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Originally Posted by HarryT
If you buy cheap rubbish, yes, but not if you buy a decent brand.
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I think I have to google, cannot argue about it.
I tried at least 5 different Twinings teas, 2 Yorkshire teas, Lipton, 2 teas from ASDA and Tetley tea bags.
My opinion about their quality is in my first post in this topic
The only one I wanted but I didn't try yet is Ahmad tea bags. They are very pricy for tea bags
I have their loose tea when I want a good black tea and I usually add 5-6 small leaves of Ahmad's Earl Gray (that I normally don't like except in very tiny proportions).
What I find as oddity is that Lipton(black) and Ahmad teas you cannot buy in high street supermarkets such as Tesco, M&S, Sainsburys, Waitrose etc. They are made only for export and considered to be one of the best English teas but you cannot buy them? You can find them only in T&K Maxx, Duty Free or souvenir shops.
I didn't "force myself" to like tea the way I prefer to drink it (in daily life I still use tea bags, I cannot afford to brew tea at work
). Just like I don't "force myself" to drink coffee, because I dislike its taste. It is more a matter of learning a bit of the drink you like and try it the way other people drink, especially people who actually grow it up and produce it. I don't want to say that tea with milk is not a yummy drink(although, I don't really like it, only when I have fever). However, it is definitely not a tea drink as it was devised many generations ago by people who discovered it. So, when you start adding milk, sugar, honey, lemon etc., it is just a nice drink but not tea as Tea as
I understand it.
