"Some tea, like English Breakfast, especially lends itself to using milk because it helps to cut the tannins that naturally occur in black tea," says Kelly. Other teas we tested.

Harry: English breakfast. If you ask for just a tea in a British café, you're getting English breakfast tea. Joe: That's not bad. But you always gotta do it with milk?

An English breakfast tea that’s been steeping for five minutes should be fragrant and dark. Anything else, and you may be in for a drink about as dull as the English can get.

Royal English Breakfast Tea Latte. Starbucks’ Royal English Breakfast Tea Latte is a smooth blend of Sri Lankan and Indian black teas, sweetened with cane sugar and topped with milk foam.