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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
Isn't it time to expand your boundaries, Betty?
Spread your wings! Let your imagination soar! SHOP ON LINE! (Can you hear the trumpets blowing in the background?  )
It is also perfectly fine to eat sour woodpecker eggs, but why, when there are fresh rooster eggs (well, hen eggs actually) just a mouse click away?
One does not 'fall' into the sophisticated palate group, one must make the concerted effort to 'climb' into it... 
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Well said
Stitchawl.
Until very recently, I thought I belonged to the group that only liked to read about tea, learn about it but bother to brew it? No way. No difference anyway. I have tried a dozen times with black teas (when I lived in Israel and later in England). Have not noticed any difference at all. Gave up.
Until this very topic.
Topic where I have come across such names as Keemun and Assam and brought the proper loose tea in the proper tea shops not the box standard loose tea you can buy in any of the UK supermarkets. Tescos, Sainsburys, M&S, Waitross etc. They sell more or less the same stuff from famous brands such as Twinings. By now I know that it was rubbish, that's why I never noticed any difference. I bought English Breakfast in a tea shop and I was blown away by the difference. It had aroma. Flavour. Well I have run out of words
Fate has decided to prove my point.
I just made a cup of English Breakfast from tin box I bought the other day from a well known company New English Teas, the one you can usually buy in souvenir shops, expensive. The box is nice. The tea? Better than Yorkshire Gold in bags. Worse than English Breakfast from tea shop. After 2 weeks of drinking Assam and Keemun, I could detect Assam in it. It is a good sign, but still...not the same. This one is similar to Assam I had 40 minutes ago.
I just checked the box, it says:
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A traditional blend of loose teas.
Pure Ceylon teas packed in Sri Lanka.
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Googled for Ceylon teas and found out that Assam belongs to the group.
Looks like I learn on the go as I type this post