A bog-standard (but very pricey for those of us outside the UK/EU) black tea. I have tried this at different temperatures/steeping times three times (the 3-5 minutes suggested seems far too long), but I keep coming up with: Pretentious Lipton for Wanna-Be Anglophiles in Brooklyn. There are a couple snooty tea joints in NYC that serve this to rave reviews, but you could totally swop it with Lipton and they’d be none the wiser.
It’s a perfectly serviceable cuppa and that smooth F&M DNA comes through but there is nothing noteworthy about it to me. More style than substance, though I am judging a bit more harshly than normal due to the very high price of F&M overseas.
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Eh. Very expensive even for EU members. Not mentioning they don’t offer any shipping to the EU at all.
Wow, Brexit in action! I think F&M is generally over-rated, though their strawberry is one of my favourite fruity blacks.
I agree that some of their tea is overrated. I don’t use milk and sugar so most of their black tea blends are not enjoyable to me. I do like their Rose Pouchong, Jade Oolong, their fruity black blends, and Mother’s Day.
I don’t use milk/sugar either, so I’m very interested in your recommendations! I did liked their strawberry black very much but haven’t tried anything else in the range. Next time I’m back in the UK, I’ll check out the Rose Pouchong and Jade Oolong.
Strawberry, peach, and apple black were all good!
Apple black tea sounds good! Lupicia Japan had a Tsurugu Apple but I recall it being a little weak, flavour-wise.
Great apple tea I had was from Janat Paris (which seems to be Japanese) called simply Apple. Not sure if they are still around and I don’t know how to order from them either as I got their teas as a gift.
Lupicia’s Momijigari is a delicious apple-y tea too!
Oh yes, big upvotes from me for Momijigari! It is the best apple tea!
Thank you both, I’m going to give the Momijigari a try. Headed to Tokyo in October and plan to hit the tea shop hard!
Eh. Very expensive even for EU members. Not mentioning they don’t offer any shipping to the EU at all.
Wow, Brexit in action! I think F&M is generally over-rated, though their strawberry is one of my favourite fruity blacks.
I agree that some of their tea is overrated. I don’t use milk and sugar so most of their black tea blends are not enjoyable to me. I do like their Rose Pouchong, Jade Oolong, their fruity black blends, and Mother’s Day.
I don’t use milk/sugar either, so I’m very interested in your recommendations! I did liked their strawberry black very much but haven’t tried anything else in the range. Next time I’m back in the UK, I’ll check out the Rose Pouchong and Jade Oolong.
Strawberry, peach, and apple black were all good!
Apple black tea sounds good! Lupicia Japan had a Tsurugu Apple but I recall it being a little weak, flavour-wise.
Great apple tea I had was from Janat Paris (which seems to be Japanese) called simply Apple. Not sure if they are still around and I don’t know how to order from them either as I got their teas as a gift.
Lupicia’s Momijigari is a delicious apple-y tea too!
Oh yes, big upvotes from me for Momijigari! It is the best apple tea!
Thank you both, I’m going to give the Momijigari a try. Headed to Tokyo in October and plan to hit the tea shop hard!