dune Posted 25 May, 2011 Share Posted 25 May, 2011 The best Tea (from a Tea bag) you'll find is ringtons traditional. Trust me you'll never go back to the crap in Supermarkets once you've tried these. http://www.ringtons.co.uk/shop/review/product/list/id/338/category/29/ What do you drink? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 25 May, 2011 Share Posted 25 May, 2011 coffee - nice strong filter stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 25 May, 2011 Share Posted 25 May, 2011 Costa coffee for me........hooked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 25 May, 2011 Author Share Posted 25 May, 2011 Coffee is alright, but you can't beat a cuppa tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 25 May, 2011 Share Posted 25 May, 2011 You are right a nice cuppa you cannot beat...something truely English about tea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorpe-le-Saint Posted 25 May, 2011 Share Posted 25 May, 2011 "Builders" from Morrisons. Pwopa tea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 25 May, 2011 Share Posted 25 May, 2011 Earl Grey if I have to have it. Wifey bought some Lapsang Souchong and that ain't going down too quickly. All tea drunk black with a bit of sugar. (Coffee white with no sugar). But enjoying a Tuborg at the moment, which I reckon beats both tea and coffee, even if it is a lager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suewhistle Posted 25 May, 2011 Share Posted 25 May, 2011 Living in Italy it's a shame I hate coffee! But you lot are uncouth: one uses loose tea.;-) Nah, I do use teabags when I'm in a hurry but I normally make a massive pot just for myself. Back in the UK in June which is just as well as I've only got a couple of packets left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 25 May, 2011 Share Posted 25 May, 2011 I'm a coffee drinker too, but darn me if I didn't have a cuppa the other day and it was the most refreshing thing I'd had in ages. Love coffee, but tea makes a lovely one off change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 25 May, 2011 Share Posted 25 May, 2011 Can't beat Yorkshire Tea IMO. Srong and brown - proper builder's tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 25 May, 2011 Author Share Posted 25 May, 2011 Living in Italy it's a shame I hate coffee! But you lot are uncouth: one uses loose tea.;-) Nah, I do use teabags when I'm in a hurry but I normally make a massive pot just for myself. Back in the UK in June which is just as well as I've only got a couple of packets left. I must admit i'm partial to a cup of Darjeeling (with milk). Can't stand aromatic stuff like earl grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 25 May, 2011 Author Share Posted 25 May, 2011 Can't beat Yorkshire Tea IMO. Srong and brown - proper builder's tea. This is the next best tea after Ringtons. Similar in taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deppo Posted 25 May, 2011 Share Posted 25 May, 2011 This is the next best tea after Ringtons. Similar in taste. Surprising as you're a bit intimidated by things that are strong and brown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 25 May, 2011 Share Posted 25 May, 2011 Lipton Yellow Label. When I first got here I spent hours searching for proper tea. Now English stuff tastes just wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minsk Posted 25 May, 2011 Share Posted 25 May, 2011 As well as marmite (as mentioned on the other thread) the other thing I always buy to bring back with me (because it can't be found here) is Tetley's tea-bags (the round ones). These I drink with milk, no sugar. You can get lots of green and fruit flavoured teas here which I drink without milk, although occasionally with sugar. I also enjoy a nice cup of coffee, with milk and sugar. Failing that, virtualy anything alcoholic!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 25 May, 2011 Share Posted 25 May, 2011 Can't beat Yorkshire Tea IMO. Srong and brown - proper builder's tea. This, of course, is the correct answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton Saint Posted 25 May, 2011 Share Posted 25 May, 2011 I always use loose tea, not teabags! I like English Breakfast Tea, Irish Breakfast Tea, Earl Grey and Darjeeling. Yorkshire Tea is good, too (loose, of course!). There are a couple of specialty tea shops in Toronto I go to every few months; they import lots of excellent teas from all over Asia. My favourites so far - a Darjeeling variety, and a black tea from Sri Lanka. When I can't get into Toronto, I'll buy a Twinings tin of loose tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbul Posted 25 May, 2011 Share Posted 25 May, 2011 Can't beat Yorkshire Tea IMO. Srong and brown - proper builder's tea. +1, Yorkshire tea is top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohwhenthesaints Posted 25 May, 2011 Share Posted 25 May, 2011 I must admit i'm partial to a cup of Darjeeling (with milk). Can't stand aromatic stuff like earl grey. I don't mind Earl Grey; it's just not my cup of tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 25 May, 2011 Share Posted 25 May, 2011 Broken Orange Pekoe. Strange moment in life finding out what that actually meant on a family holiday in Sri Lanka 16 years