Thanks- is not the Yorkshire sold in the UK CTC as well? I recognise it's a budget, pedestrian tea, but I have fond memories of drinking it in Britain. That said, I don't want to waste any money buying it in the US if it has been adulterated or significantly altered.
I ordered two bags at a time from Amazon that was actually shipped from somewhere in the UK. It took a week or so to arrive. I thought it was fine, not a gourmet tea, but very drinkable. If you pull down the list of available vendors on Amazon, you might be able to get it from the UK, too.
I live here in Yorkshire and there is only one place they blend and make the tea and that's in Harrogate.
I prefer the gold to red. Always better in "loose," (the Gold takes a noticeably nicer color than others when loose) though with CTC/"english breakfast" types you won't see the same difference you do in non-CTC teas bagged v. loose. In my experience people tend to develop their favorites from a number of largely similar types of these bagged teas: Yorkshire, PG Tips, Typhoo, Tetley, Twinings, etc. If it must be a bag, I lean Typhoo and Twining's Irish Breakfast. A lot of Indian/Pakistani households will likely serve PG Tips and Tetleys.
That's it indeed. Thank you for reading between my lines and finally saying what I should have said in my first post. I'm verbose but inarticulate.
Who is a good online supplier for organic black teas ?
