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Williamson's Duchess Grey, if you must know.
Don't be such a jessie. Tea drinkers have always marked themselves out on this forum by not going on for three pages like the coffee arses. Get some of this down you and stop talking about it...
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Waitrose Assam
[i]Tetley is like grey pisswater[/i]
Wrong. Tetley is good stuff.
Tried that Yorkshire tea and was less than impressed by it's strength. Weaker than Tetley if you ask me.
We're on a pack of Tetley Extra Strong at the mo and it's just not strong enough. Back to normal Tetley after.
Assam here - Waitrose is good as is the Tesco 'Finest' or whatever it's called. Nice and strong.
There's always [url= http://steepster.com/ ]Steepster.com[/url] for the real tea obsessives.
Yorkshire here too
Tried loads of different versions over the years, but keeep coming back to Yorkshire.
Our little one managed to smash our 50 year old tea pot at the weekend!
Tea at our home will never taste the same again! 🙁
Twinings Everyday.
[i]Tea drinkers have always marked themselves out on this forum by not going on for three pages like the coffee arses...[/i]
😆 I'd like to think this is true although I'm sure a 'how to make the perfect cup of tea' could run to three pages+ 😉
M&S assam for me but I think the sainsbury's assam is pretty good too.
Yorkshire is OK too, in general it just has to have some flavour
Ok, ok, I'll join in. If you've been a coffee drinker predominantly, Assam is quite good - but can be expensive if bought on its own in pcb/CFH type boxes.
Here's a tea that contains a lot of Assam:
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Tried some clipper and it's great - my new standard everyday tea.
[url= http://www.barrystea.ie/ ]Barry's[/url] is our favourite which we import every time we head over to Ireland as it can be difficult to source over here.
Tend to by Twinings Everyday tea in the yellow box.
Used to buy Sainsbury's Red Label and that's pretty good. Don't know if it's just 'cos that's what my mum always used to buy, so the flavour had 20 years or so to ingrain itself!
I like Twinings Lady Grey. Very tasty and not too strong.
One bag makes two nice mugfuls in a teapot.
Jacksons of Piccadilly fairtrade - same price as Clipper but a much nicer taste. Clipper and Twinings everyday teabags are ok as a second choice but never the M&S gold label - they have a funny smell about them.
We usually just have Typhoo. Tastes fine to me and better than Twinings Everyday, PG Tips etc.
I also like Twinings Ceylon or Assam. Teapigs is really good but expensive.
Try all of the above and then you'll go back to PG.
Depends where you live and what the waters like, used to like pg when I lived up north but when I moved down south it's not the same, waitrose everyday is nicer down here (hard water) but up north (soft water) it's rubbish
Twinnings Everyday mainly, but TeaPigs English Breakfast when I'm feeling decadent. Clipper and Coop Fairtrade are not too bad, but I always defer to Twinnings for general brewage.
Twinings Everyday usually. Very occasionally Yorkshire or Yorkshire Gold. Twinings Assam is excellent but too hardcore for me since I stopped having sugar. I find brewing time is critical - 3 minutes is usually best but it's worth experimenting.
Depends where you are and what type of water you have. Devon - almost anything tastes wonderful. Thames - I like Clipper and Yorkshire, but not Yorkhire Gold. Try changing the water first.
For real tea, Twinnings Darjeeling without milk...
as just mentioned above - for me, it entirely depends on the area and what the water is like. I've had good and bad experiences with Tetley.
Twinings everyday is very good in Sheffield 🙂 I just discovered it yesterday!!
There is one universal rule which applies to Lancashire tea - it's rank, no matter where you have it. And I'm from Lancashire.
[EDIT] whatever you choose, make it in a tea pot!! Such a huge difference in taste.
Another Clipper fan here 🙂
cinnamon_girl - Member
Sainsbury's Red Label ... in the absence of Red Label proper tea leaves.
I would agree with Sainsbury's red label! My favourite
Tetley is weak, like dish water
Yorkshire, while nice, a little thick for me
[i]Tetley is weak, like dish water[/i]
You obviously haven't tried it. (or are thinking of PG Tips)
Glengettie - lovely almost "peppery" taste. [url= http://www.glengettietea.co.uk/ ]Glengettie Tea[/url]
Panad Cymreig - Nice and strong[url= http://www.welshbrewtea.com/ ]Panad Cymreig[/url]
I like clipper
DezB - Member
You obviously haven't tried it. (or are thinking of PG Tips)
We have it in work... its very average
horses for course though init, except your wrong & im right 😉
[i]We have it in work... its very average[/i]
I wish we did, but it's bloody PG Piss. 🙁
[i]except your wrong & im right[/i]
Aye, 'tis the STW way.
its best not to limit yourself to just one brand, i always have a few different teas in the cupboard (ok, its full of the stuff and its called the tea cupboard) inc. clipper, jacksons, twinnings among others.
but for my regular brew its gotta be the yorkshire.
it tastes even better since i got one of these
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another for clipper, like their green tea myself
The dirt cheap assam tea they sell in the corner shop at the Lewisham end of Deptford High Street is the best. I think the company that "makes" it is based round there which is why it is so cheap.
Clipper.End of thread.
Definitely. Took a whole removals box full of the stuff with me to Sweden, best teabags ever.
My mates mum always used to drink Yorkshire tea because (and I quote) "I don't like that Indian rubbish"...
Barry's tea! It's an Irish thing, proper strong tea.
We only have Tetley at work 🙁 Its made from wood dust and floor sweepings, ****ing mings ... I drink coffee at work ... Typhoo might also ming, but at least it tastes of something.
PG went very bitter, we switched to Twinings Everyday for bulk tea consumption purposes. Yorkshire just dosn't seem to work with the water here south of bristol.