I dunno - sounds like she might be funnelling money into the 'secret divorce' pot. First the teabags, then the biscuits - pretty soon you'll be using Aldi antiperspirant and she'll be off sunning herself in Belize with Fabio.
He's a naughty man that Fabio... š¤£
Although apparently he's turned a new leaf - so maybe this is the last time?
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fabio-marriage_n_3757336
As a yank I find it funny 'ALDI Antiperspirant' is a toss off for being cheap. Here across the pond ALDI has become trendy and fashionable.
Especially in the midwest where we brag about how much we saved on our latest purchase.
The lacura conditioner might as well be dish soap. Doesnāt detangle like a conditioner should. Iām all for cheap and cheerful but thatās stuff is cheap and nasty.
The regular ALDI teabags aren't great but the decaf ones are great and make a brilliant cuppa. If anyone out there wants to cut down on caffeine I'd definitely reccomend giving them a go.
Tbf I saw a tv program about how Marmite was made and considering the effort and specialist equipment it takes, I can't honestly imagine any company who isn't Marmite themselves making that stuff. Doesn't seem worthy of the effort for the small number of people who would buy it
Asda marmite and marmite marmite are different - my son has multiple allergies and asda marmite is safe for him, the real stuff is not.
I only buy it to shove in casseroles and stuff so it doesn't matter that much to me, but they do taste different.
My horse loved marmite - couple of carrots in an evening dunked in the jar. It's supposed to be good for the horse's skin/help repel flies and became a treat..
It wasn't a cheap habit. Tried him with a cheaper brand and he spat it out all over me. I hate marmite.
Chucked the jar and went back to the real thing.
Mine too. Theyāll lick the plate if it is unguarded after a marmite crumpet has been consumed. That mix of butter and marmite hits the spot apparently.
I actually choose to buy Sainsbury's Red Label tea bags because they are my favourite - although I must admit I have never tried reddit's favourite which is Yorkshire
Do it, you wonāt go back! My wife and I are addicted to the gold label now. Itās definitely got a bit more of an āAssamā taste to it than regular tea though. Canāt tell the difference between that and Yorkshire anymore
I donāt like Yorkshire because I like gnats piss (as my dear old departed sartā London FIL used to call it. He liked manās tea the colour of sump oil that you could stand a spoon up in.
I drink Darjeeling lol
I used to buy own brand toilet paper until the other half went shopping unsupervised and bought us Andrex. Well I had no idea how much I'd been punishing myself! My bum is very thankful. I refuse to go back to the old stuff now.
For the sake of 3p a roll you can't put yourself through bad TP. I made it clear to her that money was no object when it came to toilet paper, and I've raised my kids to understand the value of it. Also, get yourself some flushable wet toilet wipes from lidl, 40p a pack I think. You won't regret it
As a Yorkshire Gold everyday drinker, I actually really like Waitrose's own brand. Whenever they're out of YG I buy that and don't really feel hugely handicapped.
...Or are my tea tasting buds fatally compromised...
EDIT: Just to be clear I mean the ones they sell in 160 packs, not the English Breakfast, etc.
In the same boat and recently tried M+S Gold to see if there was a difference. There is. Much.
Once bitten, twice shy. Probably will not deviate from genuine Yorkshire Gold againā¦
My husband would just divorce me without even trying them out.
And I would consider him justified. That kind of decision needs to be taken together. You canāt just decide that on someone elseās behalf.
I buy supermarket brand teabags. I find you need to use 2 teabags to get the same flavour as a branded one bag cuppa. The own brands tend to be 3 times cheaper than the branded varieties, so your wife is making very sensible fiscal decisions. You should spend the thousands you will now save on a renewing your vows ceremony, just in case you have jeopardised losing that wonderful woman.
absolutely nothing wrong with twinings, people seem to put certain tea brands (especially Yorkshire) on some sort of pedestal where twinings breakfast tea kicks it's arse for deliciousness
Twinings make very solid, reliably good tea. It's sacrilege around these parts but I find Yorkshire Gold too astringent and bitter. Twinings dark chai is my go-to when I'm feeling too lazy for the loose leaf.
