

Orange Pekoe (OP) is a whole-leaf grade, not a flavour. Our Orange Pekoe from Pettiagalla Estate infuses more slowly, with a lighter golden-red cup. This English Breakfast is FBOP — smaller, broken leaf with silvery tips — so it brews faster and stronger, closer to a traditional breakfast tea. Buy OP for a smoother sipping tea; buy this for a brisk first cup.

Yes. This page offers 100 g and 250 g loose leaf, 100 g loose leaf in a gift tin, 25 pyramid bags in a gift tin, and 50 pyramid bags. The leaf grade is the same Ceylon Dimbula FBOP in bags and tins. Loose leaf is the better everyday value; tins are the gift format. Free shipping on qualifying orders over $85.

Dimbula (also spelled Dimbulla) is a mid-grown tea district in Sri Lanka. The gardens produce the bright, brisk Ceylon black tea that breakfast blends often use as the “lift” in a multi-origin mix. Here that Dimbula character is the tea — not a fraction of a blend. Packed by TEA TOP for delivery in Australia, and via our US and UK sites.