I’m on a weekend vacation and forgot to bring my tea and the international grocery didn’t have it, so I settled for Darjeeling. I can barely notice the difference. It’s so subtle that it might as well just be a different tea brand.

  • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    4 days ago

    Before kids, microwaved tea is an absolute travesty. After kids, it’s an unfortunate necessity.

    I personally have cheap(ish) teas that priduce a drinkable cup. I also have the good teas that deserve more care and attention.

    If you’re interested, these guys provide the best tea I’ve found so far. (They also supply a number of the best tea shops in Bath). It’s definitely not cheap tea, but I currently have several kg of it in the house 😅

    https://www.gillardsofbath.co.uk/

    • Mr_Blott@feddit.uk
      1·
      3 days ago

      Right, I’m sorry but I’m sure that tea is nice. But it basically looks to me like a bunch of trust fund babies trying to do to the tea scene what hipsters did to ale.

      I mean, their basic, everyday tea is 34p per bag. 30 bags for £11. That’s fucking nuts (not literally)

      Doesn’t sound that dreadful until you compare it to, for example, Yorkshire tea; a perfectly good everyday tea.

      4p per bag. 80 bags for £3. That’s 12X less, I think.

      I’m all for a good cuppa but all you’re doing buying that stuff is funding some posh cunt’s lifestyle

      Rant over

      • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        I know the sort of tea suppliers you’re referring to. Ive been disappointed by tea from quite a few of them. This isn’t one of them.

        They are actually a small family business that’s been quietly working for over 100 years. They are basically a whole sale company aimed at the ultra premium quality market. They have a little stall in one of the guildhall markets, where they’ve been for decades at least.

        As far as I’m personally concerned, their tea is worth the prices they charge. I also wouldn’t judge them by the price of bags. Them selling bags is relatively new. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn the teabags were hand made to order. When it comes to loose leaf, they are actually cheaper than some Twinings teas.