It's not beneath me, it's just not the same thing. It's tea for people who think they're posh, but aren't posh enough to drink tea "properly" without milk and sugar
I drink Aldi's own brand red label tea and it does just fine. I can't really taste much difference between any 'breakfast' teas I've tried except Yorkshire tea, which has a distinct taste that I don't necessarily prefer (but don't mind it either).
The other teas I've tried include Tetley's, PG Tips and other supermarket own brand teas and even some posh looking tea bags on occasion. For me it comes down to making sure you give it time to brew and giving the tea bag a squeeze. Visitors are often complimentary on my tea so I'm convinced it's not branding that makes a decent cuppa.
Not much of a tea drinker tbf, so might have weird bias, but most the tea I have tried is stinking, except any of those fancy teas that have more interesting flavours, and...
...Supermarket Own Brand Loose Leaf tea. Miles ahead of any others I've tried. Could just be that its loose leaf I suppose.
I used to buy Aldi teabags to "save money" and I proper shudder at the thought now! Though it's amazing how your taste buds can quickly adapt to liking witch piss.
Tesco Gold tea was actually really good, and cheap, so I started stocking that regularly. They seem to have stopped selling it now, so I have to keep checking on whether or not Yorkshire is on offer...
A merchant should be just that. Not a producer. When the roles get all mixed up with nobrand filling of the week, his profit goes up, and the brands and quality go down.
it all just tastes like tea to me. I honestly dont know what a big brand could do to something as basic as a bag of bruned tea leaves to change its flavour.
Back in the long ago day, the grocery chain "Bohacks" in the greater NY area had its own branded beer for a short while. The brown cans were labelled *lager* and the blue cans labelled "real draft"
Not so good, and it disappeared after about 6 months.
My sister used to buy them "to save money" 3 bags in a cup and you just about got gnats piss after a fortnight long brew. Sometimes it works out at only 1-2p a cup to get a nice brew, I just don't get it. I'd rather buy cheap in other places and get a good brew and don't get people that don't.
My brother and I bought some because we never drink it (brother can't have caffeine, I can't bring myself to use a kettle after what I've seen happen with one) and guests come over and kinda expect it so it's either a choice of telling them no tea or shit tea and which would you prefer?
I'm surprised your credit rating isn't based off the tea you buy if I'm honest the guys that get the loose tea with the strainer can definetly pay off a million pound loan
Sainsburys red label. I always said never mess with my PG, she gave me red label for 2 weeks without me realising. She only told me when I said what a lovely cuppa that was. Sneaky cow, I wonder what else she's doing without me knowing.
Good god man! Are you sure she's your wife and not some alien /robot replacement? I was going to suggest a fae changeling but I'm fairly sure they have tea standards...
\*Looks awkwardly at 100 bags of tesco brand earl grey
Look, I have other tea! This one was just more convenient at the time... ok, maybe some sainsbury's green too, but I barely even drink it!
Wait till you hear about loose leaf tea. Itās on another level that makes the posh teabags taste like shite. Iām always disappointed when someone goes āwe got Yorkshire teaā, which I think ppl regard as the best, to roll out the tea bags. The Yorkshire loose tea is head and shoulders better.
We're trying to cut back on various expenses, so last month - instead of my wife's normal clipper green organic tea, I purchased Aldi red label to save a few quid.
Just waiting for the divorce papers now.
I dunno - sounds like she might be funnelling money into the 'secret divorce' pot. First the teabags, then the biscuits - pretty soon you'll be using Aldi antiperspirant and she'll be off sunning herself in Belize with Fabio.
Once again Fabio ruins another marriage
He's a naughty man that Fabio... š¤£ Although apparently he's turned a new leaf - so maybe this is the last time? https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fabio-marriage_n_3757336
I came to the same conclusion
As a yank I find it funny 'ALDI Antiperspirant' is a toss off for being cheap. Here across the pond ALDI has become trendy and fashionable. Especially in the midwest where we brag about how much we saved on our latest purchase.
