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As far as I can tell, Darjeeling and regular old Irish breakfast tea essentially taste the same. But the former is more expensive. I think I've been scammed by Big Tea. (self.showerthoughts)
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I'm on a weekend vacation and forgot to bring my tea and the international grocery didn't have it, so I settled for Darjeeling. I can barely notice the difference. It's so subtle that it might as well just be a different tea brand.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Right, I'm sorry but I'm sure that tea is nice. But it basically looks to me like a bunch of trust fund babies trying to do to the tea scene what hipsters did to ale.

I mean, their basic, everyday tea is 34p per bag. 30 bags for £11. That's fucking nuts (not literally)

Doesn't sound that dreadful until you compare it to, for example, Yorkshire tea; a perfectly good everyday tea.

4p per bag. 80 bags for £3. That's 12X less, I think.

I'm all for a good cuppa but all you're doing buying that stuff is funding some posh cunt's lifestyle

Rant over

[–] cynar 1 points 1 week ago

I know the sort of tea suppliers you're referring to. Ive been disappointed by tea from quite a few of them. This isn't one of them.

They are actually a small family business that's been quietly working for over 100 years. They are basically a whole sale company aimed at the ultra premium quality market. They have a little stall in one of the guildhall markets, where they've been for decades at least.

As far as I'm personally concerned, their tea is worth the prices they charge. I also wouldn't judge them by the price of bags. Them selling bags is relatively new. I wouldn't be surprised to learn the teabags were hand made to order. When it comes to loose leaf, they are actually cheaper than some Twinings teas.