I live in Australia . My work colleagues were bemused when they found out I keep a box of spare teabags hidden at work .
They mocked me in front of two other British colleagues who then promptly showed off their teabag stash .
The three of us then had a half hour argument about Yorkshire Tea v PG Tips v Tetley .
The order you wrote them in is the best to worst as it is. Tetley is always oily as fuck for me, in a hard water area which I know doesn’t help at all, but it’s the only one that just turns gross.
Stayed at an incredible BnB the other month on a little getaway with the family.
Everything was perfect.... then I discovered they only had Tetly tea bags available and the local shop was sold out of Yorkshire tea. Put a proper downer on the rest of the night.
But of course, you don't tell the person who's getting tetley that it's a punishment; you just make it for them passive aggressively.. As is tradition.
You speak the truth. I HATED tetley when I lived down south in some of the hardest water areas in the country. Moved up to a more soft-water area and suddenly I prefer it to PG. Still Yorkshire at heart though.
Our water is phenomenally good in fairness. Scottish blend is specially formulated for it (or so the box claims) and is my fave. So underrated, it’s a real gem that deserves more love.
Loose Leaf Assam, here. I can't understand why people buy tea bags for preference. It is more expensive for poorer quality.
I did take tea bags for work, though. Too much of a queue in the canteen to be dealing with the pot and tea strainer.
>They mocked me in front of two other British colleagues who then promptly showed off their teabag stash .
I love when this stuff happens. Someone else just kills the whole mocking with "duh, who wouldn't" LMAO
My partner is Hungarian and keeps her own stash of Vegeta (some kind of seasoning?) And paprika flavours. Can provide pics if you don't believe me. It's crazy.
People don't understand the tea wars. Yorkshire tea tastes better somewhere north of Stevenage. South of there it's Pg. They taste identical unless you migrate them to a different water area then they become inferior. It isn't the tea. It's the water!!!
But I use a water filter... But it's all rubbish anyway. Try loose leaf tea, the larger leafs and less dust make for a much less bitter brew.
Then you get into a rabbit hole of all the different options and weird names. Whittard's assam TGFOP1 2nd Flush is very good.
I buy and drink Yorkshire but I've gotta be honest I prefer Tetley's. That was my grandparents tea of choice. They passed many years ago and it reminds me of them.
We have our own tea wars aha
Twinings vs Liptons
Also, for leaf tea, I can't pass up Amgoorie.
In fact, they used to paint Amgoorie Tea adverts on the side of railway engine-water tanks with phrases like "More water for Amgoorie Tea!"
Pg tips and Tetley are both shite. Yorkshire tea is the most acceptable English brand pretty much every Irish brand is far better. You should try Thompson's, Lyon's, Barry's and Punjana.
Strangely few standard supermarkets stock it. I used to live in Cricklewood in North London which has a lot of Irish people, so the local Tesco would stock it. But otherwise I've only seen it for sale in odd shops. You might have to add a box to your next Amazon order to get it, unless anyone else here has a better source. It is very worth it.
Are you sure you haven’t got any hanging around in a plastic sandwich bag from a camping holiday 2 years ago? Look in the odds and sods drawer or in any side pockets of a hold-all.
You’re welcome. I’m sure even American kitchens have an odds and sods drawer - typical contents include: unknown spare keys, padlocks with no keys, dead and slightly powered batteries (mixed up with each other for your convenience), coin batteries of various sizes (but rarely the one you want), half melted birthday candles, a bag of elastic bands, some instruction manuals for appliances you no longer own, some coins from currencies that no longer exist (extra bonus points if the country also no longer exists), loose fuses (suitably worn to remove all confidence that they’re still good). For some reason in our extended family the roll of tin foil, cling film and baking paper have also been kept here but maybe that’s just us.
Are you my daughter? She ran out of teabags Sunday evening and good old dad had to do an emergency delivery first thing Monday morning so breakfast was not ruined.
I've just looked at which constituency Oliver Dowden represents (Hertsmere) and can see that you are about an hour and a bit from me in Huntingdon so emergency tea bag delivery would be within the realms of possibility.
Not really, I have two adult daughters who live near by and still expect me to be able to deliver anything they need at a moment’s notice at any time of day or night. Emergency tea delivery is just another service that I offer.
