On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 19:23:57 GMT, "Tea" > wrote:

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>"Robert Klute" > wrote in message
>news
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>> >> Lipton and Red Rose are inexpensive teas. They are not high quality, or
>> >> even medium-quality. I use Lipton for iced tea, though, and if I'm sick,
>> >> I'll sometimes make a cup for nostalgia's sake.
>>
>> One caveat. Yes, Lipton tea bags are a high volume bulk tea, designed
>> for fast color release during brewing, of middling quality. However,
>> Lipton does have some premium labels. Their Yellow Label and Green
>> Label (100% Darjeeling) are very good - in the upper half in terms of
>> quality.
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>Unfortunately in the US, Lipton usually has only one kind of tea on the
>shelves. I use the loose tea for iced tea. I sometimes forget that this is
>an international list.

I am in the US, on the left coast. I buy most of my loose tea at the
local Indian grocery store - there are lots here in Silicon Valley. The
rest I buy on trips to India.

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>> Side notes:

>But I tend to stay away from bagged tea, or I make up my own bags. I also
>like Typhoo.

At home I use loose tea. I use a bodum tea strainer to make life easy.
For the office, I use the bags. Again, to make life easy.