The Tea List
People think that they know how to make a good cup of tea, that this skill is something they were born with, and that anyone currently occupying Putney flats and houses for rent surely knows how to make a decent cuppa when they invite you inside. They think that because they have been buying tea (usually PG Tips, which compares in no way to the TEA of tea’s, Yorkshire Tea – “the way it used to be” yet sadly isn’t any more, why doesn’t everyone drink the this premium tea?), for years, they should make tea. The point is this: just like not everyone was born to be a good transvestite, and many were not born to sing but still attempt to, not everyone was born to make tea. Making outrageously fine tea is, tragically, a dying art and only a few know how to make it and not offend those around them.
Tea review. Here is my opinion on the various teas available to the consumer:
Typhoo: make no mistake, Typhoo is an offender! What’s wrong with it? Easy to answer! It is a weak and useless tea! Use at your own risk!
PG Tips: heralded as the best, it isn’t, not by a long shot, so do NOT believe the hype. OK, it may have a fancy box, but so what? It just isn’t as good as–
–Yorkshire Tea: I know that I sound like a broken record here but you know what? This is my damn article, and I will smash that record and play it anyway! Need you know more?
And finally–the secret weapon: own-brand tea. Yes, absurd as it may sound, often the best choice (if Yorkshire is out of stock, which is a criminal offence or should be made so) to go with is the own brand supermarket tea. Why? It is cheaper, is why, and you know what? Usually it can easily compete with even a moderate half-good tea like PG Tips!
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