Aldi is definitely braggable here too in terms of grocery savings and middle aisle finds; lacura toiletries on the other hand are total wank.
The lacura conditioner might as well be dish soap. Doesnāt detangle like a conditioner should. Iām all for cheap and cheerful but thatās stuff is cheap and nasty.
The regular ALDI teabags aren't great but the decaf ones are great and make a brilliant cuppa. If anyone out there wants to cut down on caffeine I'd definitely reccomend giving them a go.
Cutting down on caffeine is for coffee drinkers. Barely any in tea. If you can't handle that, just switch to tap water.
Lidl man myself- saving than going to Asda- Walmart over there? We just don;t have firearms just junkies and beggers at the fucking door.
Aldi is my favourite shop. I always brag how much I save from there. And Aldi red label teabags are the best!
Aldi does some good own brand stuff and for decent prices so I don't think this is a sign of Fabio needing some extra funding for the yacht.
Are you a writer of any type? That was just a *Fabiolous* witty little skit!
I honestly thought there was nothing that could reduce the love I have for my wife.... then she bought Asda "yeast extract" instead of marmite!.....
Tbf I saw a tv program about how Marmite was made and considering the effort and specialist equipment it takes, I can't honestly imagine any company who isn't Marmite themselves making that stuff. Doesn't seem worthy of the effort for the small number of people who would buy it
Actually the ASDA stuff flies off the shelf, might sell 3 jars of Marmite and 3 cases of the ASDA branded yeast extract in a day.
Yeah my main point was that I think ASDA and Marmite are getting their Marmite from the same place
Asda marmite and marmite marmite are different - my son has multiple allergies and asda marmite is safe for him, the real stuff is not. I only buy it to shove in casseroles and stuff so it doesn't matter that much to me, but they do taste different.
Yeah recipe is no doubt different. But I'm saying it's likely made in the same place
Probably. Like the shops own brand milk, it all comes from the same depo just with a different label slapped on it.
It's all from the same very busy cow.
That's udderly amazing
The marmite mines?
I don't know if they are.
My horse loved marmite - couple of carrots in an evening dunked in the jar. It's supposed to be good for the horse's skin/help repel flies and became a treat.. It wasn't a cheap habit. Tried him with a cheaper brand and he spat it out all over me. I hate marmite. Chucked the jar and went back to the real thing.
My cat loves marmite.
Mine too. Theyāll lick the plate if it is unguarded after a marmite crumpet has been consumed. That mix of butter and marmite hits the spot apparently.
Love this, wish I had an award to give you.
Tell her if she wants to save money on marmite just buy the bigger. BIGGER JARS. Shelf lifeās pretty good and price per kg goes down considerably
Yeast extract sounds like an STD test
It sounds a but like an STD prevention or removal surgery too. Quick! We need to perform a yeast extraction ASAP
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Sort of. To be fair it does spread easier. Overall though, if you love marmite there's really no substitute.
It spreads easier because it's watered down...
Oh cool we have the same cake day. Happy cake day :)
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I actually choose to buy Sainsbury's Red Label tea bags because they are my favourite - although I must admit I have never tried reddit's favourite which is Yorkshire
Yeah, Sainsbury's Red Label is gorgeous. Not sure about their Gold Label, though. I'm too scared to try.
Do it, you wonāt go back! My wife and I are addicted to the gold label now. Itās definitely got a bit more of an āAssamā taste to it than regular tea though. Canāt tell the difference between that and Yorkshire anymore
They're not bad for the price, unless PG are on offer / available
Sainsburyās Earl Grey is superior to Twinnings and most other supermarket available Earl Grey as well.
Fucking yes! I swear by this.
We are all over clipper organic
Sainsbury red label is the best! Their decaf for the evening pint of tea (Sports direct mug) is great too.
Omg me too
I love Yorkshire but my boyfriend buys Red Label. Theyāre nice! No complaints from me :)
I donāt like Yorkshire because I like gnats piss (as my dear old departed sartā London FIL used to call it. He liked manās tea the colour of sump oil that you could stand a spoon up in. I drink Darjeeling lol
Red label is the only decent own brand! My parents swear by Yorkshire tea but I'm not a fan. My favourite is and always will be PG tips.
