Tetley

Sipdown (2673)!

Finished this off a few days ago and it was perfectly fine. I let the teabag keep steeping in the mug the whole time and interestingly it just got more and more like a straight peppermint blend with time. Less fruity notes and less ginger. But it was a very nice, crisp and sweet peppermint that was nice to relax with.

So when I came home from work yesterday I checked the mail, as I always do, and I was pleasantly surprised that I’d received a mailer from Tetley with a sample of this tea! We sometimes send out tea mailers through work, and I’ve always thought how lovely it must be to get one in the mail (often with a distinct code) and I think I was correct because this was my first time receiving a tea mailer personally and I was thrilled to see it!

I don’t think I was alone either – we get A LOT of junk mail to our building to the point where we have two bins in the mail room that get filled/changed daily. Along with this mailer I got a bunch of other crap which I did add to the bins, and when doing so I noticed that there were virtually no tea mailers that have been chucked out. The ones I did see were just the info card – everyone in my building appeared to have kept the tea. So that was kind of cool to see some silent, communal tea love.

I of course brewed it up first thing when I got in to my apartment, and it was a nice cuppa to have come home to. I don’t personally care that this is a blend fortified with Zinc and Vitamin D, though I don’t dislike that either. It’s more of an “added bonus” than an incentive for me. The taste is my focus, and this tasted smooth and minty with a little natural sweetness. Definitely less ginger than I’d expected and also more of a fruity undertone – sorta apple-y maybe? But a good cup, especially for a free one.

I was getting tired of Lipton becoming the only tea option at the office. My boss wouldn’t allow me to order any other tea on the account, “Lipton is familiar,” so I took it into my own hands to bring a box of Tetley into the office. It has become a crowd favorite! Now, there are two reasons why I purchased a box of teabags for the team. 1. I’ve tried loose leaf options, and it was a bit complex for most non-tea heads working there. That’s fair; and 2. I wanted a step up from Lipton, but easy for the team to make a cup at work.

What inspired this specific tea was the accidental dive into How to make English cups of tea videos that the YT algorithm sent my way. There was a reviewer who tasted plenty of tea bags that were offered, and Tetley was one of the top 3 or 4. I let curiosity win, and my local Walmart had one box left! Is it the best tea? Not by a longshot, but there’s something familiar in brewing this tea.

Ah, well I’m in Newfoundland and wanted to add some bags to the loose tea I brought. No keemun in this blend, it’s not bitter, but it doesn’t have much flavor at all. Made my next cup of Braveheart taste positively nutty. I’ll try adding a few minutes to see if it adds flavor, but I’m underwhelmed with this tetley.

Another teabag picked up in UK. In nose quite boring lacking character. The pouch indicates “Brew for 3-4 mins (or longer if preferred)”, and indeed, this long steeping time could well be ok for the tea doesn’t taste as bitter as the Twinings EB I had yesterday at similar steeping conditions.

made this for work, turns out the candy orange thing going here helps a lot to distract from the smoke smell all around

yesterday night I realized the New York Times wrote about the fires, had a moment of “mom!! we’re on TV!!”
of course, the article was semi-reductive, but alas, we are a very small country and there are bigger tragedies going on all the time
supposedly, tomorrow will rain, so that should help :)

very smokey outside, so the intense orange hard candy taste is a necessity; wildfires are still going very strong, especially close-ish to where I live (I believe the closest front of fire is about 20km from my house, or 15km from work)
trying to stay positive as stuff (literally) burns around me and focusing on the application; I’d rather have my (new!!) supervisor by my side when I apply, but sadly he’s stuck at home, as most major roads were cut off to “this side” of the country

soon enough I’ll be a PhD student!!

well, the meeting ought to go well, because there’s been enough “adventures” today to add luck

basically, every time my sister had anything important going on, there was some random “adventure” on the day or night before — on the eve of her first job interview, Teca had to be rushed to the hospital, on the day she went to her postgrad interview there was so much smoke in the air we couldn’t turn on the AC or anything on the car, all of us smelled HEAVILY of smoke; and on her latest interview, it started pouring rain and none of us had umbrellas
all of those interviews ended up going well, so a kind of superstition was created

well, today I accidentally poured out my entire tea thermos when testing the bottle, and the air is so heavy from wildfires the sky is pitch black, all I smell is smoke; so I’ve probably accumulated enough bad luck for the meeting to go well
more news after 3PM!

I’m currently trying to get this one out of my cupboard, as it’s the oldest tea I own
I have to say, this is not offensive! I thought it would be peachier, but it feels more like an orange tea
the idea of boiling an orange and drinking its water does not sound pleasant to me, but as it turns out, it’s not too bad! there’s some ginger here as well, which is always a plus for me; sadly, no peach has been tasted (yet)

friend (well, sister-in-law) gifted me this tea bag, as she knows I adore berry teas
once upon a time, this was my favorite tea, but now it brings me back to a bad relationship
it’s hard to drink, however, I can’t let him take this away from me
so, here’s to linking this tea to new memories!

