How competitive is the English Breakfast Tea niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

12 brands and 126 sellers compete in English Breakfast Tea on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 English Breakfast Tea products take 57% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 86% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in English Breakfast Tea?

English Breakfast Tea buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Taste-Overall, Strength, Value For Money, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.1%.

What does it cost to enter the English Breakfast Tea niche?

English Breakfast Tea sells for £7.08 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £2.25–£14.39. The average incumbent carries 685 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

English Breakfast Tea

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.25–$14.39) — English Breakfast Tea doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

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This niche Category average

Is English Breakfast Tea profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, English Breakfast Tea is a £78K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (103K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Oct–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 42/100.

English Breakfast Tea: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -21.8% over the last 90 days and 10.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£78K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K

Search volume / yr-21.8%103K

Conversion rate10.7%

Avg price£7.08

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand, so 14% of the market is open.

14%

open market share

Brands · sellers12 · 126

Top-5 product click share57%

Open market14%

Avg brand age84 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 22 products

Top English Breakfast Tea products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

Twinings English Breakfast Tea | Golden Well Rounded & Full Bodied Black Tea | 40 Biodegradable Tea Bags

Price: £2.39
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 227
Age: 3y ago

Twinings English Breakfast Tea 4 x 80 Biodegradable Plant-Based Tea Bags

Price: £11.02
Rating: 4.8/5
Reviews: 833
Age: 3y ago

Ringtons Boxed Tea Bags 250g

Price: £3.50
Rating: 4.8/5
Reviews: 55
Age: 7y ago

Black Tea Bundle with Ringtons Tea Bags 80 bags 2 Pack + Brightdale Kitchen Booklet

Price: £13.19
Rating: 4.1/5
Reviews: 8
Age: 12mo ago

Twinings English Breakfast Tea | Golden Well Rounded & Full Bodied Black Tea | Large Pack 120 Biodegradable Tea Bags

Price: £5.45
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 111
Age: 3y ago

Newest

by launch date

Clipper Organic English Breakfast Envelop String & Tag 1 x 50 Teabags

Price: £5.02
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 1,837
Age: 9mo ago

Black Tea Bundle with Ringtons Tea Bags 80 bags 2 Pack + Brightdale Kitchen Booklet

Price: £13.19
Rating: 4.1/5
Reviews: 8
Age: 12mo ago

96 English Breakfast Tea 20 Pyramid Tea Bags Full-Bodied Bright & Invigorating Black Tea Sugar free Individually Wrapped Recyclable Envelopes Plant-Based Tea Bags with No Microplastics

Price: £5.90
Rating: 4.2/5
Reviews: 64
Age: 1y ago

Ringtons Breakfast Tea Bundle x 200

Price: £11.04
Rating: 5.0/5
Reviews: 5
Age: 2y ago

Ringtons Gold Tea Bundle x 200

Price: £11.99
Rating: 5.0/5
Reviews: 10
Age: 2y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 57% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 rising

Sellers

126

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

57%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

11%

Twinings56%
Ringtons11%
Clipper Natural, Fair & Delicious9%
Brightdale5%
New English Teas5%
teapigs3%
Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 11%)

English Breakfast Tea demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume103KCVR10.7%Products22Brands12Top 5 Brands86%OOS Rate4.1%Rating4.6★Reviews685Avg BSR#407

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.7×

Top English Breakfast Tea search terms shoppers use

The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.

english breakfast tea51K/yr -25.9%8.5% conv.
ringtons tea bags16K/yr -19.1%1.8% conv.
breakfast tea14K/yr -19.2%8.0% conv.
ringtons tea8K/yr -12.9%1.4% conv.
english breakfast tea bags7K/yr -8.1%8.6% conv.
breakfast tea bags5K/yr -17.3%9.2% conv.
english breakfast2K/yr -29.7%12.0% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about English Breakfast Tea

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

91% of reviews

Taste-Overall42%

“Great tasting tea”

Quality-Overall13%

“the bags were really good quality”

Value For Money13%

“Great value”

Flavor12%

“Rich in flavour”

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%

“Just as expected”

What buyers complain about

72% of reviews

Taste-Overall24%

“Strange taste”

Strength13%

“not as strong”

Value For Money10%

“overpriced”

Quality-Overall7%

“the tea itself isn't very good”

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%

“Misleading image”

Common English Breakfast Tea questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores English Breakfast Tea 42/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £78K/yr across 22 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -21.8% over the last 90 days.