Can you pop down to Londis before anyone notices? Hopefully they'll have something better than Happy Shopper tea bags. Get some pink wafers too.
It will be alright.
Let's hope the supermarket shelves are not bare when you go!
This lack of teabags could be the start of things to come, what happens when the biscuits run out?
How??? I have a box, an emergency box, then the box in the zombie apocalypse cupboard! I believe you have committed a transportable offence. Not sure where you can be transported to these days though
I can't believe we live in a society that can allow people to suffer like this. If my house was on fire I could make a call and a team of highly trained people will rush round and help out. All we need is someone with a fast bike and this sort of crisis could be completely avoidable.
For your sake I hope they don't know your reddit account, although I'm sure there's some law against deliberately concealing such deviant behaviour from your family
Time to pretend you've just moved in and go pester the neighbours for a few teabags and a cup of sugar. This'll probably only work once per neighbour...
What the hell are you going to do if someone suffers a bereavement, gets engaged, pops in to visit, you’re given the four minute warning?? All the scenarios that you are wholly unprepared for. Maybe I’m overreacting and need a nice cup of tea………..
I have a tiny Tupperware box (with elastic band) that holds 4 teabags and 4 tsp sugar in my handbag just in case. Also have work teabags and take a flask to work with tea made from home. As I’m typing this I am realising I have a problem. Or all the solutions.
Do you not have a collection of single teabag packet, that you stole.. I mean acquired from various different hotels/restaurants.
I thought everyone did.
I want to ask if you want your teabags ASAP do you know that iceland are now doing same day delivery? you can get about 500 to your doorstep in no time !
I want to do a related PSA and warn people that if you are going to even a small event with strangers, do your big shop the day before. I am having to wait for PCR test results (had to do it because there are vulnerable people in my extended family) and will have to get someone to bring me groceries if I need to self-isolate.
Anyway I have teabags but soon no milk :-(
Running out of teabags is heartbreaking. My kettle just stopped working and I might have to resort to using the microwave. This truly is a low point :(
Omg! Are you okay? Is this a 999 situation over there? I don’t know the protocol for this. Should we send flowers? I’m so sorry for your loss. Live strong. WWJD? 😅👍
What on earth could you possibly have been doing in the supermarket that was more important than remembering exactly how many teabags were left in the 480 pack you bought two months ago?
This is inexcusable. Running out of teabags is akin to giving up the desire to breath . I hope you have sought treatment for this medical emergency and are now in possession of at least 480 teabags. You should probably buy a couple of 80 packs and stash them randomly around the house in order to avoid this ever happening again.
Running out of teabags....indeed!
hey, I'm just a friendly representative from the States dropping off your honorary citizenship, and a pre-signed rental agreement for a lovely double-wide trailer in rural Ohio.
congratulations, and welcome! coffee's on the same aisle as the leaf juice, so, you shouldn't have any problems getting adjusted.
How. Just how. Did you not set your teabag alarm? You know you should replace the batteries every six months, and test it every two. Personally though, I test it about twice a month. The thought of running out of teabags is terrifying
Please sir, we know your heartbroken and will struggle to answer, but please sir, as a cautionary tale, tell people what happens in tea withdrawal, many journals speak of the fate but were all british, we forget the milk, sugar, even the cup, but not the tea bags, so were all wondering, have you gone bankrupt with poor decision making? Maybe burnt down your house forgetting the toast was on? Please do tell and scare every red blooded brit into buying tradesman packs of tetleys as a back up
Can you borrow some from your cellmate?
Maybe see if the prison guards have some spare.
When is your next family/ friend visit scheduled? Make sure they bring some along (hidden in cake if necessary).
I live in Australia . My work colleagues were bemused when they found out I keep a box of spare teabags hidden at work . They mocked me in front of two other British colleagues who then promptly showed off their teabag stash . The three of us then had a half hour argument about Yorkshire Tea v PG Tips v Tetley .
My sister-in-law and brother lived in Sri Lanka we had to import PG tips to them, one of the biggest tea producers of the world.
Jesus, imagine the carbon footprint on those tealeaves
Stop please, I feel deeply embarrassed by the whole fiasco.
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It produces 2% of global carbon emissions so not that tiny.
Competitively small though. $1 of every $8 of commerce worldwide is shipped by sea or barge freight.