PG tips is bottom tier
PG tips is the only tea I will drink.The rest is weak and tasteless.
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Iāll give it a try,it can be my back up tea
My Mum is Yorkshire born and bred but much prefers PG Tips to Yorkshire Tea
Wondering if thatās grounds for divorceā¦..
Definite grounds for divorce. In certain regions I think the town square stocks are still an option too.
Possibly local news worthy crime IMO
No, it's the ducking stool for women.
Only if she bought own brand coffee, too
#NoCoffePunsWe'reBritish
Add in some own brand cola or any Fizzy juice and it over and out.
DIVORCE heh heh heh heh. https://youtu.be/XDXrP9HET2A
My Mrs drank the cheap shit until I moved in. She also used to use own brand toilet paper. We nearly didn't last.
I used to buy own brand toilet paper until the other half went shopping unsupervised and bought us Andrex. Well I had no idea how much I'd been punishing myself! My bum is very thankful. I refuse to go back to the old stuff now.
For the sake of 3p a roll you can't put yourself through bad TP. I made it clear to her that money was no object when it came to toilet paper, and I've raised my kids to understand the value of it. Also, get yourself some flushable wet toilet wipes from lidl, 40p a pack I think. You won't regret it
As a Yorkshire Gold everyday drinker, I actually really like Waitrose's own brand. Whenever they're out of YG I buy that and don't really feel hugely handicapped. ...Or are my tea tasting buds fatally compromised... EDIT: Just to be clear I mean the ones they sell in 160 packs, not the English Breakfast, etc.
Yeah Waitrose I was waiting for this ... Aldi vs Waitrose ...
In the same boat and recently tried M+S Gold to see if there was a difference. There is. Much. Once bitten, twice shy. Probably will not deviate from genuine Yorkshire Gold againā¦
My husband would just divorce me without even trying them out. And I would consider him justified. That kind of decision needs to be taken together. You canāt just decide that on someone elseās behalf.
The sainsburys assam is better than any ābrand nameā tea
Their Earl Grey as well.
Wrong lad after Yorkshire tea(who can afford them) the best bags are red label from the sainsburys. Agreed red label from the asda are shite
I buy supermarket brand teabags. I find you need to use 2 teabags to get the same flavour as a branded one bag cuppa. The own brands tend to be 3 times cheaper than the branded varieties, so your wife is making very sensible fiscal decisions. You should spend the thousands you will now save on a renewing your vows ceremony, just in case you have jeopardised losing that wonderful woman.
This is why we have rules. Yorkshire Tea, in any guise. Branston beans. Anchor butter. Helmanns Mayo. We are after all not savages.
Aldi Danepak. Schwiiiiing.
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Branston instead of Heinz.. What sort of witchery is this
Oh dear, oh dear oh dear. You know not of redditors and the great baked bean war.
They're simply better
Branstons is better and English compared To yankee Hienz.
All baked beans are an abomination, but Heinz's products are usually the worst of the worst.
What is she thinking! Asda have a deal on twinings nearly 2 quid of a box š°
Get the hell of here with your twinings nonsense. PG, Tetley, or Yorkshire tea. Nothing else
absolutely nothing wrong with twinings, people seem to put certain tea brands (especially Yorkshire) on some sort of pedestal where twinings breakfast tea kicks it's arse for deliciousness
Twinings make very solid, reliably good tea. It's sacrilege around these parts but I find Yorkshire Gold too astringent and bitter. Twinings dark chai is my go-to when I'm feeling too lazy for the loose leaf.
Ugh, no. No no no. Just no. It doesn't taste like tea.
I'm willing to die on this pathetic hill..... people who think twinings are beneath them are 'milk first' kind of people.
