BLUE RIBBON Twinings Tea Bags Sampler Assortment Variety Pack Gift Box – 48 Count – Perfect Variety – English Breakfast, Green, Black, Herbal, Chai Tea and more

Very Fresh
Tea bags are packed in a cute compact box. The first one I sampled was fresh and tasty. I’ll buy more to give as gifts.

A Journey Through Time and Tea (minus time) – With reviews of each tea
I had a co-worker who was drinking some pretty esoteric teas, and I was like, “Why aren’t I doing the same?” After a short ponderance at my favorite phrontistery, I decided to take a journey through the Twinnings Tea Universe to see what might tickle my tastes and tastebuds. I am proud to say I was able to complete this journey and document the experience I had at each stop on the tea train so that you, my humble reader, don’t have to.Format: Tea Name – Stars (out of 5) – NotesPeach Iced Tea – 3 – its fineChamomile Honey Vanilla – 3 – tastes like massages smell, buttery texturePomegranite, raspberry, strawberry green tea – 3 – refreshing, but a bit contrivedChamomile – 3 – herbal, buttery, oddly satisfyingPrince of Wales (Black Tea) – 4 – familiar, reliable, satisfactoryButtermint – 2 – i hate mint, butterizing mint makes me hate it slightly less, only gave it 2 stars because i am assuming i will need to save 1 star for plain mintEarl Grey Jasmine – 5 – we have here our first major hit, it makes me feel as if i am in some mystical city full of adventure and intruigeOrange & Cinnamon Herbal Tea – 3.8 – smells like spending christmas around a fairplace in a cabin in Vail after a day of skiing with your loved ones, tastes like spending christmas around a fireplace in a cabin in Vail after a day of skiing alone, not quite as good, but there are worse ways to spend christmasBlack Tea Blackcurrant Breeze – 1 – intruiging smell, first taste triggered images of a small bird vomitting in my mouth, which quickly faded to the aftertaste of a cough dropLemon Delight Herbal Tea – 4 – acceptable, comforting, pleasing, warming, soothingDarjeeling – 4 – WARNING: TRIGGERED IMMEDIATE DESIRE TO LISTEN TO ALAN WATTS, otherwise, bitter for a black tea, like I suspect a tea snob would want in their black teaOrganic Fair Trade Green Tea – 4 – made me feel better when I was having a low HRV afternoonLady Grey – 4 – chilled out version of earl? if feel like it is, but my memory doesn’t go back 4 days with great clarity. i like it though, smooth100% Oolong Black Tea – 4 – perhaps i had a steeping fail, i loved it, but i wanted to this to be a bit stronger, i have many failings so i put this one on meHoneybush, Mandarin & Orange Herbal Tea – 3.5 – this did not evoke any sort of emotion, good or bad, but i drank it allEnglish Afternoon Tea – 4 – i mean, pretty similar to breakfast tea, just sayinChai Spiced Apple – 3 – i remember taking the first sip and thinking, “this would be great with sugar”, i don’t remember anything after that. seriously, send helpGreen Tea (Decaf) Nightly Calm – 4 – my girlfriend quit her job, so now i have to work extra hours at night on my old contract, i thought the sleepy effects of this would be b.s. so i drank it tonight. the night time effects are as real as my naivetyChai – 2 – could use some spiced apples, and some sugar, and some characterGreen Tea Jasmine – 3 – i don’t think green tea necessarily benefits from that addition of jasmine, it has a flavor similar to what i suspect would result from a person trying to ruin green tea with an offputting chemical taste that got interrupted only seconds into the endeavorGreen Tea – 4 – i am not a very knowledgeable tea person, however, before starting this journey i did really like green tea, this green tea is green tea and i still like green teaChai French Vanilla – 2.5 – i chai and i chai and i chai, but i can’t get no sateasfaction, i dunno, the french vanilla helps a little, but it still kind of tastes like a puddle on the streetLapsang Souchong Black Tea – 4 – you wouldn’t think the taste of used chewing tobacco mixed with a peaty scotch would be something you would enjoy in a black tea, but you would be wrongLady Grey Decaf – 5 – lady chuggable was the original name of this tea, so refreshable100% White Tea – 4 – i literally went bananas after drinking this, b a n a n r s, too many caffeines?Herbal Lemon and Ginger – 5 – if i could start a new career writing romance novels, i would find a way to tell a little story about this tea in every novel, it’s that goodPure Rooibos Red Tea – 2.5 – reminds me of mulch100% Organic and Fair Trade Certified Green Tea with Jasmine – 3 – i’m starting to think the length of the name of a green tea has a negative correlation to the enjoyability, however, reviewing my data this correlation doesn’t hold up, once again exposing the fallibilty of the human mind in the realm of statisticsEnglish Breakfast – 4 – teaNightly Calm – 4 – i think i had had too much caffeine before drinking this one, i immedietaly felt sick, but that could be from living off of a strict diet of protein shakes, that passed and then i felt very very sleepy, it is now 3:30 PMWhite Hibiscus Lime & Ginger Herbal Tea – 5 – infinitely drinkable, unbeknownst to him, this was probably what Indiana Jones was always searching for out there in the jungles and caves all that time, not a bunch of fancy jewels and artifacts, poor guyIrish Breakfast Decaf – 4 – the William Wallace of breakfast teasGreen Tea Mint – 2 – mint, peeyooPomegranite & Raspberry Herbal Tea – 4 – i anticapted a weakly flavored cough medicine like gestalt for this one, pleasently surprised with the easy going drinkabilityEarl Grey Extra Bold – * – i have failed you humble review reader, for i was too cowardly to fully steep this power tea to reach it’s true boldness levels, i feared it, i truley feared it, and thus, it is not fair for me to provide a rating – ultimately, i have failed myselfEarl Grey – 4.5 – much like the unfully steeped extra bold variety, i love it!Wild Berries Herbal Tea – 4 – this is the first of the bunch that i went with a pure cold water steep, i was quite hot and needed something refreshing, and much to my surprise this was refreshing!English Breakfast Tea Decaf – 3.5 – tea (decaf)Cold Brewed Iced Tea (English Classic) – 3.5 -Black Tea Mixed Berry – 2.5 – didn’t hate it, didn’t love itPure Peppermint – 2.1 – i was wrong, buttermint was actually a little bit worse that peppermint, still though, these mints need to find a new space and time to inhabit in our current spacetimeGreen Tea Decaf – 3.5 – i feel like green tea needs caffeine, but i like green tea and this is green teaIrish Breakfast – 4 – the Bill Wallace of breakfast teas100% Organic Peppermint – 2 – so much time was wasted making sure to avoid putting pesticides and steroids on these tea plantsOrganic Nightly Calm – 4 – first time i was actually able to get the ECG function on my new apple watch to say that i have a problem* note: i just learned about the 45 billion microplastics i injested during this journey, therefore i cannot recommend any of these teas

great product
good variety top quality

Best gift ever…
This gift assortment of tea has been enjoyed everyday & I have received a Thank you everyday since they received it. Definitely scored on this one!