My last purchase of Earl Grey tea ( 3rd Sept 2022) has brown labels and tasted horrible. Nothing like the Earl Grey I know and have purchased for years. What has happened?

A September 2022 description is on the box, LIGHT STRENGTH ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Trust Twining's tea tasters. That packet description is accurate, so we must assume, the benchmark for the Australian blend has been altered dramatically to suit certain tea lovers.

Mourning the loss of “A sound tea base, bright and brisk, comes through well in balance with the bergamot and lemon.”

The United Kingdom appears to have the original in 2022, the image included as an example.

I have also been buying Twinings Earl Grey tea bags at Woolworths for many years. Last week I found that the bags have brown labels and taste nothing like the bergamot flavour Earl Grey. Won't be rebuying.

What’s happened to Twinings Earle Grey teabags. First indication of change was brown tags on the bags.
More importantly where’s the bergamot flavour gone.
Very disappointing taste.
Will have to change to another brand after so many years.

The taste has changed completely. Not pleasant at all. It was the only tea I used to buy but now I will be looking for a new brand as I am not enjoying drinking this at all.

The brown bag tea tastes nothing like earl grey it leaves a nasty taste in mouth overnight went to atea house Kenilworth and had a lovely earl grey, half cost twinings from woolies must be rubbish tea.

Just opened a new box of 100 Twining earl Grey teabags...the tags are brown and definitely not Earl Grey!!! I bought them from my local Woolworths supermarket. What is going on?

I bought 2 boxes of Twinings 100 Earl Grey tea bags because they were on sale at my local supermarket and extremely disappointed as the tea tastes terrible. I have been drinking Earl Grey for many years and I just want the great flavour back - not this awful replacement with the brown label that doesn't even show that it's Earl Grey. I won't be purchasing Twinings again and now stuck with 200 tasteless teabags - not happy!!

I bought a box of 100 Earl Grey tea bags and the tea tastes terrible. I have been drinking Earl Grey for 20 years and I miss the great flavour of the bergamot and citrus.
The labels are brown with no writing on them - please bring back my tea !!

I don't drink Twinings Earl Grey tea but others in my family do. The last box of tea bags I bought has BROWN tags - not the easily identifiable Yellow, and there is no name on them to identify the type of tea once it is out of it's box. With multiple types of tea available and many homes having several types in the cupboard this change is confusing and basically very bad marketing.... I will be changing brands just so I can know which tea is which. The ongoing movement by manufacturers and producers in general to change for the sake of change rather than for improvement is disrespectful to their loyal costumers. There is a very old adage that is worth heeding..."if it's not broke, don't fix it".....

I absolutely agree! I miss the two leaf Earl Grey tea very much. Can’t find it anywhere in Australia anymore. Went to France recently and ended up bringing a few boxes home.

my latest box tastes different, the size of the "leaf" almost powder. Almost no bergamot flavour. I object that it is the only loose leaf Earl Grey available locally. Where can I get loose leaf Earl grey around Coffs Harbour?

I usually buy dilmah Earl Grey. Couldn't get it at Coles, so I though I would try Twinings. It's that weak, that even 2 tea bags don't provide a decent taste. I tried a few times & binned the rest. No more Twinings for me

I know its not a big deal, but the first time i ever tried buying twinnings i found a dead beetle inside my tea leaves.

While the taste is nice, the presence of pesticides and insecticides is concerning, as is the origin of the tea leaves. I have since switched to Australian owned brands and organic tea given that tea is something I consume on a daily basis. Knowing where the tea is coming from and what it is exposed to is important to me!

Who knows where it comes from and how much pesticide is used. The taste is weak and has a bitter after taste. I am switching to non Chinese tea

I love Twinings earl grey tea, but it's not the same any more. Where can I find the double strength version of Twinings earl grey in Melbourne Australia

Twinings is a well-known, reputable brand so you will always get consistancy of quality. Not my first choice, but I wouldn't say no if it was offered!! I prefer the loose tea, but again, thats just me! T-bags are great for convenience, you can have it black or with milk.
Easily available and comes in tea bags or loose leaf, and in various sizes. Sometimes on special.
Personally I find it a bit too 'perfumed'- I like Earl Grey, but in my opinion Twinnings is not the best. Although some of my friends love it, so I guess its down to personal tastes.