Tea bags, but it has to be Earl Grey, and it has to be Sainsburys "Taste the Difference"...., much better flavour than Twinnings I reckon
Doesn't Twinnings make Sainsbury's tea bags?
Tea Leaf or Tea Bag?
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Doesn't Twinnings make Sainsbury's tea bags?
Doesn't Twinnings make Sainsbury's tea bags?
If they do Fred, Twinnings make it to a different recipe for Sainsburys,
Sainsburys is miles better taste and aroma.
Del
earl grey for me in the bag...i'm lazy and it's good tea....it lives in my kit when i'm in the field along with my Esbit cooker....vince g. 11b inf...
and it's good tea....it lives in my kit when i'm in the field along with my Esbit cooker....vince g. 11b inf...Earl Grey; English Breakfast Tea; Green Tea; (all in bags), loose leaf great but too much of a bother in the woods. Alternatively, Coffee / sugar / cream.
One of the reasons I'm attracted to tea is that I can drink it without cream but I don't care much for coffee without cream. Traveling light, a can of slowly spoiling cream is not a valid alternative, so I'm forced to use powdered "creamers" and they are not a gourmet delight.
One of the reasons I'm attracted to tea is that I can drink it without cream but I don't care much for coffee without cream. Traveling light, a can of slowly spoiling cream is not a valid alternative, so I'm forced to use powdered "creamers" and they are not a gourmet delight.
If they do Fred, Twinnings make it to a different recipe for Sainsburys,
Sainsburys is miles better taste and aroma.
Del
Thanks for the info. Must give it a try. Always been a lapsang fan myself.
Teabags but only Tetly.
More of a coffee drinker, happy to drink most coffee, filter at home, instant away. Really enjoying the nescafe espresso at the moment
More of a coffee drinker, happy to drink most coffee, filter at home, instant away. Really enjoying the nescafe espresso at the moment
The one advantage of a tea bag, even if you dont drink the stuff, is that it comes with its own firelighting kit!
Tear open the bag, put leaf in mug, take bag and shred with the fine string and card tab, add to twigs strike steel, light fire, boil water and make tea. Simples! ;-)
Sandsnakes
Tear open the bag, put leaf in mug, take bag and shred with the fine string and card tab, add to twigs strike steel, light fire, boil water and make tea. Simples! ;-)
Sandsnakes
Must admit prefer leaf, but tend to use bags.
Ceylon, and Assam mostly.
Use a tea ball as well, so if we come across a new tea, can try it straight away.
Ceylon, and Assam mostly.
Use a tea ball as well, so if we come across a new tea, can try it straight away.
Just made one of the best tasting pots of tea I've ever had...
I used a Brown Betty tea pot, circa 1976, some six month old Asda 'value' loose leaf tea (64p for 250g - bargain!) but most importantly the water was boiled in the Kelly on the back doorstep using some of the remains of an old larch lap fence panel. Beats any tea bag hands down... and not just because I reek of woodsmoke and soot
I used a Brown Betty tea pot, circa 1976, some six month old Asda 'value' loose leaf tea (64p for 250g - bargain!) but most importantly the water was boiled in the Kelly on the back doorstep using some of the remains of an old larch lap fence panel. Beats any tea bag hands down... and not just because I reek of woodsmoke and soot
Just made one of the best tasting pots of tea I've ever had...
I used a Brown Betty tea pot, circa 1976, some six month old Asda 'value' loose leaf tea (64p for 250g - bargain!) but most importantly the water was boiled in the Kelly on the back doorstep using some of the remains of an old larch lap fence panel. Beats any tea bag hands down... and not just because I reek of woodsmoke and soot
You strained them through your shirt?
That'd create a distinct flavour right enough.
Liam
I drink both coffee and tea, and prefer loose tea since I seem to be able to make the tea stronger with it than by using bags (if I want to drink it hot, that is!)
I have one of those wee metal strainers my grannie used, that is like an enclosed teaspoon, you load the bowl up with loose leaves and dunk it in the water and swirl it a bit to get it going, leave a few minutes and voila, good cup of tea.
When camping, it`s water boiled in a can with the loose leaves added straight into it, add your milk and sugar to taste and stir, the leaves settle near the bottom and you just drink away, the odd loose leaf, midge, smoky flavour and all.
(as my dad used to say upon picking midgies out of his can, "extra protein". )
I think you can find the teaspoon leaf holder thingy on eBay, under vintage kitchenalia usually
I have one of those wee metal strainers my grannie used, that is like an enclosed teaspoon, you load the bowl up with loose leaves and dunk it in the water and swirl it a bit to get it going, leave a few minutes and voila, good cup of tea.
When camping, it`s water boiled in a can with the loose leaves added straight into it, add your milk and sugar to taste and stir, the leaves settle near the bottom and you just drink away, the odd loose leaf, midge, smoky flavour and all.
(as my dad used to say upon picking midgies out of his can, "extra protein". )
I think you can find the teaspoon leaf holder thingy on eBay, under vintage kitchenalia usually
forestwalker
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
I think you can find the teaspoon leaf holder thingy on eBay, under vintage kitchenalia usually
Around here the tea-shops sells it, and also (hint!) Clas Ohlsson (for half the price of the fancy shopes, about a quid, IIRC). I like the "wire-basket" style better than the perforated metal style.
I prefer coffee myself but I do enjoy a good cup of strong tea but bags work for me I am just plain lazy that way or I have hot chocolate to.
Bags at home mostly, in the field and at events I use leaf and a tea-ball
I use one bag for two cups, either because I'm making two at a time or I'll put the once used bag in a saucer and use it again next cup (coz I'm mean like that). With loose tea I'll use less because I only put in what I need for one cup.
Also I don't always have real milk with me when I'm out and I'd rather drink leaf black then bags (don't ask me why but bags taste bad to me without milk).....as for 'whitener' [shudder]
Forget your poncy Earl Grey, Dargealing(or however you spell it) or anything 'finest', Basics/Value tea puts hairs on your chest.......and tannin on your teeth, mug, spoon and anything else it comes near (handy if you're re-enacting or larping, you get In-Character teeth )
I use one bag for two cups, either because I'm making two at a time or I'll put the once used bag in a saucer and use it again next cup (coz I'm mean like that
). With loose tea I'll use less because I only put in what I need for one cup.Also I don't always have real milk with me when I'm out and I'd rather drink leaf black then bags (don't ask me why but bags taste bad to me without milk).....as for 'whitener' [shudder]
Forget your poncy Earl Grey, Dargealing(or however you spell it) or anything 'finest', Basics/Value tea puts hairs on your chest.......and tannin on your teeth, mug, spoon and anything else it comes near (handy if you're re-enacting or larping, you get In-Character teeth )
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Not a Tea lover myself, however the Bag is good for cleaning the soot of the bootom of your boiling vessel before you put it away !
For those who prefer loose tea, I noticed that Poundstretcher are selling those "tea ball" tongs for 99p today.
Just a heads up.
Just a heads up.
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