A Tea Lover's Tea

Advantages: A proper cuppa without having to go "the distance" to the UK for a resupply
Disadvantages: A bit expensive

...I've long been a lover of British teas. Whenever I come back home from that "small island," it's a sure bet my luggage will contain a restock on my standard favorites that are either hard to find or unavailable here in the States. There is, however, one brand among my favorites for which this is not a problem--Twinings. Twinings is easy to find on the shelves of our American supermarkets. As a result, Twinings English Breakfast Tea always has a place in my cupboard. **My Relationship with Tea in General** First, honesty requires me to admit that I am far from monogomous where tea is concerned. There are many teas with which I take up a dalliance. And there are a few that are constants in my life. Twinings English Breakfast is one of the latter. It is always there because it produces a good cup of hot, black tea. If I'm to...

BawBaw 25.10.2009 · Read review
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Tea at it's best

Advantages: Lovely cuppa
Disadvantages: A little expensive and very morish

...Yorkshire tea is made by a company called Taylors of Harrogate. Taylors of Harrogate was founded in 1886 by a tea merchant from Yorkshire called Charles Taylor. Taylors of Harrogate is a family business and they also make delicious coffees, cakes and biscuits and they also own the Yorkshire based Betty's Café Tea Rooms, which are well worth a visit if you're in Yorkshire. Yorkshire tea is blended from teas from the 3 world leading tea producing countries; Africa, India and Sri Lanka. There are 3 Yorkshire tea varieties available which are; Yorkshire tea; the original Yorkshire tea for hard water; just like original Yorkshire tea but for hard water areas And Yorkshire tea Gold; the premium version You can save tokens from packs of Yorkshire tea to save up for lovely Yorkshire tea gifts from www.yorkshiretea.co.uk or you can...

donnabroom 01.07.2005 · Read review
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Tea Service

Advantages: kids love it
Disadvantages: none

...My daughter just loves Barbie things, so when Christmas time comes people know just what to buy her. This tea set was one of them things. I am not sure how much it cost when purchased as I am not cheeky enough to ask, but I found one the same one in Toys R Us for £4.99p, so would it be worth the money. Read on to find out. What is included in the tea set? -------------------------------------------- 4 Cups 4 Saucers 4 Tea Spoons 1 Large Tea Pot Milk Jug And a Sugar Pot The design of the Tea Set -------------------------------------- The design is really very basic; the set is all made of plastic, although there is one available in porcelain, which I would not recommend anyway for children. The plastic seems pretty strong, and unbreakable, although I am sure that it could be broke but not very easily. I will say...

kineticspade 10.04.2008 · Read review
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Tea fixes everything

Advantages: Fresh taste, lovely packaging
Disadvantages: Maybe the price

...I come from a family of tea drinkers and I am a tea drinker through and through. Despite this fact, I used to be quite naive when it came to tea - I just thought tea was tea. I couldn't understand why anyone would pay over the odds when you could buy a value box for a quarter of the price. Oh, how wrong I was! My first encounter with Yorkshire tea came when I was at uni and managed to get my hands on some free samples! Any company that sends out free samples immediately goes up in my estimations! When I tried my first cup I was amazed at how the taste differred to my normal tea. It's a bit difficult to describe but it tastes extremely fresh and clear. When I say that, I mean that it tastes as though the the tea has been filtered and all of the impurities removed. Ever since then Yorkshire tea has always been my brand of choice when it...

sweetiebum2 14.03.2009 · Read review
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Nice cup of Tea

Advantages: Great cup of tea
Disadvantages: None

...Twinings English Breakfast Tea Packaging The Packaging has a distinctive colours in that it has gold and orange. I found this to be quite eye catching and unique compared to other tea branded products. This makes it unique and recognisable in buying a second time. I also found the product packaging to be quite difficult to open up on the first tab correctly. It is nice to see that the box can be closed for storing the tea bags. On the packaging the box does have Twinings tea company claims of flavour, and other useful information. Regarding the box claim to have traditional tasting tea, this is certainly true as they have taken away the bitter taste of drinking tea. The Tea The tea itself is appealing and deep and rich in colour. It has orangey and brown and has very clear colouring. The taste is strong but mellow...

costas1234 21.10.2009 · Read review
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Ye Olde English Tea