ago. Tea was Tetley's until then but visiting the factory and discovering that what went into "normal" bulk teas was the leftovers. Tried a load of the proper stuff...bleah Found a great shop in Hong Kong near the fish market with half dead fish flapping around. Proper green tea or some weird dried flower thing. Came home with about 8kgs in Vacuum sealed bags that I still treat myself to even today They have these weird cups with an insert with holes in so brought a couple back. Stick the dried leaves or flower in the insert fill with water and let it stew for 4 or 5 minutes The leaves re-hydrate, then dip the tiniest amount of honey in and arrrggh perfect on a really hot day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 25 May, 2011 Share Posted 25 May, 2011 I can't stand hot drinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 25 May, 2011 Share Posted 25 May, 2011 I can honestly say that I have not drunk a cup of tea in, probably, the last 10 - 12 years, maybe longer. Coffee yes, tea no. I don't dislike tea though - I guess I have just taken the 'coffee' path. That said, Mrs Micky is a tea drinker - been married for over 30 years, and I can't remember ever seeing her drink coffee. Are most people either one or the other like us, or do you drink both tea and coffee equally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigShadow Posted 25 May, 2011 Share Posted 25 May, 2011 Can't beat Yorkshire Tea IMO. Srong and brown - proper builder's tea. I was quite impressed to find Yorkshire Tea in my local supermarket over here in the USA. One less thing to miss from home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Tender Posted 25 May, 2011 Share Posted 25 May, 2011 This, of course, is the correct answer. Agreed. Taylors of Harrogate, Yorkshire Tea, a lovely cuppa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio Saint Posted 25 May, 2011 Share Posted 25 May, 2011 I have about 2000 tea bags in my freezer.....Then my mum died and stopped sending them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 26 May, 2011 Share Posted 26 May, 2011 Whereabouts in Yorkshire do they grow this amazing English tea??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1976_Child Posted 26 May, 2011 Share Posted 26 May, 2011 The best Tea (from a Tea bag) you'll find is ringtons traditional. Trust me you'll never go back to the crap in Supermarkets once you've tried these. http://www.ringtons.co.uk/shop/review/product/list/id/338/category/29/ What do you drink? Nah. Earl Grey. Or if one must drink common tea, then only Yorkshire Gold will do. Mind you, the window cleaner only gets PG. Wouldn't waste the good stuff on a prole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 26 May, 2011 Share Posted 26 May, 2011 Don't really like any of the perfumed teas such as Earl Grey etc. My fav is Marks & Sparks Luxury Gold. Makes a good strong cuppa and looks the right colour as well, unlike a lot of the dirty dishwater tone of some of the mass produced sweepings in some tea bags!! My major gripe when buying a cuppa outside of the UK is that hardly anybody serves it with fresh milk. Long life is just not on, and wtf is it with serving it with hot milk? One of the 1st things Mrs EoA packs if we are going on hols is a travel kettle and packet of M&S tea bags!! Have been very wobbly on my legs after too many Long Island Iced Teas at various cocktail bars in Abu Dhabi & Dubai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsland Codger Posted 26 May, 2011 Share Posted 26 May, 2011 Whereabouts in Yorkshire do they grow this amazing English tea??? And there you ask the key question. No doubt nothing but the most tender, young, tips of the tea bush are hand-picked by cheerful maidens in the foothils of the Pennines. I view 'Yorkshire' Tea as a blatant (but admitedly effective) marketing exercise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Bognor Posted 26 May, 2011 Share Posted 26 May, 2011 Yes, you can't beat a cup of tea. When we were a tea drinking nation, we had an empire and we ruled the waves. Now look at us, a coffee drinking lapdog of a nation to the yanks. What gets at me most, is when you see coffee drinkers come out of Costa or Starbucks with a stupid smug look on their faces as if they have just won the lottery. The fact that they have just paid more than a pint for something that costs a fraction to produce, just says 'mug' to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 26 May, 2011 Share Posted 26 May, 2011 Whereabouts in Yorkshire do they grow this amazing English tea??? There is a place called Teesville in Yorkshire - aided by the local expertise from Bradford it is possible!