Yorkshire Tea

I use a tea strainer with loose tea about a fifth of a teaspoon but if I have teabags in a cafe I ask them to remove the teabag when the water gets to the top of the cup/mug.

. Even with Yorkshire tea, it's still too strong for my liking. I prefer my tea weak. I definitely don't like the teabag on the saucer because the water has gone off the boil.
 
Redwurzel said:
All the black teas in the UK are grown in places like Kenya or India. Some producers use different blends to give a different taste. Northerners and Irish tend to like a stronger slightly malty brew say by using more Assam style tea.

The type of water makes a difference to a tea. Some areas of the country I would not use tap water for tea making such as London, but some bottled Scottish water there. I find tea is better when I visit Teesside. I think there is less calcium in the water and less nitrates (common in agricultural areas). Fresh water is usually better as well so don't keep reheating the same water for tea. In Calcium reach areas clean the inside of the kettle as they scale up,
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I haven't noticed any difference in quality between tea up north and in London. The main difference is the water is so hard in London you have a slice of tea rather than a mug. I bought those hardwater tea bags but they tasted worse.
 
Rington's Breakfast Blend for me.

Prefer it to Yorkshire (I suspect the maidens picking the tea on the slopes of the Aire valley may not be the cleanest)
 
Muttley said:
Rington's Breakfast Blend for me.

Prefer it to Yorkshire (I suspect the maidens picking the tea on the slopes of the Aire valley may not be the cleanest)
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Wrong on the tea and the maidens wear gloves.
But Ringtons Ginger biscuits - my goodness they are good.
 
Sheriff - don't you get a sort of oil slick type slime on the top of made up tea when you use London tap water?

I notice quite a difference when using a decent bottled water instead of London tap water.
 
Redwurzel said:
Sheriff - don't you get a sort of oil slick type slime on the top of made up tea when you use London tap water?

I notice quite a difference when using a decent bottled water instead of London tap water.
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I had to buy one of those water filters to make tea potable in Londinium.
We have Yorkshire tea here. When my son is home, he lierally won't drink anything else. I have tried fooling him and giving him Tetleys and even Twinings EB ...sussed it every time.
I actually take a carrier bag full of them over to Sweden.
 
Love a cuppa but fairly certain if put to the blind test, say out of 3 different teas, I’d have no funking idea what tea I was drinking. I’d say that’s the same for most of us too but we won’t admit that 😉
 
Luaka BOP - Sri Lanka
Assam
Earl Grey
Chai Masala
Darjeeling
Clipper - fair trade, plastic free bags, organic https://www.clipper-teas.com/
Ringtons
African
On the Yorks. Gold at the mo’ opening the bag and using a little of it loose.
(With Soya Milk!!)
 
afcb_acklam said:
the dorset tea factory is in north shields ffs :ROFLMAO:
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The factory for Northumberland Tea (branded with a picture of Jack Charlton) is in Derby!

Still I suppose we have to remember that no tea actually comes from this country, so Yorkshire Tea in reality has nowt to do with Yorkshire.
 
indeedido said:
the maidens wear gloves.
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Still not convinced I'm afraid...
 
Lots (not sure if all) of the Yorkshire Tea arrives into the country at Teesport.
 
Nero said:
Lots (not sure if all) of the Yorkshire Tea arrives into the country at Teesport.
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All the tea for Yorkshire Tea arrives at Teesport, it's de-containerized by PD Ports and sent to Yorkshire Tea's specialist blending team in Harrogate, 25-50 full PD Ports artics are delivered every week.
 
Yorkshire Tea....ehhh.

It's not bad, but I prefer Twinings Ceylon or Darjeeling. And Lapsang Souchong (until they discontinued it, the b***ds)
 
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