... But last week, walking down the tea / coffee aisle of my local generic supermarket, a rather fetching red and green box leapt out from the shelf, practically bellowing “buy me, Tim!” The box in question housed 80 small sachets of delight, otherwise known as Yorkshire Tea. And how can you not ... Read review
It is immensely fitting that Harrogate, Yorkshire, a city in central England should have a ... more
tea named after it. Why? There are a few reasons. The first is that the city is known for its water - the prime ingredient in a fresh hot cuppa! The city is home...
Postage & Packaging: £1.40 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
Advantages: Great tasting, iconic brew. Disadvantages: Not yet Fairtrade, not the cheapest cuppa either.
...of delight, otherwise known as Yorkshire Tea. And how can you not notice the Yorkshire Tea box? Behind the bold red, black and white logo is depicted the most charming nostalgia-fest I can imagine, especially as a Yorkshire lad myself: rolling hills with vast fields divided by dry-stone walls, a healthy smattering of sheep, a couple of tumbledown cottages; plumes of smoke lazily rising from their chimneys and a village church. Personally, I am hoping ... .../> As a company too, Yorkshire Tea (part of Taylors of Harrogate) is appealing. While not carrying the Fairtrade logo, they adhere to ethical policies of fair remuneration for tea growers and donate substantially to the Trees for Life Fund, which undertakes tree planting and community projects in the UK and abroad. So that’s the guilt taken out of your cup! Price-wise, Yorkshire tea sits somewhere in the middle of the range; you'll pay around £2 ... more
Tea – I just can’t get enough of the stuff. Whether it’s a frustrating day at work, an argument with your partner or flopping down onto the sofa to switch the telly on and get your daily hit of trash culture, nothing quite hits the spot like a good brew. Given the pleasure inherent in a good cup of tea, I’m pleased to have the opportunity to jabber on about a favourite brand in a review. Oh, and I’m putting off the much more challenging task of reviewing Milan Kundera’s latest novel, “Ignorance”. But that’s by the by.
As a poverty-stricken postgraduate student (get your violins out!) I usually go for the cheapest brand of just about everything, even if I love the thing in question as I love my tea. But last week, walking down the tea / coffee aisle of my local generic supermarket, a rather fetching red and green box leapt out from the shelf, practically bellowing “buy me, Tim!” The box in question housed 80 small sachets of delight, otherwise known as Yorkshire Tea. And how can you not notice the Yorkshire Tea box? Behind the bold red, black and white logo is depicted the most charming nostalgia-fest I can imagine, especially as a Yorkshire lad myself: rolling hills with vast fields divided by dry-stone walls, a healthy smattering of sheep, a couple of tumbledown cottages; plumes of smoke lazily rising from their chimneys and a village church. Personally, I am hoping for a special edition box which plays the Hovis music at you constantly; that would really top the illusion off. Anyway, to summarise: t’ packaging’s reet nice.
As a company too, Yorkshire Tea (part of Taylors of Harrogate) is appealing. While not carrying the Fairtrade logo, they adhere to ethical policies of fair remuneration for tea growers and donate substantially to the Trees for Life Fund, which undertakes tree planting and community projects in the UK and abroad. So that’s the guilt taken out of your cup! Price-wise, Yorkshire tea sits somewhere in the middle of the range; you'll pay around £2 for 80. It's a fair bit cheaper than Tinings 80s, which come in around the £2.30 mark, but more expensive than, say PG tips at about £1.80, or Sainsbury's own brand - the Fairtrade version of which comes in at a paltry £1.30. Come on, Taylors; I'm sure it's time you got upgraded to Fairtrade, you're not that far off anyway!
Onto the taste: On the front of the box, we are asked a question: “The best cup of tea in Britain?” Admittedly, this is quite a loaded question; a bit like when the Daily Express publishes a headline asking whether immigrants / gay people / feminists are responsible for the latest outbreak of swine flu. Nevertheless, I’ll try and answer the question from the tea-makers without prejudice. Firstly, there’s the colour of your brew: a pleasant golden glow emits from the cup. Leave your tea for a while and you won’t get the scummy top layer which some teas can give. It’s an appealing look; and as anyone who has ever watched a celebrity chef will know, presentation is everything. The brew also gives off a pleasant, subtle and slightly woody aroma; tempting you to take that first sip, so here we go...
Oh yes, nothing quite like that. The taste is incomparable: light, refreshing and warming all at once, Yorkshire Tea is the reason this nation just can’t get enough of its tea. I have tried just about every brand out there: the supermarket own brands, Tetley’s, PG Tips and Twinings. I can’t quite put my finger on why, but none of these brands quite stack up next to Yorkshire Tea. There’s a slightly oaky taste; subtle, but with enough punch to really deliver what you’ve been hankering for. But words are paltry, I urge you to go out and try some for yourself. Only through your own experience will you truly understand what I’m on about. It also delivers on the pep-me-up required from any caffeine drink, but does so in a much more refined way than, say, an espresso or can of Coke. Add your biscuit of choice for dunking and you’re in Teaven (I made that last word up – a hybrid of tea and Heaven). The only disadvantage is that Yorkshire Tea is a really more-ish brew. So more-ish, in fact, that on this note I am going to have to sign off; I’m off to put t’ kettle on. Sit thee down, ah’ll mek thee t’ best brew this side o’ Pennines.
