Essentials Black Gold Black Tea

Simple doesn't have to mean boring.

Essentials Black Gold is a smooth, easy-drinking organic black tea with a naturally malty, golden warmth — rounded out by subtle notes of caramel and shortbread. It's the kind of cup you can reach for every day: comforting, steady, and quietly elevated. No sharp bite, no added sugar, just a well-made single-origin tea doing its job beautifully.

What It Tastes Like

Malty gold, caramel, and shortbread. The sweetness is natural — a bakery-like finish that comes entirely from the leaf. It's lovely on its own and takes a splash of milk gracefully, which makes it a dependable daily black tea that still feels a little special.

Ingredients

Organic Yunnan black tea from Cangyuan Wa Autonomous County, China. That's it — one ingredient, grown well.

How to Brew

Steep about 2 teaspoons (3.5 g) in 10 oz of just-boiled water for 4–5 minutes — longer is stronger. The same leaves reinfuse 1–2 more times, so a single scoop can carry you through the morning.

Product Details

Loose leaf, available in a 15 cup bag or 70 cup bag. Organic, vegan, non-GMO, sugar free, gluten free. Part of the August Essentials line — classic teas selected for exceptional flavor and quality, blended in small batches and double tested for purity.

Ideal For

Morning focus and afternoon comfort. Coffee drinkers easing into tea who want body without bitterness. Anyone building a simple tea ritual around one dependable black tea that fits almost every day.

Good tea doesn't need to announce itself. It just needs to be there, every morning, exactly right.

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