Tea
Jul 12th 2016, 12:02 am
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Tea
In UK for we drank Yorkshire tea - in NZ we have tried:
Dilmahs - reasonable strength but a whiff of Ceylon/perfume in there.
P&G - weak for our taste
Bells - about to try, but remember it as builders strength.
Is there anything else out there?
Dilmahs - reasonable strength but a whiff of Ceylon/perfume in there.
P&G - weak for our taste
Bells - about to try, but remember it as builders strength.
Is there anything else out there?
Jul 12th 2016, 1:08 am
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Re: Tea
http://shop.countdown.co.nz/?banner=...orkshire%2Btea
Wife used to drink it now prefers
http://shop.countdown.co.nz/?banner=...tra%2Bstrength
I drink coffee
Wife used to drink it now prefers
http://shop.countdown.co.nz/?banner=...tra%2Bstrength
I drink coffee
Jul 12th 2016, 1:14 am
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Dilmah extra strong. Everything else is piss water
Jul 12th 2016, 7:13 am
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Re: Tea
Why not just buy Yorkshire tea here in NZ as well?
Jul 12th 2016, 7:32 am
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Jul 15th 2016, 12:05 am
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Re: Tea
I flirted with Dilmah Extra Strong for a couple of years but I only buy Yorkshire tea now. Life is too short to be without a decent cuppa 
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Did try DES again but after me Yorkshire tea it tasted weak and insipid
. Kotare, don't even bother trying Bell's tea, it's the worst of a bad bunch. Definitely like p!ss water.
Some things in life are just worth paying for, make savings elsewhere
! Did try DES again but after me Yorkshire tea it tasted weak and insipid
. Kotare, don't even bother trying Bell's tea, it's the worst of a bad bunch. Definitely like p!ss water.Some things in life are just worth paying for, make savings elsewhere
Jul 15th 2016, 2:27 am
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If I was going to go that route I would get Yorkshire tea from UK Amazon - even with a silly delivery price it is under half the Countdown price.
Jul 15th 2016, 3:09 am
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I buy Bell or Dilmah tea bags....but I drink coffee
Jul 15th 2016, 3:13 am
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Jul 15th 2016, 5:10 am
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Working in the AvtoVAZ car plant in Togliatti on the Volga as an adviser in Lada car clutch manufacture under UK licence agreements, carving off big chunks of black strong caravan tea sweetened with large dollops of jam...strong, black and smokey.....real tea that would go down well in Ireland...
Came home and could never get used to the week tea of Britain so switched to coffee and never went back...still enjoyed the leave green tea of PRC though, but only on the second pouring.
Came home and could never get used to the week tea of Britain so switched to coffee and never went back...still enjoyed the leave green tea of PRC though, but only on the second pouring.
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Jul 20th 2016, 6:15 am
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Just ordered 2400 Yorkshire tea bags for $69 from Amazon uk - thats 3c bag - can anyone do better?
Jul 23rd 2016, 8:51 am
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pj tips is a reasonably priced.
my inlaws send irish barrys tea or Yorkshire tea. everything else tastes like shite LOL
my inlaws send irish barrys tea or Yorkshire tea. everything else tastes like shite LOL
Jul 25th 2016, 9:14 pm
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Look for T2 - amazing varieties of tea.
We carried a large bag of French Earl Grey from Australia to NZ then back to the UK. Nearly finished it now.
We carried a large bag of French Earl Grey from Australia to NZ then back to the UK. Nearly finished it now.