"Aloke Prasad" > wrote in message
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>I like Lipton's Green Label Darjeeling tea, sold lose (not bagged) in cans
>in local Indian groceries.


Yes as I mentioned below someplace I drink the Lipton red label (Is that
right? I get it mixed up...maybe yellow label) CTC assam from my local
Indian grocer as well. It's not so much cheaper than what I can get from,
say, Uptons, but it is local so at least I know I won't run out of my basic
Assam mainstay. That's saying a lot when in other communities I have only
been able to find the usual Lipton teabags, or Red Rose, or Luzziane (sp?)
or even National Cup. I look at it this way though, when I was a kid, my
folks drank coffee almost exclusively. I was lucky to get any tea at all,
even if it was Liptons decaf (what I called "green tea" at the time, due to
the color of the box I guess) with milk and sugar. So...there are worse
things than Lipton, like say having no tea at all. In a pinch you can brew
two bags I suppose.

Having said that, bag-wise when I do drink teabags (which isn't really very
often anymore) it's Tetley's or PG Tips too. Typhoo is interesting, it
definitely tastes different to me than the PG Tips.

Aloke, is the Green Label Darjeeling that comes in the box (loose but in a
plastic bag in the box) also reasonably good? The store near me carries that
too, but I haven't bought it because I was wary after recently buying some
cheaper darjeeling (a store brand) and seeing what can pass as darjeeling
these days...

I also agree with the comment about fannings being harder to brew because of
them falling through the strainer, I have that problem too. Right now I just
ignore it...if I get really annoyed I'll probably buy a nylon strainer (like
a Chatsford) to steep it in.

Melinda