The Geordie Shaver said:Ringtons still delivers around the Mother in laws , still the same livery on the vans and the lad carries a wicker basket with a selection of teas and biccies , the caramel wafers are my favouriteFrankieabbott said:I have fond memories as a bairn of the Ringtons van in it's black green and gold livery driving around the streets circa 1966 and bringing their teas to the door. Me kicking my football around in the street and the driver telling me to keep practicing...or else I would only be good enough to play for Sunderland!!!! Happy days.
Regards
Derrick
P.S. PG Tips pyramid bags for me , nothing too sophisticated in our household , just so long as its good for dunking
Ids said:Just want to give www.imperialteas.co.uk a shout, based in Lincoln and with a great selection. They also do tea tasting sessions on a weekend if you happen to be in Lincoln were you can taste 2 - 3 teas over cake in there shop.
They do there own coffee as well.
Bechet45 said:Any Lapsang Souchong lovers here?
£25 for 50g is why I say 'lovers' and not 'drinkers'.
http://www.rareteacompany.com/shop/5/limited-edition-speciality-tea/68/lapsang-souchong
brinechild said:Bechet45 said:Any Lapsang Souchong lovers here?
£25 for 50g is why I say 'lovers' and not 'drinkers'.
http://www.rareteacompany.com/shop/5/limited-edition-speciality-tea/68/lapsang-souchong
I bang on about them but Jing do a damn fine cup of tea, this is their 'basic' Lapsang http://jingtea.com/tea/type/black/organic-bohea-lapsang
Comes in a hell of a lot cheaper but brews up really nicely, super smoky and only a touch of kipper, the way it should be
KRF1963 said:Just bought one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Glass-Teapot-Strainer-Infuser-Filter-2-Sizes-Available-Coffee-Tea-/110810649834?pt=UK_Kitchen_Accessories&var=&hash=item5f7995cccb#ht_1049wt_952 after having seen them in a local cafe. Seem to get great reviews everywhere and these are half the price of anywhere else I have seen them.
Will report back when it arrives and I have tested it.
KRF1963 said:KRF1963 said:Just bought one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Glass-Teapot-Strainer-Infuser-Filter-2-Sizes-Available-Coffee-Tea-/110810649834?pt=UK_Kitchen_Accessories&var=&hash=item5f7995cccb#ht_1049wt_952 after having seen them in a local cafe. Seem to get great reviews everywhere and these are half the price of anywhere else I have seen them.
Will report back when it arrives and I have tested it.
OK, this arrived today and I must say for a tenner it is a nice piece of kit. I gave it a quick wash out and then brewed up a cup of Pai Mu Tan which also turned up today along with a number of other samples from Ebay.
I am generally a Tetley bag in a mug kinda guy but have occasionally dabbled with loose leaf tea using one of them double spoon strainer thingies so I am no expert.
In use it is simplicity itself, a couple of teaspoons of leaves in the strainer followed by some off the boil water and leave for a minute or so. Press the button to release the brew into the bottom chamber and repeat for second brewing.
Result - one lovely refreshing mug of white tea, very nice. I have left the leaves in the brewer to try and rebrew later as seems to be the advice on various sites.
All in all a nice convenient way to brew leaf tea. However, the brew chamber is quite small on these and you would really need one of these per person or spen a lot of time re-brewing.
Well worth a tenner in my opinion.
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