Came across this in my local store. I remember my parents buying it when we lived in England, didn’t know it made it to the US. Anyway, it’s an OK standard cup of team. Milk and sugar complements well. Sometimes it tastes a little odd. I like PG Tips better…but this will do in a pinch. Might try and get my hands on other class UK brands.

Really bland, absolutely watery, almost devoid of any taste. It’s not even bad, it’s just completely featureless.

Last week I stayed a couple of nights in a hotel in Basingstoke. While the teabags offered in the tea tray in the room seemed a supermarket´s house brand (I need to look it up, but the labelling is very discrete indeed), the tea at the breakfast buffet was Tetley´s. The only black tea was this EG.
On the individually wrapped teabag it says “delicate and refreshing with a citrus hint of bergamot flavour”. Although it´s certainly not offensive in any way, it´s surely “delicate” ;-) and the “hint” of bergamot is extremely subtle. A shame, as it seems to be tea for those who don´t like tea.

I had only one bag of this, so by golly this is a sipdown. This is one that was gifted to me and I just never got around to trying it.

I have had this for so long that I don’t remember where it came from, and when I took it out I noticed the side of the outer bag was open. I almost tossed it, thinking it had probably lost all flavor by now, but I am glad I didn’t. This is a hibiscus tea that I would be willing to buy. I feel like I am getting more peach than orange, even though orange comes first in the name.
There is something minty or cooling here, even though it is piping hot and unsweetened. Digging the cinnamon chips. Maybe they are why I feel like this is a baked peach vibe.

If I see this in a store one day, I might buy it for making iced tea in summer. A big surprise to me that I like this one so well.

Well, blast and sour pickles. Lord Kensington is notably absent and “out of stock” everywhere I have looked for him. Just when you get fond of a new friend…

It’s hard to find a tasty but potent bagged tea that unashamedly advertises itself as Assam. This is (was). Stout, smooth, just a little malt, but not bitter. Which I shall be if this all-weather, all-purpose boot-you-out-the-door variety is discontinued.

We made it through the worst storm season in several years with not even a blip in electrical power; this clear and sunshiny morning, with no earthly-known cause, we went all black two minutes before I had to roll out of bed. Bumbled around getting ready with the aid of camping lights, grabbed an emergency packet of Lord Kensington, and left the house early to get to the work kettle.

I haven’t mentioned this one frequently, but it has become a pantry staple for bleary mornings. The vendor’s description calls it an Assam blend. Its color is a little more orangey-coppery than my favorite straight-up Assams and its flavor is a bit sharper and nippier as well—a feisty Jack Russell terrier skipping alongside the bulldog. I’d try some on ice, but I’m already looking at the bottom of the mug.

Look who mysteriously showed up at my house for breakfast! (Any Black Adder fans out there? The dog’s head reminds me of the episode where they are trying to rewrite the dictionary…)

Something bold and beefy came in handy this morning after a lousy night’s sleep. I snarfed it so quickly, there wasn’t much time for contemplation; however, I did note that you don’t often encounter a bagged tea that is instantly and easily identifed as, “Wow, that’s Assam!” Strong and acceptable without any additives. I’ll think about it harder tomorrow.

Picked up this Tea because I thought it was the normal Tetley Chai which I like and buy because of availably here, I really enjoyed this tea the second I opened it I was hit with vanilla bean smell and the taste just as strong its almost like a desert its so good.

Although I would not drink daily like I do normal chai or indian spiced tea I love it as a treat while working late or something with an extra teaspoon of sugar :)

I kept this in the cupboard for years, for my mother-in-law. It’s a pretty solid tea! It tastes like black currant and has a base of orange pekoe, so it doesn’t just taste like Generic Black Tea. The one thing that I will say that is frustrating is that the taste / freshness seems to fade really quickly. This is not a problem for my mother-in-law as she likes her tea barely steeped, but it is sad when that flavour fades.

It’s a supermarket green tea but actually one of my favourites. Really clean, grassy taste and it never tastes flat or like it’s too old. Cheap and cheerful and a lovely tea when I’m sick. It goes really nice with honey or lemon honey also.

I went to visit my friend yesterday and this was her offering for an evening cup. I enjoyed it, it’s simple and unfussy. You can taste the green tea base and mostly lemon but I didn’t really get any of the honey. The lemon isn’t as citrussy as some of the other lemon teas that I’ve had, thanks to the ginseng element which tones it down a bit and makes it more smooth with its herbal flavour. No bitterness detected at all. For a cheaper, grocery store tea, this is a good option.

This is my every day cup of tea. Readily available to buy in bulk, so much better than other bulk commercial bag tea.