Tea (rec.drink.tea) Discussion relating to tea, the world's second most consumed beverage (after water), made by infusing or boiling the leaves of the tea plant (C. sinensis or close relatives) in water.

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Hello, I come from England, a country where we love tea. We can get a
variety of teas from around the world as well as herbel and fruit teas.

However recently I've been unable to get one of my favourite stonger
flavoured teas, Kenyan.

Twinings no longer seem to sell it in bags or loose tea leaves.

Some people say that Assam tastes the same, I disagree. It's nice but
don't like it as much as Kenyan tea.

Does anyone know any brands that sell the Kenyan range?

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Frieda > wrote:
>Hello, I come from England, a country where we love tea. We can get a
>variety of teas from around the world as well as herbel and fruit teas.
>
>However recently I've been unable to get one of my favourite stonger
>flavoured teas, Kenyan.
>
>Twinings no longer seem to sell it in bags or loose tea leaves.
>
>Some people say that Assam tastes the same, I disagree. It's nice but
>don't like it as much as Kenyan tea.
>
>Does anyone know any brands that sell the Kenyan range?


Upton's has several different Kenyan teas, and also a Malawi BOP that
is quite similar to the Kenyan types. I can't believe that you'd have
to order the stuff from here in the US, though. Have you tried Harrod's?

I have never seen a Twining's Kenyan tea here in the US. It does seem
like most of the more interesting Twining's products never make it to
these shores.
--scott

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www.uptontea.com has teas from Kenya.

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> Hello, I come from England, a country where we love tea. We can get a
> variety of teas from around the world as well as herbel and fruit teas.
>
> However recently I've been unable to get one of my favourite stonger
> flavoured teas, Kenyan.
>
> Twinings no longer seem to sell it in bags or loose tea leaves.
>
> Some people say that Assam tastes the same, I disagree. It's nice but
> don't like it as much as Kenyan tea.
>
> Does anyone know any brands that sell the Kenyan range?
>



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On 22 Nov 2005 11:52:15 -0800, "Frieda" >
wrote:

>Hello, I come from England, a country where we love tea. We can get a
>variety of teas from around the world as well as herbel and fruit teas.
>
>However recently I've been unable to get one of my favourite stonger
>flavoured teas, Kenyan.
>
>Twinings no longer seem to sell it in bags or loose tea leaves.
>
>Some people say that Assam tastes the same, I disagree. It's nice but
>don't like it as much as Kenyan tea.
>
>Does anyone know any brands that sell the Kenyan range?



I have bought a number of teas from -

http://www.therealteacompany.co.uk/

they have some from Kenya ...

and I just did a search for 'kenya' on the

http://www.whittard.co.uk/ site and found some there ...

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If your in the UK try:

www.nbtea.co.uk

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[Frieda]
> Some people say that Assam tastes the same, I disagree. It's nice but
> don't like it as much as Kenyan tea.
>
> Does anyone know any brands that sell the Kenyan range?



Hi Frieda,

Agreed. They are two different animals, Assam and Kenyan. Both are fully
oxidized, but that's where it ends. I like Kenyan also, although I have to
admit that the more physically beautiful leaf is still produced in Assam,
perhaps because they've been at it longer -- I think. (I'm speaking of Assam
at it's best, not at it's typical.)

Nothing but Tea. See Lew's previous post for the URL. Last time I looked
they had three different versions for sale.

Michael

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11/22/05 15:23fcorliss at comcast
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www.uptontea.com has teas from Kenya.


Not to bad mouth Upton, which, based on the general quality of their teas, I
am often tempted to do, Frieda, who asked about Kenyan tea suppliers is
English, and Nothing but Tea is an English company, making it the vendor of
choice for her, I think; and I got the whole thing out in one sentence,
didin't I?

Michael

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Hi all,Frieda, I have bought from http://www.teasource.com/ and they
have green and black kenya tea. I recall it was pretty good too.
Jenn



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Thank you to all those people who replied.

Im going to try these surpliers out

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