Ive always found Indian stores to be the worse place to buy Indian
teas. Youll find a much better choice in Arabic stores. Mamri is the
preferred tea for making chai. Its like complaining about Liptons US
in a cup when it is suppose to make iced tea. You can find the
smaller grade assam called Barooti in middle east stores. Kalami and
Barooti meet the Islamic dietary standards similar to kosher. My
favorite tea bags Sainbury's Red Label. I think in general you cant
beat a British blend because of the competition. I prefer the 500g
tins.

Jim

On Feb 5, 6:13 pm, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
> DogMa > wrote:
>
> >Don't think I'd buy either again, when Yorkshire Gold is £1.69 at
> >Sainsbury's (and the dollar's up). But a worthwhile experiment. And fun
> >to buy two pounds of any kind of tea for the price of a gram of decent
> >sheng Pu-erh or ten of oolong.
>
> Ask for the Gulabi brand "kalami" full leaf tea. May be easier to find
> at a place catering to middle easterners than Indians. It's not strong
> stuff at all, but actually pretty subtle, a very pleasant morning cup, and
> in the same price range.
> --scott
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."