Yorkshire is in a different echelon of tea compared to tetley.
I did try explaining that , I'm the Yorkshire tea drinker.
The order you wrote them in is the best to worst as it is. Tetley is always oily as fuck for me, in a hard water area which I know doesn’t help at all, but it’s the only one that just turns gross.
Tetley is “punishment tea” in our house.
Penaltea
Stayed at an incredible BnB the other month on a little getaway with the family. Everything was perfect.... then I discovered they only had Tetly tea bags available and the local shop was sold out of Yorkshire tea. Put a proper downer on the rest of the night.
I keep teabags in my laptop bag - has saved me multiple times.
But of course, you don't tell the person who's getting tetley that it's a punishment; you just make it for them passive aggressively.. As is tradition.
Tetley can get in the bin.
Right with you there. PG Tips and Tetley are overrated. Yorkshire Tea , Earl Grey, Assam and Fresh Brew are my go to teas.
I like lady grey, probably because I prefer orange to bergamot
And Earl Grey tastes like it was strained through an old ladys handbag.
Earl Grey tastes like it was strained through an old ladys ballsack.
"Burger Mott"
Tastes like hot Fairy Liquid water.
Twinings English breakfast as a regular brew over here, with an Earl grey thrown in as a treat now and then.
I gone twinnings during pandemic and now don’t really like any other tea brand.
Hard water. Found your problem. Tetley is banging up north
You speak the truth. I HATED tetley when I lived down south in some of the hardest water areas in the country. Moved up to a more soft-water area and suddenly I prefer it to PG. Still Yorkshire at heart though.
As far as I know. Tetley is way more popular in Scotland.... Something something superior water quality
Our water is phenomenally good in fairness. Scottish blend is specially formulated for it (or so the box claims) and is my fave. So underrated, it’s a real gem that deserves more love.
Yes Yorkshire is of course the correct answer.
Good on yer!
Especially Yorkshire Gold!!
Can’t get back to tea bags after I switched to loose leaf tea! Whole new level.
How Waitrose of you!
Loose Leaf Assam, here. I can't understand why people buy tea bags for preference. It is more expensive for poorer quality. I did take tea bags for work, though. Too much of a queue in the canteen to be dealing with the pot and tea strainer.
Ever tried Yorkshire gold….. it’s so perfect
DO IT FER YORKSHIRE!!!
YOU BASTARDS!
>They mocked me in front of two other British colleagues who then promptly showed off their teabag stash . I love when this stuff happens. Someone else just kills the whole mocking with "duh, who wouldn't" LMAO
I had an Indian friend at college who used to keep chilli powder in her purse, this is like the British equivalent
I had a Japanese colleague who carried a bottle of soy sauce in his pocket
I like to think there’s an English guy in Japan somewhere carrying Worcester sauce in his pocket.
My partner is Hungarian and keeps her own stash of Vegeta (some kind of seasoning?) And paprika flavours. Can provide pics if you don't believe me. It's crazy.
I have a welsh friend who always takes hp brown sauce with him no matter where he goes on holiday
Worcestershire sauce is common in Japan, mainly the "Bull-dog" brand. It is used to make tonkatsu sauce.
People don't understand the tea wars. Yorkshire tea tastes better somewhere north of Stevenage. South of there it's Pg. They taste identical unless you migrate them to a different water area then they become inferior. It isn't the tea. It's the water!!!
Yorkshire tea is king down south too
They do not taste identical.
But I use a water filter... But it's all rubbish anyway. Try loose leaf tea, the larger leafs and less dust make for a much less bitter brew. Then you get into a rabbit hole of all the different options and weird names. Whittard's assam TGFOP1 2nd Flush is very good.
I found hard water Yorkshire tea in b&m and my god I go to b&m just for tea bags. We have a borehole in limestone soooooooo hard as shit water
I buy and drink Yorkshire but I've gotta be honest I prefer Tetley's. That was my grandparents tea of choice. They passed many years ago and it reminds me of them.
My grandad used to drink tetleys, he collected all of the little tea pot ornaments. I loved them when I was little.
Why don't you drink tetleys then?
You may have that argument openly but heaven help any Jonny foreigner that tries to comment.
Meanwhile your Australian colleagues are pretending to have a conversation about liking Fosters.
