English Breakfast Organic
A blend of Assam, broken leaf teas. A lighter style breakfast tea that's great for morning or afternoon.
Experience the classic comfort of English Breakfast tea with the pure assurance of organic certification. This thoughtfully crafted blend of premium Assam broken leaf teas delivers that beloved strong, full-bodied character and malty richness you expect, but with a lighter, more approachable style that's perfect for any tea lover.
Why You'll Love It
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Tea Lovers’ Favourite: 96% positive reviews consistently praised for quality
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Great Everyday Tea: Loved for its smooth, approachable character that's not too strong
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Perfect Base: Makes an excellent foundation for milk and sugar
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Robust Yet Balanced: Delivers nice, robust taste without being overpowering
Origins & Character
BioGro New Zealand Certified: Our organic certification by BioGro New Zealand ensures this tea is grown and processed without synthetic pesticides, herbicides, or chemical fertilisers. You can trust that every cup is as pure and natural as nature intended.
Sustainable Choice: By choosing organic, you're supporting farming practices that protect soil health, biodiversity, and the environment while ensuring the highest quality tea leaves reach your cup.
Premium Assam Heritage: Sourced from the renowned Assam region of India, famous for producing some of the world's finest breakfast teas with that distinctive malty character and robust strength.
Functional & Wellness Benefits
Full Flavour: This isn't just a lighter version - it's a thoughtfully balanced black tea blend that maintains the strong, full-bodied black tea character and malty notes you love, while being smooth and approachable enough for any time of day.
Broken Leaf Quality: Made from premium broken leaf teas that brew quickly and deliver consistent flavour, ensuring every cup is perfectly balanced with rich colour and satisfying strength.
Versatile Enjoyment: Takes milk, sweetener, honey, and lemon beautifully, or enjoy it black to appreciate the pure organic flavour. Perfect for morning energy or afternoon comfort.
Morning or Afternoon Perfect: Whether you need that morning wake-up call or an afternoon pick-me-up, this lighter style breakfast tea delivers just the right amount of strength and comfort without overwhelming your palate.
English Breakfast Organic - where classic breakfast tea tradition meets organic purity and thoughtful balance in every satisfying cup.
Tea Bag Packaging Material
Tea bags are commonly made from PLA mesh, paper or nylon. t leaf T uses pyramid tea bags made from plant-based PLA, rather than paper or nylon. Here is how the materials differ and what that means for composting.
PLA Pyramid Tea Bags Used by t leaf T
PLA, or polylactic acid, is a plant-based material that can be made from crops such as corn or sugar cane. Our NeoSoilon® pyramid tea bags are made from sugar-cane-derived PLA. PLA tea bags have been available since the mid-2000s and are not made from petroleum-based plastic.
NeoSoilon® is a woven mesh made by Nasa Corporation from 100% PLA filaments. The manufacturer states that NeoSoilon® is certified by the Non-GMO Project. Our pyramid tea bags, including the tag and string, contain no nylon or polypropylene.
PLA is spun into thread and woven to make the clear mesh. It behaves like a plastic when heated, which allows the seams to be sealed using ultrasonic vibrations. This joins the seams without the need for petrochemical-based sealing plastics. PLA melts at around 170°C, well above the temperature of boiling water.
Commercial composting
Our NeoSoilon® pyramid tea bags are intended for industrial or commercial composting. The material meets the European standard EN 13432, ISO 17088 and the American standard ASTM D6400. Under industrial composting conditions at around 58°C, the manufacturer states that 90% of the material’s weight can biodegrade within 180 days.
In soil or water, the manufacturer estimates that the mesh takes around three years to break down. It is not home compostable. Although materials designed for home composting are available, the option we have assessed breaks down within weeks, which is not practical for a product that needs a long shelf life, such as tea. Please check whether a suitable commercial composting facility is available in your area.
Read more from Nasa Corporation about NeoSoilon®.
Old-Style Paper Tea Bags
Paper tea bags have been used for almost 100 years. The paper fibres do not naturally adhere to each other, so the bags need to be heat-sealed. Most paper tea bag materials use a small amount of petro-based sealing plastic to make this possible.
As a result, a paper tea bag may be about 98% paper fibre and around 2% petro-based plastic. The paper fibre can break down in home composting, but the plastic portion is not compostable or biodegradable. This is not an option we use at t leaf T.
Nylon Pyramid Tea Bags
Nylon pyramid tea bags have been available since around 1996, before PLA tea bag technology existed. Nylon is a petroleum-based plastic. It is not compostable or biodegradable and can persist in the environment for hundreds of years.
Nylon costs substantially less than PLA, which can make it an attractive option for producers focused on cost. We do not use nylon tea bags at t leaf T.
Our View
No tea bag material is perfect. For the convenience of tea bags, we believe our plant-based PLA is the most sustainable option currently available to us. For an option without a single-use tea bag, every tea we sell is also available as loose leaf.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are t leaf T pyramid tea bags home compostable?
No. Our NeoSoilon® PLA pyramid tea bags are intended for industrial or commercial composting, not home composting. Check whether a suitable commercial composting facility is available in your area.
What are t leaf T pyramid tea bags made from?
They are made from NeoSoilon®, a woven mesh produced by Nasa Corporation from 100% sugar-cane-derived PLA filaments. The tea bags, including the tag and string, contain no nylon or polypropylene.
