Is it possible to buy good tea in Indiana?
Jul 31st 2007, 3:54 pm
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Re: Is it possible to buy good tea in Indiana?
Hello everyone. This is my first time starting a new thread so please go easy on me, lol.
My question is where can one purchase good tea in America, preferrably in the Indianapolis or Carmel areas. Or, if anyone has a great online source to recommend that would be great. I'm leaning towards downsizing coffee consumption in favor of finding a great tea to take its place.
There has to be something out there besides Lipton, but where should I start?
Thanks for any suggestions.
My question is where can one purchase good tea in America, preferrably in the Indianapolis or Carmel areas. Or, if anyone has a great online source to recommend that would be great. I'm leaning towards downsizing coffee consumption in favor of finding a great tea to take its place.
There has to be something out there besides Lipton, but where should I start?
Thanks for any suggestions.
Aug 1st 2007, 12:36 am
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Re: Is it possible to buy good tea in Indiana?
Well tetley, how do I put this, is not the connoisseur of tea, mostly used for every day stuff. If you like strong tea, yorkshire to me is better.
Loose leaf tea does taste great. I'd try out like you did individual bags to get the taste you like and experiment with strength and if you like it with milk or lemon or black etc. Then once you know the type you like then try different brands.
Twinings is a good place to start (I like their loose tea) and you should even get it in shops there and they do sell mixed packs of tea bags.
After years of having tea like my family as weak as water and black and I thought I didn't like tea. I discovered I loved strong tea with milk in it. Experiment and have fun
Loose leaf tea does taste great. I'd try out like you did individual bags to get the taste you like and experiment with strength and if you like it with milk or lemon or black etc. Then once you know the type you like then try different brands.
Twinings is a good place to start (I like their loose tea) and you should even get it in shops there and they do sell mixed packs of tea bags.
After years of having tea like my family as weak as water and black and I thought I didn't like tea. I discovered I loved strong tea with milk in it. Experiment and have fun
Aug 1st 2007, 12:44 am
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Re: Is it possible to buy good tea in Indiana?
PG Tips....I'll have to look for that one. How would you describe the taste? I may be down there next week in your neck of the woods. Bet it's hotter 'n the blazes right now in NC :-)
Aug 1st 2007, 12:46 am
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Hey, IP. Yes, it takes us a couple hours to drive it. I'll certainly keep that in mind next time we go. Thanks for the tip.
Aug 1st 2007, 12:55 am
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Its a personal taste, I like PG tips bit better than tetley (not much difference ) but I haven't had either for a while as I use Yorkshire.
Aug 1st 2007, 1:07 am
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PG tips and tetley is the same type of tea (I think!) but PG uses the youngest leaves the tips of the plant (supposed to be less bitter etc) and they have pyramid bags which they say causes the tea to have more freedom to move = better taste.
Its a personal taste, I like PG tips bit better than tetley (not much difference ) but I haven't had either for a while as I use Yorkshire.
Its a personal taste, I like PG tips bit better than tetley (not much difference ) but I haven't had either for a while as I use Yorkshire.
Also, I tend to really like lemon juice in my hot tea. Is that pretty common in the UK? Or, is it mostly sugar and cream? Just wondered.
Aug 1st 2007, 1:09 am
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Re: Is it possible to buy good tea in Indiana?
I just take it with a spot of skimmed milk.Yorkshire tea is just a brand name. I'm a Yorkshire lass and don't care for it...I prefer PG Tips or Tetley's British Brand.
Aug 1st 2007, 1:14 am
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Re: Is it possible to buy good tea in Indiana?
Its more usual to take it with milk and sugar but loads of people take it either or, or black. Lemon isn't that common in peoples homes (really hard to generalise!) but you do get offered it or can ask for it if you go out somewhere for a cuppa.
You might find if you like it black with lemon, you like a different brand like twinings etc.
Yorkshire has a deeper more complex taste, full flavoured not as bitter (this is hard, its a bit like trying to explain different coffee lol) but I have milk in it so it might not be as nice without milk and with lemon!
But its harder to find I only get it in my local British shop.
Aug 1st 2007, 1:17 am
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Re: Is it possible to buy good tea in Indiana?
Yes sorry I didn't make that clear, PG tips and tetley all is the same type of tea just different brands. Its not like coffee, Arabica, robusta etc.
Aug 1st 2007, 1:21 am
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Re: Is it possible to buy good tea in Indiana?
If you have a Meijers or Biggs grocery store they sell Brit tea do not know what stores Indiana has though.
Aug 1st 2007, 11:11 am
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Meijer! Thanks, Hove. Now, I can try some of these. We DO have a Meijer in Carmel. This should be fun to try all of these.
Aug 1st 2007, 1:20 pm
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