I like a good cuppa and depending on the situation it can be anything from Yorkshire tea to a cup of Chinese white tea.
Normally I buy more specialist teas from Canton tea but wondered what other tea lovers on here drink and where do you buy it from?
Are there any exciting new teas or blends which you look forwards to drinking?

Waitrose Organic or Twynings Everyday.

Occasionally Mint…

1 sugar.Milk in first.Leave the bag in.

Sadly I’m a teabags kind of guy and am more concerned about the milk I use and getting just the right amount of sugar in my mug.

Punjana, strong as possible without stewing. Milk and two lumps

Darn sarf the water is shit so I double bag and leave them in. I like a nice strong stewed brew as a livener 3-4 times a day.

Have tried loads over the years. DJ Miles is the best so far.

Mostly bog standard stuff in tea bags. Occasionally Earl Grey or Jasmine. Always without milk or sugar, obviously the Jasmine tea wouldn’t have milk added anyway.

Twinings Everyday at home Yorkshire at work both black no sugar

Loose leaf Twinnings Earl Grey for me.

I mainly drink Assam but quite like a Lapsang Souchong sometimes. I buy it from Tesco.

Earl Grey Roobois, sweetened soy milk and a dab of brown sugar = teavana.

http://www.t2tea.com/en/au/Home1

Available in the UK now, going between Sydney a d London breakfast in the mornings, couple for the others in the house.

Usually buy from Pekoe tea in Edinburgh or waterloo tea gardens in Cardiff. Oolong of a variety of types, silver needles, first flush Darjeeling and nice breakfast tea.

Ringtons, miles better than that Yorkshire crap.

Ireland’s finest…..Barrys.

Phoenix Honey Orchid or White stallion from Tea & Glory in Camden.
That or PG from the supermarket.

Suki teas Russian Caravan.

Tea leaves for me, Sainsbury’s Red Label is fine.

PG, Yorkshire or Twinnings Everyday/English Strong…I’m not fussy (aside Tetley, I hate Tetley)

Typhoo loose leaf straight in a cup or thin walled mug. The leaves settle quickly only when the water is boiling. Full fat milk. No stewing, really refreshing, 8-10 cups a day.

Currently Yorkshire, but choice would be for Ringtons Extra Fresh but I never catch the van round here. Also it’d be weird paying for it after several years getting it for nowt.

Black Earl grey for me, ideally clipper.

Years ago I used to drink a loose tea called blue lady, used to put milk in it. I’d like to get some of that now I prefer it black, I reckon it’d be lovely.

Strong loose Assam or Ceylon tea for me with plenty of sugar NO milk with fresh mint leaf if I have some. 😛

I have tried many other tea but the price value taste is not worth the money so I stick to reasonable price brands.

I think I have about 16 kg of Assam tea at the moment, not to mention other Chinese green tea etc … 😛

Start as you mean to go on…

Tatonka Stainless Steel Teapot 1.0 Litre https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000FSDOZU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_bwtdAbR0QD5PP

On the odd occasion that I’ve drank tea from the unbagged leaves, this has been fantastic.

Malvern Rider…. Where do you get the Earl Grey Rooibos? Never seen that before (usually a normal Rooibos/ Twinings at home, Yorkshire Tea at work cos that’s what is provided)

PG Tips usually, but I’m not fussy. White, no sugar. I often have a black Earl Grey in the afternoon, again no sugar.

Yorkshire hard water in our house plus lots of peppermint & chamomile .
Missus likes 3ginger infusions , bawk!

Yorkshire

Malvern Rider…. Where do you get the Earl Grey Rooibos?

Waitrose or Sainsburys. You can get them from Ocado too. Also occasionally find Dragonfly Earl Grey Rooibos in the larger stores, and sometimes from local health-food/wholefood stores.

1 sugar.Milk in first.Leave the bag in.

Delete your account.

Earl Grey Roobois, sweetened soy milk and a dab of brown sugar = teavana.

You an’ all.

Typhoo loose leaf straight in a cup

Now we’re talking. You can stay.

Lots, for my builders! 1500 Yorkshire tea bags so far!!! One of them is a tea diva though, says the first kettle out of the pipes every day tastes bad, and is much happier now on filtered water.

Green tea only

Ringtons Gold. EOT.

Lady Grey is so much nicer than Earl Grey, black of course, but I need a spoon of sugar in it. Tea just should not have milk in it.

I’m a big fan of using a proper tea set occasionally.

I like the Oolongs – the lighter less caramel ones. like Li Shan, or variations of High Mountain Taiwanese Oolongs.

So a cheapish one is Jade Oolong from http://www.eastteas.com

Expensive ones I like are Li Shan from http://www.eastteas.com or Monkey on Top of the Mountain from http://www.imperialteas.co.uk

Good old Silver Needle is also to my taste (and cheap)

For standard milky tea, I stick to Yorkshire Tea 🙂

You an’ all.

Yegods did I just get snuobbed by a tea-tard?

Listen, proper tea is normal tea. And normal tea is PG Tips in bags.

I know this because I know some people who will always snub an Earl Grey, (let alone a rooibos, which is met with confusion, ugly-faced scoffing and vocal derision) and instead ask for ‘proper tea’ or else no tea. At home they always drink PG Tips. Likewise, if you offer them ‘black tea’ instead of ‘proper tea’ you’ll get more than some funny looks. Coffee, likewise, is ‘meh, not normal and too modern/trendy’. Got the picture?

Conclusion: If it’s not PG Tips, then your tea is neither proper or normal’. If you now claim ‘normal’ to be ‘subjective’, then your own argument self-destructs*

I’m Sherlock Holmes and Mythbusters and I claim my fiver and a pack of biscuits 🙂

Yorkshire tea tastes of soap.
Ironic really.
🙂

Tetleys, Typhoo and PG Tips, in that order.

Co-op tea used to be top quality, not tried it for ages.

Glengettie (sp?) teabags, made in the cup. I am very partiular about brew times though. 3 1/2 – 4 minutes and lift out, no swirling, no squeezing. Then add milk.

I know this because I know some people who will always snub an Earl Grey,

I’m not snubbing Earl Gray, rather that you’re putting milk in it. You monster.

Also, sugar in tea is evil.

More importantly, why hasn’t roper posted any decent spider pictures recently?????