Im always on the look out for a new tea bag, last night I was in Tesco’s we dont shop there but for some strange reason I thought Id go…

And I saw these beauties Tesco Captain Scott Tea I tested one this morning…I knew instantea(ly) id found the golden brew !

I always leave the bag in from start to finish…

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=263000223

Give it a go…

something wrong with you dude… bag in all the way through. sicko. 😉

Captain Scott’s blend..

you effin knows it

I always leave the bag in from start to finish…

You voluntarily teabag yourself??

Pervert.

Didn’t do Scott much good though did it.

I’ll have what Amundsen was on.

You voluntarily teabag yourself??

Pervert.

Plus one you sicko

First in a series celebrating ‘Great British Failures’.

Coming soon:
Dunkirk Doughnuts, Titanic Trifle & Beagle 2 Bath Salts.

Teabags? This is not the STW Niche Way!

Loose leaf all the way! It really brings the tea alive. As long as you’re using the right capacity teapot, obviously.

First in a series celebrating ‘Great British Failures’.

So the OS will be releasing some ‘Dr Livingstone’ maps, I presume.

You obviously haven’t tried the NE’s finest

Ringtons Gold

wwaswas – Member

First in a series celebrating ‘Great British Failures’.

So the OS will be releasing some ‘Dr Livingstone’ maps, I presume.

Very good. 🙂

Try the Peasant’s Revolt Peanuts. Very moreish.

First in a series celebrating ‘Great British Failures’.

You do realise that data collected by Scott’s team is still used today?

He was never actually racing to the Pole and Amundsen was. He traveled very light and didn’t do any serious science.

Just saying like.

Teabags? This is not the STW Niche Way!

Loose leaf all the way! It really brings the tea alive. As long as you’re using the right capacity teapot, obviously.

+1

Even the same brands taste much better bought looseleaf

Tea……..In a bag! 🙄

Teabags? This is not the STW Niche Way!

Loose leaf all the way! It really brings the tea alive. As long as you’re using the right capacity teapot, obviously.

Whats the favoured STW teabag-tearing gizmo for loose leaf tea? I’ve always just torn the teabags open by hand but presumably theres something made by Gaggia or Dualit or Smeg (or Tassimo) that can tear the bags open in a measurably more expensive way.

Teabags? This is not the STW Niche Way!
Loose leaf all the way! It really brings the tea alive. As long as you’re using the right capacity teapot, obviously.

650ml?

I always leave the bag in from start to finish…

You invalidated yourself.

Yorkshire does it for me usually. Leave the bag in because i’m too lazy to start poncing about waiting for it to brew properly before putting milk in

unfitgeezer – Member

I always leave the bag in from start to finish…

You need to take it out for a while. Maybe some time.

Erm.. you went to Tescos, you lost me there.. 😉

Whats the favoured STW teabag-tearing gizmo for loose leaf tea? I’ve always just torn the teabags open by hand but presumably theres something made by Gaggia or Dualit or Smeg (or Tassimo) that can tear the bags open in a measurably more expensive way.

Then you’ve just gone from stale dust in bags to stale dust.

Loose leaf is generaly made from younger leaves, which don’t just taste better, but have had less time to accumulate heavy metals and fluoride from the soil/air, so less toxic too.

so less toxic too.

WTF? Are you saying tea is toxic?

I thought all the evidence supports the opposite view?

http://www.aim-digest.com/gateway/pages/book/articles/tea.htm

Guys, it has to be proper tea leaves in a bone china teapot and served obviously in a bone china cup and saucer. Milk first naturally.

HTH. 🙂

it has to be proper tea leaves in a bone china teapot and served obviously in a bone china cup and saucer. Milk first naturally.

😯

I use this, it holds a pint which is just the right amount as it turns out;

wwaswas – That is brilliant, where did you get it?

I think it’s been discontinued now but this lot claim to have it;

http://www.nichollscrickhowell.com/gifts-c8/mugs-c291/bicycle-mug-p5106

Then you’ve just gone from stale dust in bags to stale dust.

Yes – but whats the most middle class way to achieve that? What the most optimal way I can make that transition without just tearing the bags with my bare hands?

from the OP’s link:

Standard Frozen Guidelines
No

oh the ironing…

“Ultimate Tea Bag”, eh?

THIS is the ultimate tea bag:

😯

I don’t mean to urinate on your chips but there is only one teabag and that is Marks and Spencer’s LUXURY GOLD. There’s no going back after trying these.

winston_dog – Member
You obviously haven’t tried the NE’s finest

Ringtons Gold

That stuff doesn’t even taste like tea.

Real men (and women) drink Yorkshire Gold. If looking for the loose leaf variety, I’m sure that the guys at Singletrack will concur that the tea shop in the indoor market in Todmorden has a wide choice of excellent varieties. The Russian caravan will have you beating off bandits and facing down recalcitrant Yaks in no time.

Supermarket own-brands? Not likely (though I’ll drink the M&S stuff at a pinch if I’ve already been through the compost heap to extract the old Yorkshire bags..)

That said that there Ringtons Gold linked to above looks like it could be a mighty fine cup of char. From what they say on the site, the only way the production process could be improved would be if each teabag was individually rolled on the inner thighs of a lusty virgin. Will definitely be placing my order and taking my chance 🙂

CO-OP 99, as prescribed by the doctor 😀

WTF? Are you saying tea is toxic?

Something about the plant makes it absorb metals and fluoride aparently, the older the leaves, the more highly concentrated the bad stuff is. But big old leaves are cheep an therefore get used in teabags. Looseleaf and more expensive teas use younger leaves with less of the bad stuff.

http://www.nhs.uk/news/2013/07July/Pages/do-fluoride-levels-in-cheap-tea-pose-a-health-risk.aspx

2 pints (4 mugs) of cheep tea = aprox 100% of the Fluoride RDA, but add on toothpaste and drinking water (or just more tea) and it could be much higher, IIRC the max you should have is about 2x the RDA.

the only way the production process could be improved would be if each teabag was individually rolled on the inner thighs of a lusty virgin

In Newcastle??

Good luck with that!

winston_dog – Member
You obviously haven’t tried the NE’s finest
Ringtons Gold

That stuff doesn’t even taste like tea the crap, bland stuff I have been buying from the supermarket in the mistaken belief it tastes like tea should.

glenh FTFY

wwaswas – Member

I use this, it holds a pint which is just the right amount as it turns out;

I bought one of those for mr gozarch. He said it was too big. 🙁 I did consider divorce.

Yorkshire tea in a Dunoon Glencoe or Cotswold fine bone china bike mug; large and extra large.

Twinnings Liquorice tea is also rather pleasant but an acquired taste.

2 bags of D J Miles. Bags instructed to remain in for the duration, ie not just the brewing, but also the supping. Proper brew.