Reply To: Sweeteners in tea

It is really the taste that matters. I have enjoyed Assam without sugar, when prepared the right way, or I do not see any reasons why not to add sugar or milk, or both into a very strong cup of Assam. As for English Breakfast, it is a lower quality tea blended from a few other teas, with the purpose of being consumed with sugar or milk, that is why you want sugar in it.