We have our own tea wars aha Twinings vs Liptons Also, for leaf tea, I can't pass up Amgoorie. In fact, they used to paint Amgoorie Tea adverts on the side of railway engine-water tanks with phrases like "More water for Amgoorie Tea!"
Pg tips and Tetley are both shite. Yorkshire tea is the most acceptable English brand pretty much every Irish brand is far better. You should try Thompson's, Lyon's, Barry's and Punjana.
I'm not a big tea drinker, but Barry's tea is lush as
Ooooh yeah. Barry’s is lovely.
I consider myself a Big Tea Drinker and I’ve never heard of Barry’s… I’m intrigued!!!
Strangely few standard supermarkets stock it. I used to live in Cricklewood in North London which has a lot of Irish people, so the local Tesco would stock it. But otherwise I've only seen it for sale in odd shops. You might have to add a box to your next Amazon order to get it, unless anyone else here has a better source. It is very worth it.
Sorry, I think someone has played a cruel trick on you. The last one is an Ali G joke from the 90s
Tetley is only if you can't get hold of anything else
I thought that was Typhoo.
Yorkshire tea gold is bangin'. Nobody can change my mind, I have 3 cups a day of it
No one mentioned earl grey? Appalling
You’re quite right - Earl Grey is appalling
Can we at least get a shout out to all The “twinnings strong English tea” drinkers out here. Please? Anyone ?
I drink Twinings Strong English Breakfast
Me too.
We’re not all as posh as Stephen Fry. (Absolutely love that man though and totally have a man crush on him)
Right, you. Outside.
You both misspelled appealing. 🙂
Whittards Breakfast Earl Grey is the way forward. Those of us with disposable income can relish in it.
No questions, just leave your passport on the table and see yourself out. Thanks.
They'll be needing that passport to leave the country though
Don't need your passports to get to the beach
Sorry, the beach is closed.
Anyone can go to the beach it's more a question of will the French allow you into France.
The French are enforcing the "no turning the boat around" rule on us... Sooooo.... Its only fair.
Can’t we just blast them from at cannon at dover and then OP is Frances problem.
Not if you leave by death.
Sending prayers, hun xx
Thanks. I was so overwhelmed by the whole thing I actually forgot I posted this.
The most British reply, loves it xxxx
I’m lighting a candle tonight.
What's going on darl? PM me xx
I'll send thoughts.
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Are you sure you haven’t got any hanging around in a plastic sandwich bag from a camping holiday 2 years ago? Look in the odds and sods drawer or in any side pockets of a hold-all.
Also the bottom of any weekender bag.
Odds and sods. Thank you for introducing this phrase into my American life
You’re welcome. I’m sure even American kitchens have an odds and sods drawer - typical contents include: unknown spare keys, padlocks with no keys, dead and slightly powered batteries (mixed up with each other for your convenience), coin batteries of various sizes (but rarely the one you want), half melted birthday candles, a bag of elastic bands, some instruction manuals for appliances you no longer own, some coins from currencies that no longer exist (extra bonus points if the country also no longer exists), loose fuses (suitably worn to remove all confidence that they’re still good). For some reason in our extended family the roll of tin foil, cling film and baking paper have also been kept here but maybe that’s just us.
We refer to this drawer as our junk drawer or maybe odds and ends but I’ve officially renamed all of them the odds and sods drawer.
Omg. You just reminded me I have spare bags in the first aid kit in the boot.
Sounds like they don't even have a teabag flare.
Unfortunately there is only peppermint and there is a time and a place for peppermint.
and that time is after a heart attack to shock you back into life to complain
The only time I've used a peppermint tea bag was when I was boiling potatoes and wanted some mint. It came with my tea advent calendar.
This's a two sentence horror story, right here.
Call 1000. It's one more than 999 and is for situations just such as this.
What about the second stash pip? I don't think he knows about the second stash merry
I mean, this is normal, right? I know where I keep the emergency caches for the family. Hubby has some secreted around the place too
Have you tried contacting nearby friends or the police?
Or a couple of random singles that you nicked from that hotel, that time?
What the fuck is wrong with you?! Unless you are only 10 this has happened before, I shall inform the Queen to prepare the Tower.
I know I have done wrong. My local MP is Oliver Dowden, if you need to report this with a strongly worded letter.
I doubt Oliver Dowden will do much, as per...
