Well, no there was - instant Lipton tea. It's mentioned briefly at the start - that she has Lipton. Yeah we have Lipton too, the granule stuff - I don't class it as proper tea. Yes, I'm a snob! *g* But then I got a token from the supermarket to say that I was the No 1 buyer of tea (as in loose leaf tea) of the year, so I feel I have form.
"Real tea" with actual tea leaves and herbs, or loose tea, is more expensive over here. We do have the tea bags - Twinings which is cheaper, but not quite as cheap as Lipton. Twinings is the cheap option?? Although if you don't have supermarket own brands, I guess it would be. As said, we live off of 'proper, loose tea' but most people just use teabags.
Natural teas don't come cheap and are harder to get or find in the US. You can find them, but usually in health food stores, or tea shops, not in the grocery store and not via online delivery. And you won't find them in most restaurants or hotels. I feel very sorry for Americans.
I know because I'm a serious tea drinker. I drink tea every day. I have ten different types of tea in my cubicle at work - caffeinated and non-caffeinated and herbal. And have about five different varieties, also various tea bags, and ways to do it. Sounds like my office. We have a whole drawer full. Although my favourite is Earl Grey.
A lot of Americans are serious tea drinkers - most of the people I work with who are also serious tea drinkers don't touch lipton, and would never drink what is shown in that video. Gathering by all the Americans reacting in horror - that is quite evident. ;)
they prefer coffee, and find tea tastless (I have a co-worker who hates tea and calls it flavored water) They should all buy some proper Yorkshire Tea and follow the instructions I linked to. *firm nod*
Knowing how to brew tea is unfortunately also a class divider in the US. So be careful about this topic. Don't worry, no one in the UK (rightly or wrongly) thinks that Americans know anything about tea. Mind you, the rest of Europe is equally clueless. (And I speak as someone who grew up in another country, who can attest to the fact that British tea is vastly superior to anything brewed elsewhere. Of course, I haven't been to India...) ETA: It's like how people tell me that in America lemonade is A THING, and everyone else does it wrong.
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Yeah we have Lipton too, the granule stuff - I don't class it as proper tea. Yes, I'm a snob! *g* But then I got a token from the supermarket to say that I was the No 1 buyer of tea (as in loose leaf tea) of the year, so I feel I have form.
"Real tea" with actual tea leaves and herbs, or loose tea, is more expensive over here. We do have the tea bags - Twinings which is cheaper, but not quite as cheap as Lipton.
Twinings is the cheap option?? Although if you don't have supermarket own brands, I guess it would be. As said, we live off of 'proper, loose tea' but most people just use teabags.
Natural teas don't come cheap and are harder to get or find in the US. You can find them, but usually in health food stores, or tea shops, not in the grocery store and not via online delivery. And you won't find them in most restaurants or hotels.
I feel very sorry for Americans.
I know because I'm a serious tea drinker. I drink tea every day. I have ten different types of tea in my cubicle at work - caffeinated and non-caffeinated and herbal. And have about five different varieties, also various tea bags, and ways to do it.
Sounds like my office. We have a whole drawer full. Although my favourite is Earl Grey.
A lot of Americans are serious tea drinkers - most of the people I work with who are also serious tea drinkers don't touch lipton, and would never drink what is shown in that video.
Gathering by all the Americans reacting in horror - that is quite evident. ;)
they prefer coffee, and find tea tastless (I have a co-worker who hates tea and calls it flavored water)
They should all buy some proper Yorkshire Tea and follow the instructions I linked to. *firm nod*
Knowing how to brew tea is unfortunately also a class divider in the US. So be careful about this topic.
Don't worry, no one in the UK (rightly or wrongly) thinks that Americans know anything about tea. Mind you, the rest of Europe is equally clueless. (And I speak as someone who grew up in another country, who can attest to the fact that British tea is vastly superior to anything brewed elsewhere. Of course, I haven't been to India...) ETA: It's like how people tell me that in America lemonade is A THING, and everyone else does it wrong.