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My wife grew up in the Harrogate locality and whilst Yorkshire Tea is acceptable, Ringtons is first choice. Several bags of Northumbrian Gold is what we've just had delivered.
Suki teapot as it pours well with no drip. Infuser is fine as long as you use proper, non dusty, tea.
Personally, I think tea's just compost gravy.
Hello friends – just wanted to say thank you for all the advice, and I will never make tea (for myself) with teabags again. 🙂
But but but, that's half a story.
What are you going to do instead? Enquiring minds want to know! (Because this is STW and we want to be able to tell you that you're still doing it wrong.)
The point about a pot being a good pourer is often overlooked. You can have the most beautiful pot in the world but if it doesn't pour properly it's useless.
When I was a student in Spain the barman in my local bar made tea by frothing UHT milk then dipping a tea bag in it.
Tea as drunk in the middle east is pretty good - strong, black and served in a small glass super-saturated with sugar.
Earl Grey tea came about because Chinese tea merchants sometimes adulterated tea with sand or iron filings to increase the weight. One shipment reached London adulterated with dried bergamot rind and tea drinkers loved it and asked for the same again.
Barry's tea is great in hard water. Super strong and tasty. Loved it when I lived in Cork which is soft water, and then bought it back to UK where I think it's even better in the hard water of Brighton (but don't tell the MiL that). Comes up a lovely orangey hue compared to PG tips which is always an insipid grey.
Yorkshire Gold is second choice
Us Brits are weird about tea.
I settled on Tick Tock Earl Grey bush tea with a little oat milk or sweetened soy milk. That’s my favourite by a good distance, but any half-decent black tea is also good (with a little sweetness added)
Just been sent to make tea, I correct myself, it's actually a For Life teapot.