fordyton
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Posted At: 20/05/2009 18:04:17
I recall visiting a tea plantation a long time ago in what was then called Ceylon
The dried tea was placed in front of a huge fan housed in a long wooden building with teak floors which blew the tea along It's length.
This was the method of grading and the tea which ended up the furthest from the fan was classed as the poorest quality (it was like dust) I am not sure that it was exported.
Having recently opened a tea bag, there was the very dust.
Was the tea bag therefore marketed to to sell a product that would not have sold in a packet?
Do any members still buy loose tea?
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peter2007
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Posted At: 20/05/2009 18:55:24
No.
The tea bag is up there with the microwave in 'great inventions', IMO.
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Samsnan
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Posted At: 21/05/2009 16:36:57
I buy loose tea, I use it on the first pot of the day. I have a tea diffuser (I think that's what they're called) so I don't need to use a tea strainer and it's not hard to dispose of the used leaves.
The rest of the time I do use tea bags, which are convenient, but not quite the same.
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fordyton
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Posted At: 21/05/2009 20:30:53
No.
The tea bag is up there with the microwave in 'great inventions', IMO.
I do think that the marketing of tea bags was the biggest piece of kiddology ever.
and that the previously unmarketable "tea dust" really is the dregs |
Samsnan
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Posted At: 21/05/2009 20:49:26
Did anybody see Paul Heiney tonight, "Countrywise" I think the programme is called, on ITV? They showed a "tea plantation" in Cornwall, might give a whole new meaning to the name English Breakfast Tea  . |
peter2007
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Posted At: 21/05/2009 22:52:59
And the quill pen probably allows much more decorative handwriting than the biro... but...  |
shootingstar
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Posted At: 21/05/2009 22:59:18
Tea is my favourite drink and I never leave home without a big cuppa in the morning -PG tips
I also drink herbal teas - lots and lots of different flavours, there are so many.
When visiting my Mum she does use loose tea and I am sure it tastes better. When I visited her and she had tea bags I was a bit upset. The loose tea and my Mum go together and when she had tea bags for a change it was all a bit strange!
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fordyton
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Posted At: 22/05/2009 05:20:10
Tea is my favourite drink and I never leave home without a big cuppa in the morning -PG tips
I also drink herbal teas - lots and lots of different flavours, there are so many.
When visiting my Mum she does use loose tea and I am sure it tastes better. When I visited her and she had tea bags I was a bit upset. The loose tea and my Mum go together and when she had tea bags for a change it was all a bit strange!
I too am a great tea lover andI have had the occasional speciality tea and on a recent holiday tried them every day. They were in bags which may disprove my theory that only poor quality tea gets stuffed in them.
(some tea expert member might just put me right)
One distinction I have noticed is that though I do not take "ordinary" tea without milk and sugar, I find that some of the speciality teas are pleasant just as they come
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fordyton
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Posted At: 23/05/2009 18:36:26
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1698679
This money saving site is all about tea!
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andtiggertoo
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Posted At: 26/05/2009 09:51:57
I drink builder's tea first thing in the morning, made with a tea bag, but the rest of the day I tend to drink green tea or oolong using a tea diffuser like Samsnan. I also drink herbal teas and rooibosch. Actually, let's face it, I'll drink almost anything as long as it's not coffee.
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Jaxpe
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Posted At: 26/05/2009 18:59:22
I drink Earl Grey first thing, Green tea in the afternoon, Mint tea after dinner and Camomile before I go to bed in the summer. I alternate between loose and tea bags. I'm sure the loose is better, I must get a diffuser to save the hassle of the tea pot remains.
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Rose60
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Posted At: 26/05/2009 19:30:31
Yeah i remember loose tea ...it made a proper cup of tea ...my Mum used to read the tea leves left in the cup ....wish i could remember what shapes ment what ect .I also remember when tea bags first became popular ...My Mum and Aunts said they would never catch on ...lol.......Oh and i remember putting the used tea leaves on compost heap ...Must say i really love my first cuppa in the morning always tastes so good ...must be in china mug ,no sugar ,just a touch milk ..im very fussy how i like it ...
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phizz
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Posted At: 07/06/2009 10:57:28
We get through gallons of the stuff each day...fresh teabag for each cup..our compost heap would be lost without them...
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Romany
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Posted At: 07/06/2009 11:01:57
i wouldn't buy loose tea now , i well remember getting to the last dreg and gulping a mouthful of tea leaves yuk , Tea was a lot stonger aswell.
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T.
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Posted At: 17/12/2009 11:47:50
I'm a loyal PG Tips drinker, however I tried green tea for the first time EVER yesterday and it was pretty darn good. Its meant to be really healthy as well  |
Merrylegs
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Posted At: 05/01/2010 17:07:06
Oh dear, dare I say it! I cannot abide tea in any shape or form. I loved tea up until I was about five years old, and then one day I had an upset tummy, and in my mind the tea was to blame. I have never touched tea since. Even now, almost sixty years later, looking at a cup of tea, especially when milk is added, makes me feel nauseous, and I have to look away!
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