Thank you. I've been finding the brands that I want but I've been
paying an inflated price for them. It never occurred to me to look in
the Asian or Arabic markets. Even if I had thought of it, I probably
would have assumed that they'd be equally expensive.

It's a pity that we can't get this quality of tea in our own
supermarkets. Even a brand like Red Rose, which I consider decent, is
not as strong as I would like, since American teabags are smaller and
contain less tea than British ones.

I really wonder sometimes if Americans aren't tea drinkers because the
quality of tea available in supermarkets is so poor, or if the quality
is so poor because Americans aren't interested in good tea. A
Catch-22, I suppose.

I am also beginning to think that the Lipton sold in the USA is
primarily meant to be used for iced tea, rather than hot. I can't
imagine why they'd deliberately blend such a weak, pale and astringent
tea otherwise, especially when the company has proved it can produce
better teas in foreign markets.

Anyway, thanks again for the leads.


Space Cowboy wrote:
> I get all the BB brands you mentioned as loose tea. BB also has an
> excellent darjeeling called Supreme. Lipton also has a Green Label
> version called Connoisseur. It comes in tin cans vs paper for
regular
> Green Label. Unilever Lipton India is different than Unilever Lipton
> US. If you compare the product lines you'd wonder if the two
companies
> know each other exist. Another good source of British brands is
Arabic
> markets which carries PG Tips and Yorkshire. If you live in a large
> metro area and can shoppe around you'll find all the commercial name
> brand teas from your country of choice in local ethnic markets.
>
> Jim
>