Heh, back in AU I had the Twinings stuff too, also from the supermarket.
The reason I use a lot of Stash tea now is that they sold some Stash at the supermarket near our old place, Chai tea specifically, which was the only teabag chai I could find. After that supermarket stopped restocking it, and our new one didn't have it, I just looked online and found Stash had a HUGE selection.
Personally I love Earl Grey, it's one of my longstanding favourites. Irish Breakfast is also a good one, I prefer that to English Breakfast.
Rooibos (Redbush) is good, it's popular in South Africa as it's made from a local plant there, so not strictly tea in the tea plant sense... very good stuff though. I got a taste for that after my parents went to SA and got fed it by locals ;) I'm not sure how easy that will be to find, it's been gaining popularity and I've seen it become availible in more and more places over the years. Health food shops would be a good place to try, it's good for you, doesn't have the tannin that tea does, and all that good anti-oxidant stuff. I used to be able to get boxes of 80 bags at the healthfood store for about 10 guilders, then the local supermarket started carrying 10ct boxes, for a couple of guilders, so the healthfood store was way cheaper for it too.
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Date: 2004-01-16 03:06 pm (UTC)The reason I use a lot of Stash tea now is that they sold some Stash at the supermarket near our old place, Chai tea specifically, which was the only teabag chai I could find. After that supermarket stopped restocking it, and our new one didn't have it, I just looked online and found Stash had a HUGE selection.
Personally I love Earl Grey, it's one of my longstanding favourites. Irish Breakfast is also a good one, I prefer that to English Breakfast.
Rooibos (Redbush) is good, it's popular in South Africa as it's made from a local plant there, so not strictly tea in the tea plant sense... very good stuff though. I got a taste for that after my parents went to SA and got fed it by locals ;) I'm not sure how easy that will be to find, it's been gaining popularity and I've seen it become availible in more and more places over the years. Health food shops would be a good place to try, it's good for you, doesn't have the tannin that tea does, and all that good anti-oxidant stuff. I used to be able to get boxes of 80 bags at the healthfood store for about 10 guilders, then the local supermarket started carrying 10ct boxes, for a couple of guilders, so the healthfood store was way cheaper for it too.