This is the only tea my mom owns. It is one if the first teas I tried and I hated it. For years I thought I hated tea because of this and Red Rose.
Well today I was supposed to get on a train back to London but I missed it and will now be taking a train tomorrow morning. As such, all of my stuff is packed and still in the back of the car, including my tea. That’s why I decided to revisit this.
Honestly, while it is much more palatable than it was when I was a child, it still isn’t my favorite. It is smoother than I recall (probably because I actually know how to brew tea and didn’t drastically oversteep it) but also much more boring. A slight bit of malt and a slight floral-ish quality but not much more.
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The only tea my mom ever drank was Lipton. I grew up thinking all tea a bitter and astringent. I’m so glad I decided to give other teas a try.
I feel you. For years I thought that all black tea tasted like Lipton and all green tea tasted like… well GREEN Lipton. Based on years of bad grocery store brew experiences, I thought tea was disgusting. It wasn’t until I got to college and started trying some of my roommates CS teas (which are still grocery store, but better than lipton) that I realized all tea wasn’t awful.
Of course, now I am way WAY beyond most CS tea! LOL
I remember finding a bunch of bagged green teas hidden in the back of my cupboard years after I’d “become one of the teaple” and couldn’t believe there had ever been a time I had drunk such swill. It wasn’t even Lipton, but some generic grocery store stuff. Flavorite, I think. Out of curiosity, I brewed a cup and couldn’t believe the color and smell coming from the cup. One sip and I gagged.
The only tea my mom ever drank was Lipton. I grew up thinking all tea a bitter and astringent. I’m so glad I decided to give other teas a try.
I feel you. For years I thought that all black tea tasted like Lipton and all green tea tasted like… well GREEN Lipton. Based on years of bad grocery store brew experiences, I thought tea was disgusting. It wasn’t until I got to college and started trying some of my roommates CS teas (which are still grocery store, but better than lipton) that I realized all tea wasn’t awful.
Of course, now I am way WAY beyond most CS tea! LOL
I remember finding a bunch of bagged green teas hidden in the back of my cupboard years after I’d “become one of the teaple” and couldn’t believe there had ever been a time I had drunk such swill. It wasn’t even Lipton, but some generic grocery store stuff. Flavorite, I think. Out of curiosity, I brewed a cup and couldn’t believe the color and smell coming from the cup. One sip and I gagged.