I’ve been drinking tea for years now but although I do like a cup of Yorkshire tea and I do enjoy the convenience of just using a teabag I was wondering if now it’s time to take tea to the next level.

I was thinking if I had my own plantation, cured the leaves myself and sewed little bags for them. Not only would I be drinking the ultimate cup of tea I would feel superior and highly refined and able to look down on the heathenry of others using those ‘supermarket’ bags.

Assam or Darjeeling?

ha ha… love it.

but… and its a big one, what makes you think you know more about tea blending than the very clever people over at the Yorkshire Tea?

and most tea in bags is a mixture of several teas..

A good blend that i enjoy regularly is assam with a pinch of earl grey… I but leaf tea and have one of those bodum diffusers.

If you are having to ask Assam or Darjeeling, you are quite clearly not ready for this step.

Mefty, +many.

cured the leaves myself and sewed little bags for them

The only thing I would consider doing myself is barking orders at people, even then I’d have someone else to do this for me the majority of the time.

Well I can only afford one plantation so it’s a question of where, not type.

I like the idea of India

The assamese region would be my choice.

Bugger that. Just get some tea from D. J. Miles.

Plenty to get you interested here then fella – a few ideas as to how much you can sell for if the right plantation!

http://www.imperialteas.co.uk/

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Nuwara in Sri Lanka personally.