Tinned Twinings
Getting a little nostalgic at times I purchased some kg of good olī
Twinings recently, their Darjeeling [not bad at all to my simple taste], Earl Grey [the older, stronger blend, for me with ~50% highgrown Ceylon mixed in], English Breakfast [...] and a few tins of their POW blend. The only other blends available where Lady Grey and their Ceylon, which I donīt care about that much. All in those beautiful old fashioned tins I like so much. I probably would have gotten the same amount of "better" quality for my money, but I heard that they finally discontinued selling their tea in tins altogether and couldnīt resist. Their teas have been a part of my life for many years and I feel sorry to see those tins go. Do you still get tinned Twinings in the U.S.and elsewhere ? Any other Twinings nostalgics around ? Karsten |
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On Sep 13, 3:20 pm, wrote:
> Do you still get tinned Twinings in the U.S.and elsewhere ? Karsten, I haven't bought Twinings in a while (although I always liked their English Breakfast tea), but the last time I checked here in Arizona, they were still selling in tins. I'll check next time I'm in the store. We also have a market (http://market.treasureshidden.com/) that sells lots of imports; mostly Asian but some British. They have an entire aisle with nothing but tea! One end is British; I'll check there for Twinings in tins, too. Alan |
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I got a tin of Darjeeling, in a small neighborhood market,
but it was again... too astringent for me to drink plain. |
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> Do you still get tinned Twinings in the U.S.and elsewhere ?
> Any other Twinings nostalgics around ? > > Karsten Down South we only have them in the small boxes. I guess it's our style because most tea drinkers use tea bags for the purpose of making sweet-iced tea. heh |
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On Sep 14, 2:54 am, Alan > wrote:
> We also have a market (http://market.treasureshidden.com/) that > sells lots of imports; mostly Asian but some British. They have an > entire aisle with nothing but tea! One end is British; I'll check > there for Twinings in tins, too. > > Alan Alan, Thanks for the link. I checked their website and funnily enough they only had exactly those same 4 blends I bought over here, even the prices are almost the same. Maybe those are their bestselling blends. I wonder where all those other great blends are gone, like their "Irish breakfast" and those more exotic varieties of yore. Karsten |
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Thought I would put the Twinings website link here for you - they still do some of the blends that you are after at least according to their website - and you can find out who their distributers are in any country in the world from same website. http://www.twinings.com/range_overview.php regards Helga |
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On Sep 14, 10:24 am, wrote:
> . > Thought I would put the Twinings website link here for you - they > still do some of the blends that you are after at least according to > their website - and you can find out who their distributers are in any > country in the world from same website. > > http://www.twinings.com/range_overview.php > > regards > > Helga Thanks a lot Helga. As a fan of tinned goodies Iīve had that page bookmarked for ? knows how many years, and once in a blue moon went there to see if they were eventually coming out with some new tins, to no avail ... sniff. I guess I have to get some more tins before theyīre all sold out - for old timesī sake. Karsten [Twinings Earl Grey/HG Ceylon 40/60 mix in tazza grande] |
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SN > wrote:
>I got a tin of Darjeeling, in a small neighborhood market, >but it was again... too astringent for me to drink plain. Twining's darjeeling? --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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> wrote:
>On Sep 14, 2:54 am, Alan > wrote: > >> We also have a market (http://market.treasureshidden.com/) that >> sells lots of imports; mostly Asian but some British. They have an >> entire aisle with nothing but tea! One end is British; I'll check >> there for Twinings in tins, too. > >I checked their website and funnily enough they only had exactly those >same 4 blends I bought over here, even the prices are almost the same. >Maybe those are their bestselling blends. I wonder where all those >other great blends are gone, like their "Irish breakfast" and those >more exotic varieties of yore. What happened is that Twining's closed down their blending plant in North Carolina a couple years back. All of the Twining's tea you see in the US now is blended in England. The English tins are a somewhat different shape and many of the less-popular blends do not seem to be being imported here. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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On Sep 14, 3:53 pm, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
> > wrote: > >On Sep 14, 2:54 am, Alan > wrote: > > >> We also have a market (http://market.treasureshidden.com/) that > >> sells lots of imports; mostly Asian but some British. They have an > >> entire aisle with nothing but tea! One end is British; I'll check > >> there for Twinings in tins, too. > > >I checked their website and funnily enough they only had exactly those > >same 4 blends I bought over here, even the prices are almost the same. > >Maybe those are their bestselling blends. I wonder where all those > >other great blends are gone, like their "Irish breakfast" and those > >more exotic varieties of yore. > > What happened is that Twining's closed down their blending plant in > North Carolina a couple years back. All of the Twining's tea you see > in the US now is blended in England. The English tins are a somewhat > different shape and many of the less-popular blends do not seem to be > being imported here. > --scott > > -- > "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." Iīve heard of that, but AFAIK those Twinings you could get in Germania have always come straight from England. Regarding their standard Darjeeling, neither does it seem to be 100% DJ, nor is it the fanciest DJ you could imagine, but at least is has changed very little over many a year. To me the most reliable mittle- of-the-road DJ blend I know of, despite some unknown parts [Assam/ Doaars ?] still a very DJ like character, finicky in some respect, an old fashioned highly oxidated black/red broken, AND fairly brrrrisk - as Mr.Guru would say. IMHO it could pass as kind of a middle-of -the road touchstone or starting point for someone who wants to know what all that DJ fuss is about - hatīs off to the blenders. Karsten |
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wrote: > On Sep 14, 2:54 am, Alan > wrote: > > > We also have a market (http://market.treasureshidden.com/) that > > sells lots of imports; mostly Asian but some British. They have an > > entire aisle with nothing but tea! One end is British; I'll check > > there for Twinings in tins, too. > > > > Alan > > Alan, > > Thanks for the link. > I checked their website and funnily enough they only had exactly those > same 4 blends I bought over here, even the prices are almost the same. > Maybe those are their bestselling blends. I wonder where all those > other great blends are gone, like their "Irish breakfast" and those > more exotic varieties of yore. > > Karsten (This is my first time posting from a Blackberry, so pls forgive any typos) >From what I've seen, the website only shows a subset of the products they carry in the store I'll check for some of the other Twining's products next time I'm there. I also want to remind you that named brand teas are generally blended so the flavor is consistent from year to year. Alan |
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On Sep 15, 3:10 am, Alan > wrote:
> I also want to remind you that named > brand teas are generally blended so the flavor is consistent from year > to year. Alan, yup, they generally are. Itīs just that Iīm a comitted Darjeeling slut. I really had my share of ? knows how many different high, med and low grade DJs over the years, more often than not from "reserved" invoices, straight from the dryer, from friends in the beezness, my own hands, ... I also tried a good number of those off-the-shelve blends, and til now none of those supermarket blends satisfied my hefty DJ cravings as much as the violet Twinings. As always YMMV. Karsten |
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On Sep 15, 3:10 am, Alan > wrote:
> (This is my first time posting from a Blackberry, so pls forgive any > typos) > ... > Alan Good job so far. Are you posting via google ? Iīll be posting from my old Treo next week, letīs see how that turns out. Karsten |
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wrote: > On Sep 15, 3:10 am, Alan > wrote: > > (This is my first time posting from a Blackberry, so pls forgive any > > typos) > > ... > > Alan > > Good job so far. Are you posting via google ? > Iīll be posting from my old Treo next week, letīs see how that turns > out. > > Karsten Yes, posting from Google. I read the newsgroup from several computers; otherwise, I would use a "real" newsgroup reader. Alan |
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