Pat, your Tetley Teabags are packaged up and ready to send, look for 'em end of the week, unless USPS sends 'em via US Airways like they did last weeks mail, it all got lost along with 10,000 pieces of luggage
Anyone else over here in dire need of Tetley Teabags ( British Blend )?, shout now or for ever hold your piece ( just donāt hold it in front of me! ) catch me while Iām feeling generous, cuz after next week the generousity and festive spirit will be gone for another year
Maximum of two boxes per Ex-Pat, I can only supply up to 4 people. Just in case anyone is wondering. I deliver to Tetley on a regular basis, I got an extra case from them at Christmas, they usually supply me with a case every 4-6 weeks, I done 'em a few favours over Christmas and got an extra case for my troubles. Having said that, donāt feel you have to have a couple of boxes to keep me happy, cuz believe me, the rate I drink tea, Iāll soon use 'em up!
Incidentley if you live near or pass a Krogers Supermarket , check it out as most Krogers sell Tetleyās British Blend, usually around $2.79 for a box of 80, not as good as Brooke Bond PG Tips, but when youāre stuck over here without a Sainsbauryās or Tesco, then you have to take what you can get
My local Indo/Pakastani store sells them, along with all the Brooke Bond and even some green-label Lipton tea. I prefer the Taj Mahal blend, myselfā¦
Put me on the standby list for a box Cliff, the local shops up here sell acceptable tea. Not quite the British blend (even though it says Tetleys on the box)ā¦
Itāll take much more than a couple of days to get out here, since thereās over 2ā of snow come down in the last 2 days
Possible Brian, Iām using hot water from a cooler which has that super pure filtered stuff.
AlexxInNY:
My local Indo/Pakastani store sells them, along with all the Brooke Bond and even some green-label Lipton tea. I prefer the Taj Mahal blend, myselfā¦
Which Brooke Bond?, is it the PG Tips Teabags?, if so how many count is the box?, last questionā¦How Much?
Alikat, if you wanna box just let me know where to send it. In Canada, if I remember rightly, Brooke Bond is sold at a lot of the supermarkets, why would you want 2nd best?
Iāve never seen Brooke Bond in any stores here
All we can get in Some immitaion āEnglish Breakfast Teaā made by Liptons.
Itās crap, you have to use 2 bags to make a cup.
The local Indian store carries the full range of British (actually Indian) teas, and they charge about $6 for a box of 100 bags, if memory serves me right.
If there is an Indian food store near you, thatās where Iād look. My local supermarkets (Tops and Wegmans) both have decent-sized Indian food sections where they keep the ārealā tea, but sometimes it isnāt very fresh. Americans know nothing about tea.
AlexxInNY:
The local Indian store carries the full range of British (actually Indian) teas, and they charge about $6 for a box of 100 bags, if memory serves me right.
If there is an Indian food store near you, thatās where Iād look. My local supermarkets (Tops and Wegmans) both have decent-sized Indian food sections where they keep the ārealā tea, but sometimes it isnāt very fresh. Americans know nothing about tea.
They do in Boston
Wasnt there a party there?
You cannot even get decent tea in Europe, what chance do you lot have?
Wheel Nut:
They do in Boston
Wasnt there a party there?
Thatās probably where American dislike of tea came from-all the bleedinā taxes you put on it!!
Itās the Tea drinking down here I canāt get over, they drink it chilled with no bloody milk in it either They call it Iced tea, I tried it twice ( I try unusual food twice just to give it a fair crackā¦) itās was bloody DISGUSTING!!! what I donāt understand is, why do they make it sweet but when they drink it, put a slice of Chuffing Lemon in it to ā bitter it up ā ā¦I swear itās like drinking ditch water on a winters day!
Thats why the Liptons Tea comes out so bloody weak that it ought to be ā coming out on crutches ā Itās cuz itās meant for Iced Tea, not the ā proper ā tea us Brits drink
So far, Iāve converted 4 people to ā Proper Tea ā ā¦our Nightime Security Guard, his sidekick whoās a young black bloke from the local ā hood ā , my Dispatcher and one of the women in the officeā¦so thereās hope for these Colonial Tea Tax Rebels Yet!
Pat, you should have got your Teabags by now, let me know OK?
Cliff: Is this Orange Pekoe tea packed in blue boxes? Thatās what we get here in Canada. My mother likes tea rather than coffee in a restaurant and was always disgusted with the American habit of bringing a cup with boiled water and a tea bag to the table.
We, in Canada, do get a small pot to steep the tea in in most restaurants.
Iced Tea, though is different here. It is like pop, packaged in a tin and sweetened. I was entertaining some people from Oklahoma and we all ordered iced tea. They couldnāt drink it.
My preference is coffee from TIM HORTONS. This is a chain of doughnut stores that was started in Hamilton Ontario by a Toronto Maple Leaf hockey player (Tim Horton) and a retired ploiceman. Americans find it very strong; no STARBUCKS flavours, nor prices. A large coffee is 1.40 Canadian, all taxes included.
Pat, you should have got your Teabags by now, let me know OK?
He got the teabags the other day Cliffā¦ think heās just been too busy to pop on and say thank youā¦ Iām sure he meant to.
Bluejaysfan:
Cliff: My mother likes tea rather than coffee in a restaurant and was always disgusted with the American habit of bringing a cup with boiled water and a tea bag to the table.
We, in Canada, do get a small pot to steep the tea in in most restaurants.
Its not an āAmerican habitāā¦ sounds like a few ignorant places that are either to cheap to buy teapots, or people that donāt drink tea who donāt know how to serve it. Most restaurants I know of have proper teapots and use them.
And iced tea is deliciousā¦ if made properly. Not sure why you guys are so critical of things that are different. Same old thingā¦ if its not the British way, its the wrong wayā¦
Flippin eck Pat! You made me want them now you illigitimate descendant of a female canine What you want to go and do a thing like that for?
mutter Grumble
Now I got to go and make some pancakesā¦ with sugar and lemonā¦
Glad you got the Teabags Pat!, hope you enjoy 'em, cuz there aināt no more till next Christmas
And why the hell did you have to mention the fact that we ā Brits ā indulge the mixing of sugar and lemon in British kitchens once a year? Now Iāve got to eat my words with your Missus again Yeah, you sod! youāve got my mouth watering too, Iām glad my Mums over here, gonna take her down the local supermarket to get the ingredients for my first British Pancakes since 1989 As Iāve never made 'em before, I want to learn, Iād forgotten all about pancake day since Iāve been here ( see what happens when you are plucked from the bosom of the Mother Country and tricked into living in the Colonies ) Iāve talked her into making some pancakes today, because she flies home tomorrow and wonāt be here for the proper pancake day, hopefully Iāll be able to replicate her wonderful pancakes on pancake day (when is it anyway?) and for that matter why do we celebrate it?, hope it aināt nothing too religious ( thatād be bad for my Pagan reputation that I enjoy in this Bible Thumping , God Fearing, Evangelical Religious Firebrand and very Hypocrytical neighbourhood )
PS Pat, I also got the voicemail you left, unfortunately I was at home when you sent it, and T Mobile donāt seem capable of advancing mobile phone technology in our neck of the woods (I have to go about a mile or so down the road to make or receive phone calls ) actually I should say that in ā T Mobiles ā defence, none of the other mobile phone companies phones work in our street either (except my Mums, which is a UK phone ā¦go figure! ) Anyway, Iāve pasted your number on my mobile, probably ring you next week when I get back to work.