Are Tea Bags Getting Weaker....

[Chris Sirrus]

A mug full of milky, sugary, builders tea is much better than all this snobby lose leafed tosh.

 

[Gerry Attrick]

Be fair... there is a place for poncy loose-leafed tea..........the compost heap!

 

[The Jogger]

I use to drink PG pyramid but now it's the Yorkshire Gold, a good strong cuppa.

 

[TVC]

This is the stuff you want - Bewleys, it'll desolve the spoon:

http://www.bakersandlarners.co.uk/bewleys-irish-breakfast-bags-p-875.html

 

[Gerry Attrick]

I thought Bewleys had gone to the wall! What wonderful establishments they were! Mind you, nowhere to park your bike in Grafton Street!

 

[TVC]

I thought Bewleys had gone to the wall! What wonderful establishments they were! Mind you, nowhere to park your bike in Grafton Street!

I don't know if the shops are still going, but the tea certainly is. Farm shops and delis are the place to get them, none of the multiples seem to (....unless someone knows better)

 

[alecstilleyedye]

I've been trying to introduce my Canadian wife to the niceties of the British cuppa. It's an uphill stuggle, what with the magnetic pull of drive-thru coffee shops every couple of hundred yards!

Canadian tea is insipid but thankfully my dealer can supply PG Tips, so normal service is resumed.

you're in the wrong province. move to vancouver island bc, they are apparently more british than the brits where tea is concerned…

 

[rich p]

Sainsbury's Assam is the best teabag tea IMHO. It's strong enough to make two strong mugs ( I don't do teapots) and has a lovely rich flavour.
Loose tea is really superior but life is short and I am old.

 

[snorri]

Best thing is to just buy tea leaves and boil them for ten to fifteen mins.

Boiled tea is spoiled tea.

 

[Perfect Virgo]

you're in the wrong province. move to vancouver island bc, they are apparently more british than the brits where tea is concerned…

No, I'm in the right Province, I just checked! And 4,000 miles is a heck of a long bike ride - (I do plan to do it in the next couple of years but west to east like all good wind followers). Now, where's me cuppa...

 

[weely]

You are all wrong!!! CO-OP 99 cant be beat !!

 

[bauldbairn]

There is only one species of tea bag worth mentioning..............Yorkshire Tea. Reaches the parts that can only be imagined!

Have to agree about Yorkshire Tea - prefer the "Gold" if I can get it. The leaf tea is stronger - but the bags are less hassle.

Punjana and Nambarie aren't bad either - for a wee change!!!!

 

[PBancroft]

Tea bags? Never use the things. Loose leaf all the way.

 

[wafflycat]

Growing up ion the NE of England, I was raised on Ringtons' Tea. Lovely stuff. There's nothing worse than weak, overly milky tea. Too much milk masks the taste of the tea, yet the right amount (a mere splash) adds to the flavour. I'm not one for drinking pot pourri either (earl grey - YUK!). Tea is best when made with loose tea. Water needds to be boiling - take pot to kettle, warm pot with a bit of water - empty pot. Place tea in pot (teaspoon per person) add freshly boiling water to required level. Allow tea to brew. Dependent upon tea blend and personal taste, that's anything from a couple of minutes to five minutes - hence a tea cosy may be required. It's only then that the tea should be poured for drinking.

 

[Keith Oates]

I had some Sri Lankan tea given to me once as a gift, it was so strong and black in colour that I struggled to get it down. I stick to Liptons Yellow Label and find it good and refreshing but I go easy on the milk otherwise the flavour is not so good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!