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As far as I can tell, Darjeeling and regular old Irish breakfast tea essentially taste the same. But the former is more expensive. I think I've been scammed by Big Tea. (lemmy.world)

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I'm on a weekend vacation and forgot to bring my tea and the international grocery didn't have it, so I settled for Darjeeling. I can barely notice the difference. It's so subtle that it might as well just be a different tea brand.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Darjeeling is just a region where tea is made right?

It's like my Keurig tastes the same as my hand ground coffee from Columbia?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Champagne is just a region where sparkling white wine is ~~made~~ grown right?

Some regions just have the right mix of climate, soil, sun, temperature, precipitation etc that gives the product its cachet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You've just proved the point, there are plenty of good regions for sparkling white wine which are not named Champagne.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, for sure. I’d pick an unknown Cava over an unknown Champagne any day of the week. The thing is that humans have this inbuilt competitive thing - coffee, tea, wines, tobacco, potatoes, ganja, cheese, etc etc all have the same mythos around them. The experts want to class one particular product “best in class”. To the casual enjoyer it can often all taste/look pretty much the same. Also “industry best” does not have to equate with personal favourite. They can be two different things.