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Cheap Tea Recommendations, Please! (feddit.uk)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/ukcasual

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I'm sorry to report the continued decline of Aldi's "Scottish Blend" tea. It is now beyond terrible. Awful. The worst. The worse of the worst. Even worse than that.

Naturally I'm not going to go from an Aldi special to Twinings. I'm not made of money. So, I'm looking for recommendations of a good cheap tea. Ideally one that goes well with your plant milk as well as cow juice.

If possible, Sainsburys, M&S, Aldi, Food Warehouse or Poundies. Maybe Lidl at a stretch. They others are too far away and require me going in the car, and I'm too ~~lazy~~ environmentally conscious for that.

Thanks in advance!

Edit: Or Asda! For some reason I forgot that Asda is literally the nearest supermarket to the house.

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[–] SimonSaysStuff 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Don't know if Sainsbury's sell it (Tesco's do), Clipper Tea is quite nice. Not too expensive either.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ah yes. Thanks. I did used to drink Clipper, back before kids when we would buy groceries at a farm shop, it was very nice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If you're not opposed to ordering it online, it gets a lot cheaper when you buy in bulk.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have realised that I should probably do a taste test and buy all the cheap tea within a 10 minute walk of my house and rank them. For science.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Please report back

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aldi's Red Label is pretty decent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For some reason I thought they substituted the red label for "Scottish Blend" up here, but it's probably more likely I didn't look hard enough!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Last time I visited my aunts (Fife) they were two different things. Admittedly, that was nearly a year ago.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm partial to a Sainsbury's Red Label myself.