Advantages: Nice blend of teas
Disadvantages: Quite expensive

...*History of the Company* Yorkshire Tea is made by Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate. This is a family company which was started in 1886 by Charles Taylor. Since then, the brand has earned national and international acclaim for its quality teas. *The Product* Yorkshire Tea is blended in the company's Yorkshire Tea Hall in Harrogate. You can buy boxes of 40, 80, 160 and 240 tea bags, 250g drums of loose tea and even a hard water variety of tea bag. The company sponsors the "Trees for Life" fund which raises money for new tree planting schemes in the UK and abroad. By buying Yorkshire Tea, you are helping with their £100 000 a year fund - a very worthwhile charity, I'm sure you will agree. Since 1990 they have planted over two million trees around the world, and they were recently awarded "The Queen's Award for Enterprise...

rowei 30.05.2003 · Read review
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Turmoil at the Tea House

Advantages: Entertaining light reading
Disadvantages: Nothing new

...Before I saw 'The Tea House on Mulberry Street' in the PDSA charity shop I confess I had not heard of Sharon Owens. Apart from the bargain price, I liked the book's title. It sounded so cosy and comforting, an impression that was reinforced by the blurb on the book itself. 'The Tea House on Mulberry Street' was "the number one Irish bestseller", apparently. The front cover has praise from Cecilia Ahern, while the back cover quotes the Irish Independent as saying Sharon Owens is like "Maeve Binchy meets Joanna Trollope"! While none of those authors are even in my top ten of favourites, I fancied some light reading after a phase of serious novels and historical non-fiction. So, I handed over my 50p, safe in the knowledge that whether I liked the book or not some poor wee cats and dogs would be a little better off. 'The Tea House...

JoannaPiano 03.05.2009 · Read review
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Lip smacking , thirst quenching Iced Tea .

Advantages: Tasty, good value, refreshing, healthy?, no nasty additives?convenient
Disadvantages: None for me .

...I haven't a bottle or can of Lipton Iced Tea in front of me to give you any details from the packaging but I am very familiar with this product. On my last holiday abroad it was part of my daily beverages for a fortnight. Whilst holidaying on the Algarve, Portugal, I found that the hot, hot, hot weather made me incredibly thirsty. Of course there's always a nice cold beer but long term alcohol is supposed to dehydrate you in hot weather. The ice cold, bottled mineral water was refreshing but bland and nothing to write home about. Fizzy lemonades were only piling on the holiday pounds at record rate and coffee leaves me feeling thirsty. Enter Lipton Ice Tea. This product can be purchased in small or large bottles or cans. It is served in restaurants and cafes in a long chilled glass with the regulation straw. Traditionally it is lemon...

grafter123 17.09.2007 (11.04.2009) · Read review
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Tea for Two!

Advantages: Fun set, involves imaginative play, plastic so easy to look after
Disadvantages: You might lose the cutlery bits if you're not careful!

...Harry has a very vivid imagination for a 2 year old, and consequently we like to get him toys that he can create scenarios from, or do some sort of role play with. When I spotted this lovely teaset in Marks and Spencer as part of their Christmas shop, I knew it'd make a perfect gift for Harry. We gave it his Aunt and Uncle to give to him rather than receive something he wouldn't like, and he opened it on Christmas Day exclaiming that we could now have a tea party...what a hit! Marks and Spencer do many quality childrens toys, we are massive fans of their puzzles ranges so I expected the same sort of quality and fun to come from this gift as well. I hadn't seen this teaset before Christmas to be honest, and saw it in the toys section of their Christmas shop, but I have noticed that it is still available online, although its no longer...

mummy2harry 10.02.2009 · Read review
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A real quali-tea product

Advantages: -
Disadvantages: -

...I adore tea- I drink several cups a day, and I drink all kinds of varieties . But when it comes to the bog standard teabag cuppa, I have to confess to not having any real brand loyalty - and in fact, I'll generally stick to supermarket own brands However, occasionally I'll run out, and if I can't be bothered to go to the shops, I have to make do with the small selection at my local shop, whichc consists of either Typhoo, or Happy Shopper . It's perhaps strange that since I'm a massive fan of supermarket economy brands that I despise the Happy Shopper brand - and shamefully, the only reason for this is that when I was a child, buying 'Happy Shopper' was something to be picked on, an indication that my family were poor . So, due to this insane and completely unjustified prejudice, I opted for Typhoo. The Typhoo History...

Thehonesttruth 13.10.2009 · Read review
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