Talk:Irish breakfast tea

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So what's in it?

Irish breakfast and some English breakfast teas make me very nauseous, while Scottish breakfast and East Frisian breakfast teas don't. I'm trying to figure out if there's something I'm allergic to or otherwise sensitive to in it. I drink tea black, because I'm sensitive to milk and sugar. 71.191.235.29 (talk) 17:51, 1 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The aged leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant, that's all there is in tea. Some different cultivars, and different handling methods but there you go. Certain blends, harvests, or types may be higher in natural tannic acids for starters, and Irish tea is I think traditionally had with much milk or cream which balances out its strong character. One can't really prepare all teas the same way and get the same results, so try less steeping time perhaps, or stick to your favorite types that you have tested not to irritate. Whitebox (talk) 03:16, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If tea bags are involved, here's a contaminant that may be in some substances used to reinforce some of them, 3-MCPD. Whitebox (talk) 11:06, 25 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

related quote: /Also according to Dr. Mercola, many “paper tea bags are treated with epichlorohydrin, a compound mainly used in the production of epoxy resins. Considered a potential carcinogen by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health2 (NIOSH), epichlorohydrin is also used as a pesticide. When epichlorohydrin comes in contact with water, it hydrolyzes to 3-MCPD, which has been shown to cause cancer in animals. It has also been implicated in infertility (it has a spermatoxic effect in male rats) and suppressed immune function.”/ from:http://foodbabe.com/2013/08/21/do-you-know-whats-really-in-your-tea/

176.63.176.112 (talk) 14:47, 29 October 2016 (UTC).[reply]

Irish Breakfast tea & English Breakfast tea

what, if any, is the difference between these two teas? If they are the same, why are there seperate articles, or is this a marketing/nationalism difference? Markb (talk) 12:23, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As I understand it they are generally very different blends, Irish breakfast has a stronger, more intense flavor, whereas English breakfast tea may be an adoption of Scottish breakfast tea, and the English type at least tends to be blended to have a milder flavor. Whitebox (talk) 11:07, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

As Markb says, it's basically down to marketing with a bit of nationalism thrown in. Breakfast Tea is just a marketing term for the everyday drinking blends that have been drunk in Britain and Ireland for centuries. It allows producers to sell tea blends at the same price point as premium single varietal teas, and such terms are necessary when marketing in countries without an established tea drinking culture such as the US. Most tea blends sold in Britain and Ireland aren't actually described as Breakfast Tea, though as the English Breakfast Tea article correctly states, that's exactly what they are. --Ef80 (talk) 14:34, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely no difference between Irish breakfast and English breakfast. It is just a marketing tool which a) leverages a sense of nationalism in some people to buy a particular brand and b) allow "foodies" to proclaim some sense of elitism in their choice of tea (usually in non-tea-drinking countries. In the UK and Ireland "breakfast" tea is simply marketed as "tea". There is far more variation, in terms of strength and flavour, between different brands than there is across national boundaries.

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stub article

the info panel above says this is a stub article, while i think it is clearly written and contains pretty much everything that can be contained in relation with a diffuse term like a "breakfast tea" is. i am very satisfied with this article as it is. perhaps the talkpage info:

["Irish Breakfast tea & English Breakfast tea

   As Markb says, it's basically down to marketing with a bit of nationalism thrown in. Breakfast Tea is just a marketing term for the everyday drinking blends that have been drunk in Britain and Ireland for centuries. It allows producers to sell tea blends at the same price point as premium single varietal teas, and such terms are necessary when marketing in countries without an established tea drinking culture such as the US. Most tea blends sold in Britain and Ireland aren't actually described as Breakfast Tea, though as the English Breakfast Tea article correctly states, that's exactly what they are. --Ef80 (talk) 14:34, 10 August 2015 (UTC) "]

deserves to be put in the article as well.176.63.176.112 (talk) 14:10, 29 October 2016 (UTC).[reply]