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefunkygibbons Posted 26 May, 2011 Share Posted 26 May, 2011 Lipton Yellow Label. When I first got here I spent hours searching for proper tea. Now English stuff tastes just wrong. Know what you mean, getting served Liptons when in Dubai last month was like a blast from the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fowllyd Posted 26 May, 2011 Share Posted 26 May, 2011 I like a straight Assam tea, using leaves and a pot - I don't have any tea bags in my house, though I do use them at work. Strong Assam tea (and I make it bloody strong) is what I need to get properly woken up in the morning. Sainsbury and Waitrose both do a good loose-leaf Assam; the latter has larger leaves, so they're harder to wash down the sink, but it's got an excellent taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 26 May, 2011 Share Posted 26 May, 2011 Chai. I wouldn't ever try and call it a cup of tea. But for the S.E. Asian expats here there is an entire sub-culture built around it. Every shopping neighbourhood has a Chai Wallah. It seems they have a regular delivery time, but also seem to arrive magically when a customer walks in and is expected to wait - say a hairdresser or an office reception. No money ever seems to pass, the wallahs walk along busy streets with polystyrene cups with little silver foil lids on top & the Lipton Tea Bag string hanging out. Those lids probably get re-used a zillion times. It is tea made with Rainbow, a local version of Ideal Milk or Carnation. It is swamped with sugar. It sure isn't tea, but as a hot refreshing drink when it's 47C outside it works. Oh, another anecdote. Iraqi's LOVE extremely strong Black Tea. Probably a hangover from the end of WW1, but they love their tea served Black and sweet. I once tried some, best description would be - place 6 tea bags of a strong Yorkshire (or Irish) tea in a cup. Leave to stew for 6 hours. Skim the gunk off the top. Re-heat, add sugar, drink. Barf I met with a Trade Delegation post Gulf War II and took along some Harrod's finest (and most expensive) tea.... They used half the tin in one go - ouch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 26 May, 2011 Share Posted 26 May, 2011 Can't beat Yorkshire Tea IMO. Srong and brown - proper builder's tea. Nothing with Yorkshire on the label will ever get into my larder, let alone my cups. Generally for me it's PG, with the occasional Roibus & green tea varieties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithd Posted 26 May, 2011 Share Posted 26 May, 2011 Another nod for Yorkshire here, dont want my spoon stood up in it but not after gnats pish either. In the middle for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 26 May, 2011 Share Posted 26 May, 2011 Whilst in N Wales last year, we found some Welsh tea. It was as good as Yorkshire. Cynically, I suspect it WAS Yorkshire tea repackaged. Actually, I think Taylor's have pulled a blinder here. Not all that long ago, it was hard to find Yorkshire Tea but now it's in all the major supermarkets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsdinho Posted 26 May, 2011 Share Posted 26 May, 2011 http://www.britstore.co.uk/photos/Twinings_Englishbreakfast_Leaf_Tea_125g.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhite91 Posted 26 May, 2011 Share Posted 26 May, 2011 I don't like tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint-scooby Posted 26 May, 2011 Share Posted 26 May, 2011 Chuck Norris drinks Yorkshire tea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton Saint Posted 26 May, 2011 Share Posted 26 May, 2011 I was behind someone in line at a tea shop a few weeks back. His order was, "I'd like a large green tea - make it black." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deppo Posted 26 May, 2011 Share Posted 26 May, 2011 I like my tea like I like my women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombletomble Posted 26 May, 2011 Share Posted 26 May, 2011 Russian caravan tea from whittards is now my favorite tea. If you haven't tried it I really recommend it. You can get it in bags and loose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 26 May, 2011 Share Posted 26 May, 2011 I like my tea like I like my women. green? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Kirkup Posted 26 May, 2011 Share Posted 26 May, 2011 http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com best website in the world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintbletch Posted 26 May, 2011 Share Posted 26 May, 2011 Nah. Earl Grey. Or if one must drink common tea, then only Yorkshire Gold will do. Mind you, the window cleaner only gets PG. Wouldn't waste the good stuff on a prole. Well I couldn't agree with you more 1976_Child. About Earl Grey and Yorkshire tea - not your window cleaner. But, have you tried a blend of Earl Grey and Yorkshire Gold? Pop one Earl Grey bag for each Yorkshire tea bag (assuming you're using bags) into a warmed tea pot, pour piping hot water over and then just a dash of skimmed milk in the cup. It's a lovely light cuppa on a warm day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 26 May, 2011 Share Posted 26 May, 2011 I never knew this forum was so full of pansies!. Tea is for girls and grandparents. Fact! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 26 May, 2011 Share Posted 26 May, 2011 I like my tea like I like my women. Black, loose, hot and wet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 26 May, 2011 Share Posted 26 May, 2011 I like my coffee like I like my Pompey. I don't like coffee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattio Posted 27 May, 2011 Share Posted 27 May, 2011 I couldn't taste a difference to be honest, I just like it very strong and sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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