Tea is my favourite drink....

[micmak]

Mrs Micmak always buys Tetleys. It is nice and strong with a goon flavour. Last week she bought the catering pack size. Two reasons 25% extra free and it was a good price. I opened it today and it is not the same. It's weak and has little flavour. So in trying to save a couple of bob it is £15 wasted. I tried using 2 bags per cup but the flavour is not there. I have complained to Tetleys via their website but I don't hold out much hope. Just thought I'd tell you so you don't waste your money.

[Bobbisox]

Twinning are sacking all of their workforce down here and outsourcing the jobs to Poland..

[sophie_1003]

PG Tips is my favourite, not keen on Typhoo. Also drink coffee though and can't stand Kenco; I think it tastes of ash!

[Bobbisox]

I only drink coffee but can't touch a coffee chocolate...strange but true

[Answerprancer]

How terribly terribly English ! Next we'll be discussing the weather :-)
(The 'price of tea' indeed - such a cliche!)
Oh damnation, I've sat on my bowler hat and dropped my pipe into one of my slippers.

[ethandron]

bu@@er the tea, i've just poured a nice glass of wine :)

[annie0000]

smell of tea makes me feel sick too bobbi :o)

[mike11111]

Irrespective of the brand, some I like, others I don't, younger people today do not seem to realise that tea, unlike instant coffee, must be made with boiling (not just very hot) water and given time to brew. Otherwise it will taste like, as my mother used to say, "Water bewitched and tea begrudged".

[Dris]

I have a pal like that mike.She leaves the teabag to stew for at least 5 minutes then squeezes it-no milk nothing !! Im not a hot drink lover but if push came to shove I have Earl Grey or any Fruit teas.I like a 'laced hot choccy at night sometimes tho;)

[4getmenot]

I drink white tea and honey

[micmak]

Mike I think we must have the same Mother.

[CailinDeas]

Irish family firm (based in Cork) who blend flavoursome aromatic teas........taste the ecstacy.

[mike11111]

LOL. Another of her mantras was, "Always take the teapot to the kettle and not the kettle to the teapot".

[ttfn]

Whatever happened to Horniman's ? <waits for rude answers> - used to be a lovely cuppa

[ttfn]

Wish I hadn't posted that now - looking at Latest Posts - I could be done by Trades Descriptions LOL

[mike11111]

It was indeed, Ena. I remember that certain brands were sold in 2oz packets, ideal for workmen to carry when they had to brew up on their own. My father used to buy Horniman's for work, though my mother would never use it at home. Dad's favourite, though, was Mazawatti tea, long since gone.

[LoftyLottie]

Strong black tea like Dris's mate. Luverly!!

[LoftyLottie]

But I can't drink tea if it has even a trace of milk. It just makes it greasy!

[mike11111]

Funny you should mention that, Lotty. When I was 12 I was once given a cup of tea without any sugar. I found the taste so intriguing and so grown-up that I announced to my parents that henceforth I would not be taking sugar anymore in my tea, and have not done so to this day. A couple of years later, after having been given a glass of Russian tea, i gave up milk also. For about 8 years I would only drink tea sans milk and sugar, which seemed odd for a teenage boy. These days I take tea with a tiny drop of milk, just enough to colour it.

[TTG]

Multi-packs...there is always a down side. Check out Walkers crisps. Their multi packs have about 3 crisps in each packet. Never again.