Comments on: cup of tea, anyone?

By: Lucy

Lucy — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:53:12 +0000

no not seen it – will go look at link

By: Riaz

Riaz — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:01:45 +0000

Have you seen this shop in Edinburgh that sells loose tea leaves?

http://www.pekoetea.co.uk

By: Lucy

Lucy — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:32:31 +0000

if that’s Scottish Blend then yes, I have tried it long ago and wasn’t too keen. I don’t know what this Tetley blend is other than it all being grown at the high altitudes

By: Riaz

Riaz — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:12:26 +0000

It is a rather intriguing product – and not something you would expect to come from a major multinational. I prefer green tea to black tea so it isn’t a product I’m likely to buy, but I’m still curious as to what the blend is and whether it’s a result of research or more of a marketing gimmick like pyramid teabags are. There was a tea blend specifically for Scottish water and it’s very hard to come by south of the border. Have you ever tried it? I was in Iran last year and tea shops selling loose tea are ubiquitous that will create blends according to a customer’s requirements.

By: Mel

Mel — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:14:33 +0000

A bit late of post but I was intrigued. I too have never thought tea tasted funny, well it tasted funny when I first converted but thats obvious, If it costs a lot more I doubt I will buy it but I’m interested in trying it.

By: dawn

dawn — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:26:17 +0000

thank you for sharing

By: Penny

Penny — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:45:01 +0000

Ah, hot chocolate…. The offspring laugh at mine because I have to have it so strong that it tastes like melted chocolate bars… Mmmm…

Interesting that the hemp milk isn’t oily… However, it’d need to be VERY nice to wean me off my beloved Vanilla Rice Dream!

By: Lucy

Lucy — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:21:17 +0000

I think the fact that it’s not fair trade or organic could be a problem in marketing this product as many people who avoid dairy are also concerned about these issues. Tetley are members of the ethical tea partnership so moving in the right direction. The last tea I bought was both organic and fully fair trade though, like your family Penny, me and the kids only drink herb tea and nocaf (and hot chocolate!) as hot drinks.

no, the hemp milk is not at all oily, stronger tasting than soya

By: Penny

Penny — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:53:32 +0000

Like Pamela, we only buy fair trade tea, but John’s the only one in the house who drinks ‘ordinary’ tea, anyway. The ‘kids’ and I drink herb tea and don’t put milk in it. However, I love NoCaf with Vanilla Rice Milk and sugar. Mmmm…
It’s good that they’ve felt the need to cater for people who put soya milk in their tea, though!
The Good Hemp milk sounds interesting. Wasn’t it oily tasting?

By: Pamela

Pamela — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:15:15 +0000

I have never had any problems with tea and soya milk and as we only ever buy fairtrade tea I’ll give this one a miss. Coffee and soya milk is another matter but as I hate coffee that doesn’t bother me, although my husband would love a good cup of coffee