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Definitely Yorkshire tea for everyday drinking.
But has anyone tried Jing's Assam?
https://jingtea.com/assam-breakfast-tea-bags?gad_s...
It's pricey (very!) but absolutely superb.
(If you ever stay at Citizen M hotels you can pinch a few bags at breakfast, too.)
But has anyone tried Jing's Assam?
https://jingtea.com/assam-breakfast-tea-bags?gad_s...
It's pricey (very!) but absolutely superb.
(If you ever stay at Citizen M hotels you can pinch a few bags at breakfast, too.)
Just discovered these from where I buy my coffee from...........
https://ravecoffee.co.uk/products/mega-brew-breakf...
https://ravecoffee.co.uk/products/mega-brew-breakf...
I've always drunk Yorkshire Tea, however, my OH's brother got me some Cornish Tea "Smuggler's Brew" and I have to confess, it's even nicer! They come in a foil sleeve which I keep them in and bob that into a sealable freezer bag once opened. Seems to keep them fresh,. Only downside is that the plastic-free teabags are quite easy to split if you stir the bag in the cup to get the maximum flavour out, as I like to do.
PistonBroker said:
I don't drink tea, but I am the primary tea maker in the house.
The primary tea consumer says it has to be Yorkshire Tea.
I put the milk in first when making her tea though, which appears to be offensive behaviour in many circles, so I'm not sure how discerning she is to be fair.
You absolute monsterThe primary tea consumer says it has to be Yorkshire Tea.
I put the milk in first when making her tea though, which appears to be offensive behaviour in many circles, so I'm not sure how discerning she is to be fair.
MitchT said:
I've always drunk Yorkshire Tea, however, my OH's brother got me some Cornish Tea "Smuggler's Brew" and I have to confess, it's even nicer! They come in a foil sleeve which I keep them in and bob that into a sealable freezer bag once opened. Seems to keep them fresh,. Only downside is that the plastic-free teabags are quite easy to split if you stir the bag in the cup to get the maximum flavour out, as I like to do.
I'm a Yorkshire Tea drinker but brought a box of the Cornish stuff back from holiday last year and it was ok actually. Very different taste but not unpleasant like Tetleys/PG Tips filth.
DaveyBoyWonder said:
MitchT said:
I've always drunk Yorkshire Tea, however, my OH's brother got me some Cornish Tea "Smuggler's Brew" and I have to confess, it's even nicer! They come in a foil sleeve which I keep them in and bob that into a sealable freezer bag once opened. Seems to keep them fresh,. Only downside is that the plastic-free teabags are quite easy to split if you stir the bag in the cup to get the maximum flavour out, as I like to do.
I'm a Yorkshire Tea drinker but brought a box of the Cornish stuff back from holiday last year and it was ok actually. Very different taste but not unpleasant like Tetleys/PG Tips filth.The decaff is decent anywhere (for decaff...), and the coffee is quite nice.
theplayingmantis said:
dontlookdown said:
No I mentioned it up the thread. Most supermarkets have at least one of their blends.Thompson's Signature Tea, from some Morrisons, or from Thompson's direct online. Not their more ordinary Everyday or Irish bags, which Tesco often has.
M&S Gold tea.
Tea Pigs are very good, but expensive.
Currently getting through a large bag of Twining's Full English, pretty good.
We generally open a bag of say 80 tea bags, and it sits open over the 5-10 days it takes to get through it, no noticeable taste change over time.
M&S Gold tea.
Tea Pigs are very good, but expensive.
Currently getting through a large bag of Twining's Full English, pretty good.
We generally open a bag of say 80 tea bags, and it sits open over the 5-10 days it takes to get through it, no noticeable taste change over time.
DaveyBoyWonder said:
You absolute monster
Sad to report, but it may be you who's the monster!Putting the milk in last de-natures the molecules in the milk causing the resulting tea to taste weird. Putting milk in first avoids that, because the milk is brought up to the temperature more gradually. This was explained to me in some detail by an esteemed biochemist.
It's often said that the fashion for putting the milk in last was put about by the "considerably richer than you" types of the day to show off, because their fancy porcelain cups could cope with boiling water in a way that the eathernware tat used by their inferiors could not. I suspect that might not be true, not least because the few genuinely posh people I know do tend to put the milk in first, like normal people - whereas putting the milk in last seems to be *mostly* practiced by aspirational Sally Webster types.
Back on topic: Clipper tea bags (the ones in the black and orange box) are best IMO, for regular builders tea.
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