Advantages: Strong and one tea bag makes two cups of tea. Disadvantages: Has a bitter taste and leaves cups looking brown.
...yes ... I see ... Yorkshire Tea ... and this isn't up north.", she eventually grimaced, "Ee by gum."
She went on her way, muttering something or other, and knocked on the next door and I went back inside my flat.
As it was about 'cup of tea time' I opened the box and inside were ten tea bags - big 'uns though, and oblong shaped, not like the normal nifty neat round ones I buy. I pulled out a bag, well actually I pulled out two as they were joined ... ..."But why is it Yorkshire Tea?", I asked myself. Myself answered something about how there must be a lot of tea grown in the Dales. I could picture the women in their clogs, curlers and cross over pinnies plucking only the best leaves. Nah, that was silly. I looked to the packet for an answer.
'Our tea tasters sample hundreds of teas every week, just to find the few good enough for Yorkshire Tea. We blend together teas from about twenty gardens to ...
Sexy-Kay 15.05.2003
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Advantages: Smells and Tastes Great Disadvantages: Bit Pricey With An Aftertaste Some May Not Like
...was a green box containing Yorkshire Tea bags, not just any tea bag but Taylors of Harrogate's special blend for hard water and ten of them at that.
Pictures of rural Yorkshire adorn the box and for a few moments memories came flooding back to me. I was born 11 miles from Harrogate and the pictures returned me to the countryside I played in as a child. I was also reminded of trips with my grandparents to Harrogate market where after a busy morning, ... ...more than his share of Yorkshire ale. Such was the impression the box made on me.
Right that's memory lane visited, back to the task in hand or more accurately the hot, steaming mug of tea in hand. While that cools, a bit more on the box. Apart from the rural scenes there's a green teapot on the front of the box that states, this is the best cup of tea in Britain. A bold statement but as Taylors have been tea merchants since 1886, they must have ...
mickeydumville 27.04.2004
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Advantages: Refreshing, Tasty, well priced Disadvantages: none
...own homeland, yup I'm talking Yorkshire Tea here, not Tetleys or PG Tips, but good old Yorkshire Tea... I get cows, I get Sheep Shit,I get Tractors and an aura of muck spreaders..no !!! only joking, this is a wonderful product..read on No we don't have a squadron of ageing Mother-in-Laws out on the Dales Tea Plains picking only the ripest tips from the hardy Yorkshire Tea Plants, found nestling on a sunny plateau higher up in the rich tea growning ... ...try this magic blend of Yorkshire Nectar then those nice folk in Harrogate will send you a free ( don't faint !!!) YUP its a free sample from Yorkshire, just go to their website at www.yorkshiretea.co.uk and fill out the form on the free sample link, they will send you 6 tea bags for either hard or soft water, yes they have even rifined the product to take into account the type of water in your area, we are so technically advanced up here ( which ...
Dalesman 25.11.2001
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Advantages: tastes nice, sell different tea bags to suit your local water, free samples Disadvantages: more expensive than our usual brand
...offer for some samples of Yorkshire Tea on a website, I thought that’s just my, erm, cup of tea!
I was also interested in them offering different types of tea depending on where you lived. Apparently, we live in a hard water area, so my free sample was a little box of six free tea bags, especially made for hard water. Now admittedly, six cups aren’t many for a test, but I often find my ordinary tea bags get a surface of foamy stuff on ... ...This didn’t happen with the Yorkshire Tea. Six perfect cups of tea. Brilliant.
The tea bags are rectangular and slightly bigger than I am used to. They make an ideal strength too and the tea is very tasty, not smoky at all, but with a bit of a tang. Hard to describe really. (I feel like that awful blonde woman from the Food and Drink programme, swilling it round my mouth and trying to find new superlatives!) But, believe me, it does make a ...
KarenUK 15.11.2001
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Advantages: A strong and comforting cuppa that makes you feel good Disadvantages: Aftertaste, but no worse than with other teas.
...received a free sample of Yorkshire tea through the post. There were 6 tea bags in the pack with the usual Yorkshire Tea livery some of us are familiar with. But are we familiar with it? I for one have never tried it, although I have often seen it on the supermarket shelves. I have had two cups so far, so here goes with the low down:-
This tea brews extremely quickly. I always go for ippy dippy tea. You know, teabag in the mug, boiling water on ... ...up in the morning. Yorkshire Tea however, did not leave me with this sensation, it left me feeling warm and comforted - a feel good tea I would say. I would therefore not call this a breakfast tea, which is the time of day I like to feel fresh and awake. For me I would drink it in the afternoon (tea time of course :o) Approximately 15 minutes after I had finished my tea, I noticed a taste in my mouth. Not sure how to describe it, but I went and brushed ...
ChigwellChick 13.01.2002
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