late nights and caffeine

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_netwiz.net>
Date: Tue Aug 17 02:35:42 1999

>On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Merle K. Peirce wrote:
>>I fear if I stopped drinking tea, I would vitiate the economies of Ceylon
>>and India.
>
>Oh, you drink _real_ tea, no Lipton? I'm slowly trying to stop myself from
>using that trash, but it's so darn _convenient_!

Here is a little tea "foodchain". There are worse tea's than supermarket
Lipton tea bags, but rather than dwell on it I will just start with Lipton.

Lipton.
Tetly
Red Rose, Farmer Bros (restaurant brand)
Typhoo, PG Tips (cheap UK imports)
Trader Joe Darjeeling, Mountain View (Iranian brand)

Taylors of Harrowgate (non cheap UK import)
Harrods house blends, especially vanilla and afternoon tea.

Estate teas, the best product from the best plantations. These have
character much like wines and individual preferences will vary, so no
particular order other than my own preference.
Marget's Hope
Castleton

A "good" cup of tea is a worthwhile experience, and this isn't even
touching on all the interesting teas like Russian Caravan, Indian Chai,
vanilla tea, Dragon well, etc etc.

BTW a very nice Earl Grey is a Canadian brand, Star tea in bright red sacks.
Received on Tue Aug 17 1999 - 02:35:42 BST