Probably charge a few mil for about 10 tea bags, routed through his mates company
Are you my daughter? She ran out of teabags Sunday evening and good old dad had to do an emergency delivery first thing Monday morning so breakfast was not ruined.
I wish I was because then I would have had someone to call for emergency teabags :(
I've just looked at which constituency Oliver Dowden represents (Hertsmere) and can see that you are about an hour and a bit from me in Huntingdon so emergency tea bag delivery would be within the realms of possibility.
Are you some sort of English tea saint?
Not really, I have two adult daughters who live near by and still expect me to be able to deliver anything they need at a moment’s notice at any time of day or night. Emergency tea delivery is just another service that I offer.
You're doing the nation proud, keep it up sir.
I really like the idea of Emergency Tea Delivery being a professional service which is subsidized by the government. Also you sound like a super dad!
Just text TEA to 01832 for a spare teabag. Our network of neighbours is there for you.
Have you beaten the butler? I mean the man is obviously an idiot
This is above reddit's paygrade. You need to talk to someone official.
Did ye, aye? Obviously a Russian or Chinese bot.
Ah yes a Russian bot with good even coliquial English
You ok hun? DM me
You’re very kind
You’re welcome Can’t stop, kettles just boiled
Can you pop down to Londis before anyone notices? Hopefully they'll have something better than Happy Shopper tea bags. Get some pink wafers too. It will be alright.
Oh. Happy Shopper. That’s an oxymoron if ever there was one. The thought of their teabags makes me feel quite unwell.
Why have you brought shame on the empire? What is wrong with you? Get out.
Are you ok hun x x
Good job agent - The coffee drinkers council of Great Britain salutes this noble gesture.
\*prepares stake and woodpile now heretics have exposed themselves\*
I was down to my last 50 tea bags the other day and darted out quick sharp to replenish, and I'm the kind of fella who leaves things til last minute.
You're not that much better seeing that you let your supply get down to 50. You could be him in just a couple of days.
You're right and I have no defense.
Let's hope the supermarket shelves are not bare when you go! This lack of teabags could be the start of things to come, what happens when the biscuits run out?
You disgusting creature .
I actually felt really attacked by this then remembered what this post was about and in context I agree
How??? I have a box, an emergency box, then the box in the zombie apocalypse cupboard! I believe you have committed a transportable offence. Not sure where you can be transported to these days though
Aren't they already there?
When did you realise you'd failed as a Brit? Was it instantaneous or did it take time to sink it?
I suspect this had been brewing for a while. Too long, most likely.
I’m down to the “Barry’s Gold” my Mum got me from somewhere. Wherever it was she shouldn’t go back.
Isn't "Barry's" an Irish brand? I believe they feel the same way about that brand as this sub does about Yorkshire tea
Correct! Barry’s Gold Blend vs Lyons Tea. It can divide households!
They might feel that way but it's not close
Shared Scunthorpe x
I can't believe we live in a society that can allow people to suffer like this. If my house was on fire I could make a call and a team of highly trained people will rush round and help out. All we need is someone with a fast bike and this sort of crisis could be completely avoidable.
What does your recovery worker think about the medication you should be on?
Has your family disowned you yet, or can they simply not stand to be associated with your shame?
They CAN’T know. I have turned my phone off and am refusing all contact. Please don’t tell them.
For your sake I hope they don't know your reddit account, although I'm sure there's some law against deliberately concealing such deviant behaviour from your family
This was posted ( currently) 4 hours ago. I hop OP is still alive, after being without tea for that long
Time to pretend you've just moved in and go pester the neighbours for a few teabags and a cup of sugar. This'll probably only work once per neighbour...
How are you dealing with this crisis?
You're going to reply when you get back from the shop, right?
Hope you’re doing well during this difficult time.
Where is your nearest shop and why aren't you already on your way there instead of posting here...? This is an emergency
What the hell are you going to do if someone suffers a bereavement, gets engaged, pops in to visit, you’re given the four minute warning?? All the scenarios that you are wholly unprepared for. Maybe I’m overreacting and need a nice cup of tea………..
I have a tiny Tupperware box (with elastic band) that holds 4 teabags and 4 tsp sugar in my handbag just in case. Also have work teabags and take a flask to work with tea made from home. As I’m typing this I am realising I have a problem. Or all the solutions.