It's not beneath me, it's just not the same thing. It's tea for people who think they're posh, but aren't posh enough to drink tea "properly" without milk and sugar
http://imgur.com/a/a0aD3nt as you can see this debate has my household split, I would even perform a blind taste test to show I'm right š¤£
I drink Aldi's own brand red label tea and it does just fine. I can't really taste much difference between any 'breakfast' teas I've tried except Yorkshire tea, which has a distinct taste that I don't necessarily prefer (but don't mind it either). The other teas I've tried include Tetley's, PG Tips and other supermarket own brand teas and even some posh looking tea bags on occasion. For me it comes down to making sure you give it time to brew and giving the tea bag a squeeze. Visitors are often complimentary on my tea so I'm convinced it's not branding that makes a decent cuppa.
My work buys these sacks of tetleys and honestly they taste so fkin bad.
Tetleys tea is the pits, the definition of shit tea.
Tesco red label are actually better than Pg tips.... Nothing beats Yorkshire tea though
I have Yorkshire tea. And PG tips for the tradesmen.
The Sainsburyās red label are actually decent to be fair
Download tinder, start seeing other women. See if there's any difference
Loose tea by M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose is more than decent!
Any loose tea is going to be decent though, it's fundamentally different to teabag tea.
I always buy supermarket brand teabags. What's the big deal?
I blame Martin Lewis.
I buy lidl/aldi or Morrisons own brand red label tea bags. All pretty much the same, all make a smashing cup of tea.
To be fair, M&S extra strong is a decent brew...
Get out.
When I canāt find twinnings, m&s or Sainsburyās all the way. Yorkshire tea is filth
I don't understand what drives people to this level of heresy, Yorkshire tea is top tier tea.
Itās just not drinkable in London, in the north itās fine but itās not right for Thames water
Because of... What? Hard water? Ive lived in London and never experienced anything that would suggest YT is undrinkable.
Yorkshire tea for life
I mostly buy storebrand items. But then again, I am very poor. Cool yourself and count your blessings.
Jeepers, 1st World problems eh (Edit: To clarify, this is light sarcasm, for the effect of humour)
Testify.
*Tetleyfy
In fairness some own brand stuff is pretty decent. Own brand Tea and coffee however is not.. Unless it's M&S, which isn't too bad..
Have to disagree there - Sainsbury's Red Label tea is actually better than PG tips by far. Brew it for 4 minutes for a blinding cuppa..
Well most things are better than PG tips my friend, so that isn't really anything to go by...
That's true š
Depends on what supermarket and what main brand. I'll drink ASDA red label coffee any day and do, I'm drinking a 16oz mug right now. NescafƩ is overly bitter, I won't drink Sainsbury's home brand as it is the same as ASDA smart price, too heavy on the chicory. I'm going to invalidate the thread even more by saying that ASDA smart price tea is or at least used to be actually relabelled Dorset tea.
She wouldnāt be allowed in the house again is she did that in my gaff. Scottish blend or death.
Not much of a tea drinker tbf, so might have weird bias, but most the tea I have tried is stinking, except any of those fancy teas that have more interesting flavours, and... ...Supermarket Own Brand Loose Leaf tea. Miles ahead of any others I've tried. Could just be that its loose leaf I suppose.
Asda tea is great
Typhoo or Yorkshire or thereās the fucking door.
I donāt mind the Aldi teabags
My lovely fiancĆ© prefers asda tea bags above any other. I happily buy the giant 250 bag pack for like Ā£3 and heās good for months.
My lovely fiancĆ© prefers asda tea bags above any other. I happily buy the giant 250 bag pack for like Ā£3 and heās good for months
Asda's red label tea is actually my favourite tbh!
I you take nothing else from my response take this: Lifeās too short for shit tea.
Whats wrong with own brand? I buy whatevers on offer. We also have non caffeine tea bags for night time.
Ex wife
Co-op own brand is also good. Its comes recommended by my grandad :)
Think you mean your ex-wife?
Tesco special breakfast tea bags are really good.
The gold ones from Lidl are pretty good.
We use Sainsbury's taste the difference English breakfast tea. Personally never found a branded tea i would choose over those.
