Lots! I'm constantly trying new teas because that's apparently exciting to me. I've done Harney & Sons, Yorkshire, Adagio, a couple of Etsy shops (WildWoodsTea, OpenDoorTeaCT), and ton of local shops (not gonna list to avoid doxxing sorry!)
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We don't have a lot of choice over here. It's either Pickwick or store brand. I mostly buy store brand.
PG Tips for my black tea. Stash for my green tea.
Twinings.
I like variety even in black tea, so twinnings is the most by volume in my kitchen
All sorts of brands, I care more about which kind of tea it is than the brand
We like the big UK brands like Yorkshire (the British know tea), but of the main US brands, usually grab Bigelo. But any tea drinker has a cabinet full of all kinds of tea.
Stash, usually lemon ginger
I like their moroccan mint.
Yogi spiced blackberry
I usually look for well reviewed, reasonably priced loose Darjeeling of whatever brand I can find when I want black tea. But mostly I mix teas and flower petals of various types depending on my mood. Lavender, chamomile, calendula, rose, etc.
A tea shop in Seattle called miro. I get their English breakfast delivered in bulk across the country it's so good.
I hit up all the tea places I could walk to last time I was in Seattle but unfortunately Ballard was a bit too far from where I was, I'll have to keep them in mind!
Hmmm, I live only a couple of miles from them. Guess I'll have to check them out. I've been looking for a good tea shop.
I've been drinking a ton of Tazo glazed lemon loaf tea. Herbal. Splash of oatmilk and rose syrup. Ugh so good. Bigelo Oolong is good too.
I drink Caykur Organic Turkish tea every day. It’s addictive.
I'm all about that pukka lemon ginger or their chamomile blends!
H.E.B.
Lyon's, the superior Irish tea.
I'm also a fan of Yunnan teas. Especially pu ehr (shou, sheng, compressed, loose, it's all good) and Yunnan Noir.
Barry's, speaking as a non-Irish person who loves the idea of two competing tea brands and hasn't even tried Lyon's.
Agreed on Yunnan on all but shu, and sheng at the temperamental ~5-10 age range.
I don't dare express the opinion to my wife, who is Irish, but I actually do enjoy both. They both have distinct flavors and are worth trying.
Newman's Own black tea, 100 ct. The 100ct is about the same price as a 20ct from name brands. The bags are wrapped in paper, not plastic. And 100% of profits go to charity
Edit: and it tastes better than other brands that sell 100ct like red rose or lipton
Teapigs - one of the best out there!
Yorkshire if I'm lazy, Golden Monkey from Wenyang Tea Garden if I'm not.
IMO Yorkshire does well with hard water, and takes milk well.
Positively Tea Company
Also Fresh Roasted Coffee is great for coffee
I mostly drink yanchas/Wuyi rock oolongs. Get them from various sources, no specific brand. Also occasionally reputable sheng pu-erh if I can afford some, non-pu fermented teas, jin jun mei, genmaicha, or anything Nepalese or Malawi whole-ish leaf, in small quantities (max 50g).
Mmmmm oolong
Builders' if I'm fancy, Tetley if I'm not fancy
I drink tea from Mariage Frères and Palais des Thés (I gave you the en links). I have a fair number of teas that I go through. They both have a fairly large collection, especially Mariage. I haven't tested them all obviously. And don't intend to.
Twinnings is my usual. Pukka, mostly for herbies, and various supermarket ownbrands (not each of them's cheapest ownbrand mind you). Yorkshire is decent, PG tips OK but I never buy the latter myself.
Guizhou Mao Jian (毛尖) of various brands is decent too, if you can find it. More commonly I love an English Breakfast, Earl and Lady Grey, Rooibos, and various herbal concoctions.
Edit: nicest brand of tea I had was TWG, and they were amazing. Too expensive for me to ever buy for myself, though.
Broken Orange Pecoe from the hills of Kerala. I bought a 5kg bag twelve years ago at the factory (can't remember the exact place...) and I have some left.
A couple years later I developed a taste for jasmine tea, but it's been a while since I had any.
I used to order tea from this website:
https://www.republicoftea.com/
I had ordered a wide variety to teas beforehand: green, rooibos, hibiscus, black, and chamomile.
Now I just make store-bought iced tea and I’m much more comfortable with just regular tea.
I usually make tea concentrate in a saucepan and then pour it into a pitcher and fill with water…
…unless I want hot tea, that is, then that.
Typically just black or chamomile tea or Sleepytime tea when I shop for that brand.
Regular bkack tea
Tick Tock Rooibos tea only for me. So much better than normal tea.
Also chicory instead of coffee.
Caffeine free life is the best 👌
I only drink loose leaf. I have stuff from Mei Leaf, Tao of Tea, local Asian markets, hojicha / genmaicha / kyobancha straight from Japan, local loose leaf tea shops.
I definitely don't drink PG or Celestial.
It's mostly my wife that buys fruity herbal teas and stuff, but my favourite tea is Twinnings Vanilla Earl Grey. Very rich and fragrant.
I'm basic though. I don't even know the difference between different types of tea, like black, white, green, etc. I usually just go by smell.
Grew up with loose leaf so I don't like most supermarket brands. Palais des thés is not bad tho.
Most tea I buy from Yunnansourcing.com and thes-du-japon.com
hell yeah! I've bought most of my pu stash from YS.
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