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Blair P. Houghton wrote:

And the product lines are different. The American line has more
varieties. From what I saw, the British line is more limited, with
just an "Everyday tea", a "1706", and an "African" blend, plus a number
of greens and tisanes.



The British line is much more extensive than that. Aside from the new
(and very good) Every Day Tea, 1706 (also very good) and the African
blend you mentioned, the British line consists of:

English Breakfast
Assam
Traditional Afternoon
Ceylon
Chai
Keemun
Yunnan
Darjeeling
Lapsang Souchong
Earl Grey
Lady Grey
Organic English Breakfast
Organic Earl Grey
Decaffienated Earl Grey
Decaffienated Traditional English

plus the "Twinings &" line which is black tea with fruit flavors, as
well as a fairly extensive line of green teas and herbal tisanes.

To answer Melinda's question in a nutshell: the Twinings teas sold for
the UK market are in back boxes with a gold-embossed Twinings logo,
whereas their export teas are generally in the plain colored boxes we
typically see in US supermarkets.



Wow, then I really have not run into the import Twinings in any
stores...I'll keep my eyes out for it though. Thanks for the help.

Melinda

I don't know why;
perhaps they believe American tastes are different, or perhaps they really
are foisting cheaper teas off on us.
--scott

Now where did I hear that before? Are Mohawks doing the packaging?

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 11:17:10 -0800, Pat wrote:


mlbriggs wrote:


Over 20 years ago, I thought Twinings Earl Grey had a wonderful flavor.
Now what I get seems bland and lemony. The true bergamot flavor just
isn't there. MLB


I know what you mean. I grew up drinking Lipton and discovered
Twinings when I was in college and thought it had to be the best tea in
the world. I loved the Ceylon Orange Pekoe but I don't really like it
at all anymore. And I agree that their British blends are better than
their American ones.

I don't think the products change so much as our taste does. When
Lipton was my reference point, the Twinings I got in the supermarket
was superb. But now that I've tried other teas, it doesn't excite me
so much anymore.

I used to occasionally treat myself to some British teas - like
Twinings, PG Tips, Typhoo - and save them for weekends or special
occasions - and drink teas like Red Rose or the US Twinings for "every
day". It didn't really bother me to switch back and forth and there
didn't seem to be a huge difference. But then I found some good online
deals for some of the British teas - and began buying it by the case.
I started drinking it every day because it would have hung around way
too long otherwise. And after a steady diet of nothing but British
teas for several months, I found it impossible to go back to my old
stand-bys. I now know how the Brits feel when they come here are
disappointed in our tea. I have found that Tetley British Blend will
do in a pinch when I can't get the "real thing", but most of the time I
just buy tea from ethnic markets and from online sources.


Would you share your on line sources? I'd love to find some really tasty
Earl Gray. The Red Rose tea I find at Albertsons is, in my opinion,
tastier than Twinings. I'll admit to aging tastebuds, but would still
like to try to find something I really enjoy. MLB

mlbriggs wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 11:17:10 -0800, Pat wrote:


mlbriggs wrote:



Would you share your on line sources? I'd love to find some really tasty
Earl Gray. The Red Rose tea I find at Albertsons is, in my opinion,
tastier than Twinings. I'll admit to aging tastebuds, but would still
like to try to find something I really enjoy. MLB


The best prices I've found are at: www.britishtea.com. They've got an
extensive selection of teas from Great Britain and Ireland. I used to
drink Red Rose all the time, but I sort of lost my taste for it after I
started drinking the British teas on a regular basis. I find now that
I don't like anything that comes in an American-style string and tag
tea bag. There just isn't enough tea in them. I have to have the
Britsh style bags, which all have 2.5 to 3 grams per bag, vs 2 grams in
the US style.

Britishtea.com has the UK Twinings selections. I like their Earl Grey,
but there are plenty of other brands to choose from as well.

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:53:39 -0800, Pat wrote:




mlbriggs wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 11:17:10 -0800, Pat wrote:


mlbriggs wrote:



Would you share your on line sources? I'd love to find some really tasty
Earl Gray. The Red Rose tea I find at Albertsons is, in my opinion,
tastier than Twinings. I'll admit to aging tastebuds, but would still
like to try to find something I really enjoy. MLB


The best prices I've found are at: www.britishtea.com. They've got an
extensive selection of teas from Great Britain and Ireland. I used to
drink Red Rose all the time, but I sort of lost my taste for it after I
started drinking the British teas on a regular basis. I find now that
I don't like anything that comes in an American-style string and tag
tea bag. There just isn't enough tea in them. I have to have the
Britsh style bags, which all have 2.5 to 3 grams per bag, vs 2 grams in
the US style.

Britishtea.com has the UK Twinings selections. I like their Earl Grey,
but there are plenty of other brands to choose from as well.


Thank you. I shall try it. MLB

I don't know why, but there is a definite difference between US and UK
Twinings. I won't touch the US stuff. Although I do have a "source"
in London, my state-side source is:

http://www.baltcoffee.com/catalog/index.php

Baltimore Coffee and Tea has a diverse selection of teas. It's worth
checking out.

Louise

mlbriggs wrote:

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Would you share your on line sources? I'd love to find some really tasty
Earl Gray. The Red Rose tea I find at Albertsons is, in my opinion,
tastier than Twinings. I'll admit to aging tastebuds, but would still
like to try to find something I really enjoy. MLB