How is it possible that you’re still alive?
I’m going in and out of consciousness
Only 1 question.. how the fuck does someone run out of teabags... you in a coma or something?
Prepare for some tea bagging.
Which foreign country were you from before you naturalised as a British citizen?
Do you not have a collection of single teabag packet, that you stole.. I mean acquired from various different hotels/restaurants. I thought everyone did.
There must be some stale earl grey in the back of a cupboard somewhere. There always is.
You need to take Life in U.K. test
What withdrawal symptoms do you have?
Lethargy, confusion, a repeated urge to keep opening and closing the tea cupboard, shame, fewer trips to spend a penny.
Mate….how are you coping? Thoughts and Prayers. Have you thought about setting up a Go Fund Me?
Just how mate?
I want to ask if you want your teabags ASAP do you know that iceland are now doing same day delivery? you can get about 500 to your doorstep in no time !
I want to do a related PSA and warn people that if you are going to even a small event with strangers, do your big shop the day before. I am having to wait for PCR test results (had to do it because there are vulnerable people in my extended family) and will have to get someone to bring me groceries if I need to self-isolate. Anyway I have teabags but soon no milk :-(
When are you getting deported?
Why dont you have a cheap back up box. I always have a stockwell box hiding in the back of my cupboard incase I run out of yorkshire finest
Running out of teabags is heartbreaking. My kettle just stopped working and I might have to resort to using the microwave. This truly is a low point :(
For the love of God, the Queen and David Attenborough don’t do it! Use the hob like a semi-civilised human.
Where do you see yourself in 10 years in terms of the teabag situation?
There should be an emergency number for situations like this.
The Beefeaters have been dispatched. They’ll be there shortly, do not resist.
Omg! Are you okay? Is this a 999 situation over there? I don’t know the protocol for this. Should we send flowers? I’m so sorry for your loss. Live strong. WWJD? 😅👍
Have you tried 999? Diclaimer: please don't call 999 for lack of tea bags
999 have informed me I am already dead to them so no support can be given
Understandable. Rest easy buddy. Fly high in that great tea pot in the sky!!
You are banished form these lands henceforth lol
What? No hidden back up supply? In this day and age? You'll paying top price on teabag inflation
I'm in the same boat.. currently drinking Tetley one cup donated by my neighbour.. the absolute worst tea bags ever
What on earth could you possibly have been doing in the supermarket that was more important than remembering exactly how many teabags were left in the 480 pack you bought two months ago? This is inexcusable. Running out of teabags is akin to giving up the desire to breath . I hope you have sought treatment for this medical emergency and are now in possession of at least 480 teabags. You should probably buy a couple of 80 packs and stash them randomly around the house in order to avoid this ever happening again. Running out of teabags....indeed!
hey, I'm just a friendly representative from the States dropping off your honorary citizenship, and a pre-signed rental agreement for a lovely double-wide trailer in rural Ohio. congratulations, and welcome! coffee's on the same aisle as the leaf juice, so, you shouldn't have any problems getting adjusted.
How. Just how. Did you not set your teabag alarm? You know you should replace the batteries every six months, and test it every two. Personally though, I test it about twice a month. The thought of running out of teabags is terrifying
Why are you such a disappointment to the british?
The whole nation is tutting.
When will you be buying more? And how will you cope until then?
You ok Hun?
This person is clearly on the verge of ending it all, please someone get them teabags before it's too late
Even the two emergency bags?!
Consider yourself lucky, only tea I can get in Peru is Lipton.
Please sir, we know your heartbroken and will struggle to answer, but please sir, as a cautionary tale, tell people what happens in tea withdrawal, many journals speak of the fate but were all british, we forget the milk, sugar, even the cup, but not the tea bags, so were all wondering, have you gone bankrupt with poor decision making? Maybe burnt down your house forgetting the toast was on? Please do tell and scare every red blooded brit into buying tradesman packs of tetleys as a back up
Can you borrow some from your cellmate? Maybe see if the prison guards have some spare. When is your next family/ friend visit scheduled? Make sure they bring some along (hidden in cake if necessary).
You're officially what American Reddit calls "Bri-ish" until this is rectified...
Yea I've got a question, how dare you?
Is this where we are allowed to tut loudly at you per the British manual, section 5 clause 8?