[Closed] Tea?

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 [s]nice strong[/s] 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.

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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 www.eastteas.com

Expensive ones I like are Li Shan from www.eastteas.com or Monkey on Top of the Mountain from 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 sn[s]u[/s]obbed 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?????

Twinings breakfast tea in the morning. Twinings Assam in the afternoon. Milk, no sugar.
When I was a kid, my mum would tell me that tea was a refreshing drink. This didn’t compute. How could hot brown liquid be refreshing? Dandelion & burdock was where it was at. Now at 48, with a mug of breakfast tea in hand, I finally realise where she was coming from.

I like mine strong, in a massive mug, and preferably available on an hourly basis. 🙂

Don't really care what type of standard tea bag is used, but I'm not into fancy flavoured rubbish.

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

Also, sugar in tea is evil.

Again, wrong. I defer to 'proper tea' acquaintances who both have milk and one sugar. It must be UHT milk though.

#whatsyournationaltea

but I'm not into fancy flavoured rubbish.

Milk and sugar?

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I like Yogi and Puka teas. Used to drink a lot of normal tea, but now drink coffee instead.

Rusty Spanner -
Yorkshire tea tastes of soap.
Ironic really.

Tetleys, Typhoo and PG Tips, in that order.

At last someone talks sense! Well, apart from the fact that I've never been able to get any flavour out of Yorkshire, soap would be a bonus.
Tetley is the only one strong enough, and I'd put Thompson's Punjana 2nd (maybe 1st, but it's more expensive)

It must be UHT milk though.

Now you're just trolling, surely.

but I'm not into fancy flavoured rubbish.

Milk and sugar?

Milk is ok. Not into sugar though.

Orange and pistachio rooibos, home made oat milk

Takes me back to my working class roots

I like a proper strong olde fashioned breakfast tea - any brand really, however Dilmah do a really good one that has that has quite a distinct flavour, goes well with a couple of sugars & milk /heathen (teathen?)

Come to think of it - can any of you tea snobs tell me what that distinct "breakfast tea" flavour that comes through is? Is it from a particular type of tea that's in the mix?

Remember doing a tour of a tea plantation place in Sri Lanka & being told that the tea that goes into tea bags is just the broken leaves from same production as the £££ large leaf fancy teas, just depends on the blend as to what goes where - there's not a big crop of shit tea that goes straight into the bags, although some are shit.

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can any of you tea snobs tell me what that distinct "breakfast tea" flavour that comes through is? Is it from a particular type of tea that's in the mix?

Assam, probably.

Dim question but is it possible to buy "fresh" (as in not been sitting in cold storage for 6 years or rather picked the week previously) tea leaves?

Local coffee roaster's Russian Caravan. Strong and slightly smokey.

Orange and pistachio rooibos, home made oat milk

Takes me back to my working class roots

Damn! That stings. (Throws soy milk and redbush into bin)

All better now. 😉

Frazzle sandwich?

Tea with milk, no sugar. I like herbal wossnames too.

Love an Earl Grey at any time day or night, particularly enjoying Aldi's own brand Earl Grey just now.

My kids bought me a bag of T2 Earl Grey, was shocked at the price but when you do the sums it works out at 25p a cup. Makes a cracking cup of tea with a hint of peach to it.

No sugar or milk in the T2 only milk in any other tea!

Mix of Yorkshire and Twinings or M&S Earl Grey. No sugar, sometimes black, mostly with a splash if semi skimmed.

Multiply the above many, many times a day.

Wee Tea Company in Fife doing some goodstuff, they also do mail order.

Earl grey & blue flower and assam are my favourites. Wifey likes the various fruity infusion nonsense though.

Partial to a cup of Chai myself

Brooke Bond Taj Mahal Loose Leaf Black Tea ... mine is 900g.

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Nearly 3 pages in and no one has mentioned M&S Gold Tea?

Demonstrably not.

Clipper Organic , even better than Yorkshire. Any Clipper is excellent.

I think I have tried some M&S Gold tea before but nothing special as I can recall otherwise I would be drinking them now, instead I have 16kg of Taj tea. 😆

Moses - Member

Any Clipper is excellent.

I'll agree with that.
Masala chai FTW though.

Earl Grey… cracking… hint of peach

Nope

Palais des Thés used to have a store in Dublin. Their loose Earl Grey was the finest I’ve ever tasted.

AlexSimon,

If you like oolong teas, have you tried this

[url] http://www.cantonteaco.com/big-red-robe-oolong-tea.html ]http://www.cantonteaco.com/big-red-robe-oolong-tea.html[/url]
It is one of my favourite oolong. A great comfort tea.

Mogrim, I will have a think about another spider thread

So any of you lot, when you visit other people and they offer you a cuppa, do you go "Yes please. I'll have a phoenix roobios earl grey blend with a hint of pistachio and a dash of unsweetened organic soy milk please."

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Twynings, Twinings and Twinnings so far. Carry on.

roper - Member

AlexSimon,

If you like oolong teas, have you tried this

http://www.cantonteaco.com/big-red-robe-oolong-tea.htmlhttp://www.cantonteaco.com/big-red-robe-oolong-tea.html
It is one of my favourite oolong. A great comfort tea.

Mogrim, I will have a think about another spider thread

Yay!