Real Tea

majorhoundii · Post by **majorhoundii** » Sun 18 Mar, 2012 7:35 pm

Jogon wrote: bookAfter years of testing have settled on Joint 1st = Morrisons Red Label + Sainsburys Red Label (c.£1.35 250g) Agree 100%

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Sun 18 Mar, 2012 9:58 pm

MajorI'll get the kettle on then.

Uno Hoo · Post by **Uno Hoo** » Sun 18 Mar, 2012 10:04 pm

Great suggestion!Mine's a Tetley Vanilla Redbush, please. I've brought my own teabags.No milk or sugar, thank you.Aah! That's goooooood!!

jonleeds · Post by **jonleeds** » Sun 18 Mar, 2012 10:08 pm

I've got a massive old 'Brown Betty' teapot - the kind with the stripes around the top of thel teapot. I dont use loose tea much these days, but a few years ago while out bin diving I found 20 unopened and still in date boxes of Marks and Spencers gold label tea. It lasted for months and was delicious, but far too expensive to purchase every day. I dont know about drinking it out of real china though, why would it taste any different? I've heard people say this and I've tried it and the only thing I noticed was the temperature seemed hotter for a while.

majorhoundii · Post by **majorhoundii** » Mon 19 Mar, 2012 12:32 am

jonleeds wrote: I've got a massive old 'Brown Betty' teapot - the kind with the stripes around the top of thel teapot. I dont use loose tea much these days, but a few years ago while out bin diving I found 20 unopened and still in date boxes of Marks and Spencers gold label tea. It lasted for months and was delicious, but far too expensive to purchase every day. I dont know about drinking it out of real china though, why would it taste any different? I've heard people say this and I've tried it and the only thing I noticed was the temperature seemed hotter for a while. It supposed to taste better out of a brown teapot. I reckon it's because you can't see the staining on brown teapot so you don't wash it quite so much and it retains its flavour - just a theory.

somme1916 · Post by **somme1916** » Mon 19 Mar, 2012 12:53 am

Some interesting stuff,this thread.Whether conventional or not(each to their own)....i'm a bit of milk first in my coffee man.........but definitely second in my tea.Reason ???? It's a lot harder to get the right flavour if you put too much milk in first !Just a thought......prob get some right grief now.........Bit late so i might just "survive" til tomorrow....

wayniac · Post by **wayniac** » Mon 19 Mar, 2012 4:43 am

I like a good cup of tea and unfortunately the mass produced teas are OK but if you really want to sample the best you have to buy from a tea specialist.I believe that Betty's cafe in Harogate sell premium loose tea. At least they used to do when I lived there in 80's. Australia now has some boutique tea shops and a few years ago I lived in Palo Alto and at the Stanford shopping centre, next door to the prestigious university was an excellent tea shop. The best tea I ever tasted came from there, it was called "golden ..." something. It was about $30 a kilo but worth it for those special occasions.One very reasonable tea comes from Indonesia and you might find in down at your local Asian grocery. The brand is Goalpara. Mainly grown in the higher parts of West Java in the Puncak Pass region. I also used to live there and can vouch for the stuff.Bit of reading here...http://www.indonesiateashop.com/

wayniac · Post by **wayniac** » Mon 19 Mar, 2012 4:46 am

I checked Bettys web site and they do indeed have some great teas.http://www.bettys.co.uk/Speciality-Teas,107.aspxLapsang Souchong is one of those love or hate teas. I love it, it's a full, black and very smoky flavour.Assam and Darjeeling are the other two I've sampled before from Bettys.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Mon 19 Mar, 2012 2:12 pm

wayniacBettys, Taylors of Harrogate, Yorkshire Tea etc are all the same company I think and just a tad over priced and the Tea bland.If I wanted to show a foreign visitor the real thing, better to take them to http://www.botham.co.uk/.Tea Rooms

ArmleyLass47 · Post by **ArmleyLass47** » Mon 19 Mar, 2012 3:55 pm

I am a big tea drinker, in fact I have one at the side of my PC now.I cant stand tea being made in a beaker. Everywhere I go to family and friends they have to get a teapot out as I cannot drink it with a tea bag in a cup. Sacrilege.I also like Sainsburys red label tea. I cannot stand loose leaf tea. My Bros still has Typhoo tea loose leaf mashed in a big pot. I also take a small tea pot with me on my hotel visits on holiday as they do not provide even large beakers so my own tea pot is a welcome traveller with me. Sounds like a real fuddy duddy but my tea is great and worth drinking. Dont have china cups though, too small to keep pouring into.