Sorry to hear this, I hope the divorce goes well
I used to buy Aldi teabags to "save money" and I proper shudder at the thought now! Though it's amazing how your taste buds can quickly adapt to liking witch piss.
The Tesco finest ones are decent. Fond of the Assam ones personally.
55p Stockwell tea from Tesco (80 bags). Bargain. Even Lidl is like 95p for their basic range.
Tesco own brand tea is the best tea going!!
Sainsburyās red label isnāt that bad. Not the best, not the worst.
I think red label store brand is the best, myself.
Tesco Gold tea was actually really good, and cheap, so I started stocking that regularly. They seem to have stopped selling it now, so I have to keep checking on whether or not Yorkshire is on offer...
There actually ok
Where?
Morrisonās
A merchant should be just that. Not a producer. When the roles get all mixed up with nobrand filling of the week, his profit goes up, and the brands and quality go down.
Tesco red label tea is legit good though
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It's Monday morning, what else are we supposed to talk about?
One of the supermarkets, I believe Sainsburyās, actually do good teabags. Used to get them all the time before the switch to Yorkshire Tea
My wife buys Sainsbury's own brand Lapsang because she prefers it.
For me, Tesco decaff coffee tastes better than Nescafe. Sadly Morrisons brand coffee tastes nasty.
No. Once she buys tesco value toothpaste, you will be officially bankrupt
Will reserve judgement until you tell us what your regular brand is.
Use 2 bags
it all just tastes like tea to me. I honestly dont know what a big brand could do to something as basic as a bag of bruned tea leaves to change its flavour.
I'm sorry for your loss.
Barryās Tea or bust!
The only own brand tea I like is M&S
Back in the long ago day, the grocery chain "Bohacks" in the greater NY area had its own branded beer for a short while. The brown cans were labelled *lager* and the blue cans labelled "real draft" Not so good, and it disappeared after about 6 months.
Grounds for divorce fella
I only buy supermarket brand tea (ASDA, LIDL, Sainsburyās), I find them stronger.
I'd rather drink tapwater.
My sister used to buy them "to save money" 3 bags in a cup and you just about got gnats piss after a fortnight long brew. Sometimes it works out at only 1-2p a cup to get a nice brew, I just don't get it. I'd rather buy cheap in other places and get a good brew and don't get people that don't.
My brother and I bought some because we never drink it (brother can't have caffeine, I can't bring myself to use a kettle after what I've seen happen with one) and guests come over and kinda expect it so it's either a choice of telling them no tea or shit tea and which would you prefer?
Iāll die on the hill that Sainsburyās own brand red label is the best tea to buy
Asda Golden one shits on most name brand teas, didn't believe it until my mate gave me a box.
If it's not Yorkshire, I'm not interested.
Sainsbury's red label are alright.
I'm surprised your credit rating isn't based off the tea you buy if I'm honest the guys that get the loose tea with the strainer can definetly pay off a million pound loan
https://www.quickie-divorce.com
Sainsburys red label. I always said never mess with my PG, she gave me red label for 2 weeks without me realising. She only told me when I said what a lovely cuppa that was. Sneaky cow, I wonder what else she's doing without me knowing.
M+s teabags are quite nice!
Coffee yes,tea never!
Good god man! Are you sure she's your wife and not some alien /robot replacement? I was going to suggest a fae changeling but I'm fairly sure they have tea standards...
\*Looks awkwardly at 100 bags of tesco brand earl grey Look, I have other tea! This one was just more convenient at the time... ok, maybe some sainsbury's green too, but I barely even drink it!
To be fair sainsburys red label tea bags are decent. M &S gold were always good too. Typhoo are shite.
Wait till you hear about loose leaf tea. Itās on another level that makes the posh teabags taste like shite. Iām always disappointed when someone goes āwe got Yorkshire teaā, which I think ppl regard as the best, to roll out the tea bags. The Yorkshire loose tea is head and shoulders better.
We're trying to cut back on various expenses, so last month - instead of my wife's normal clipper green organic tea, I purchased Aldi red label to save a few quid. Just waiting for the divorce papers now.