Fincher
Senior Cook
I'm a big tea drinker, and I drink my teas loose. At work at usually smirk at the tea bags we offer, expecially the ones that try to be all impressive with their flavored tea mixes. and don't even get me started on flavored white tea.
But I do get disgruntled from time to time because not all tea is the same. Even buying from the same plantation or region will differ based on the climate at time of picking. or what season its picked in. I spend good dime on loose teas only to get them home to find out they are barely acceptable quality at best. Inconsistant I guess is the best discriptor. Just because its loose tea and sold at a tea store doesn't make it good
Long story short I had a lipton yellow label tea for breakfast today. and I was very impressed. Its better than some of my loose black teas in my cupboard now. I checked out their website and have been watching it for sometime now. They actually have tea tasters blending tea from all around the world getting the tea flavor just right. The tasters even said their aim wasn't a perfect cup of tea. because that would be too hard to maintain. They have a fairly high standard, and try to keep that on an even keel.
Now I prefer the loose teas, I like the practice and procedure. so I don't plan stopping that any time soon. so I'll still be buying my loose teas and experimenting with teas from around the world. but its nice to know a good cup of tea isn't hard to find.
I think the reason I didn't like the tea before was I knew it was lipton tea and I let my preconceived notions dictate my taste buds. When I tasted it this morning I let my mind be open. I was quite pleased. But my pleasure soon disipated as the hunt was too easy. Part of the fun for me is hunting down that great cup of tea, I have to taste many a bad ones to find it, but I do indeed find it. With lipton yellow label there is no hunt.. there is just tea. its good, but not GREAT! boring!
did anyone have similar experience with a big named tea company? Red Rose, Lusianne, etc..
But I do get disgruntled from time to time because not all tea is the same. Even buying from the same plantation or region will differ based on the climate at time of picking. or what season its picked in. I spend good dime on loose teas only to get them home to find out they are barely acceptable quality at best. Inconsistant I guess is the best discriptor. Just because its loose tea and sold at a tea store doesn't make it good
Long story short I had a lipton yellow label tea for breakfast today. and I was very impressed. Its better than some of my loose black teas in my cupboard now. I checked out their website and have been watching it for sometime now. They actually have tea tasters blending tea from all around the world getting the tea flavor just right. The tasters even said their aim wasn't a perfect cup of tea. because that would be too hard to maintain. They have a fairly high standard, and try to keep that on an even keel.
Now I prefer the loose teas, I like the practice and procedure. so I don't plan stopping that any time soon. so I'll still be buying my loose teas and experimenting with teas from around the world. but its nice to know a good cup of tea isn't hard to find.
I think the reason I didn't like the tea before was I knew it was lipton tea and I let my preconceived notions dictate my taste buds. When I tasted it this morning I let my mind be open. I was quite pleased. But my pleasure soon disipated as the hunt was too easy. Part of the fun for me is hunting down that great cup of tea, I have to taste many a bad ones to find it, but I do indeed find it. With lipton yellow label there is no hunt.. there is just tea. its good, but not GREAT! boring!
did anyone have similar experience with a big named tea company? Red Rose, Lusianne, etc..