I drink PG Tips Original.
Only Chinese Tea, ZhongCha liubao tea , Sanhe liubao tea. ZhongCha has puer Tea too.
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
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.
I’m all about that pukka lemon ginger or their chamomile blends!
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.
All sorts of brands, I care more about which kind of tea it is than the brand
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.
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.
Positively Tea Company
Also Fresh Roasted Coffee is great for coffee
Imma Basic Bitch. LIPTON.
I got the loose leaf when I want, but that iced tea gets filled with the ready batch, maybe some Jasmine if I have some.
Sari Wangi
Local to me, but Rare Tea Cellar makes some excellent blends.
Stash, usually lemon ginger
I drink Caykur Organic Turkish tea every day. It’s addictive.
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.
