Please tell me the best tea bags and instant coffee to have in my home for surprise visitors?

[mumofoneAloneandwell]

I dont drink tea or coffee at all

Ive got my eye on some cups and saucers and a tea pot

I need to be prepared for potential guests popping up and want to wow them as much as poss

Please advise - sorry to be so dull

Yorkshire loose leaf tea tastes better than the t bags, don’t ask me why

Urgh, no. Twinings, never Yorkshire 🤢

I'm not a fan of Yorkshire tea, I'd always go for Twinings English Breakfast.

Depends on whether you want a strong solid cup or a more delicate flavour. I like a proper strong cup of tea.

Can't help with the coffee, horrible stuff. For tea I recommend Williamson's Lifeboat tea and Williamson's Duchess Grey. Both wonderful, and IMO better than Fortnums. A selection pack of fruit/herbal teas would be good too, I think Twinings do one.

Without a doubt TrueStart Coffee! Also Yorkshire Tea.

Not Azera - it's Nestle rubbish.

Are you me?

I hate instant coffee. We have stainless steel cafetieres in different sizes and decent ground coffee.
The tea we us we is Earl Grey, Yorkshire Gold, fruit teas and green tea.

I don’t like coffee bags, they always leave a residue in bottom of mug. If I was visiting a friend or family I would drink whatever was on offer!
Earl grey or any tea bags. If I was family or friends and knew you didn’t drink I would bring my own!

You could also get some decaffeinated tea bags. I'd also suggest getting some decaf ground coffee too and keep it in the freezer. For decaf instant Nescafe azera decaf americano makes a decent drink.

We're big tea drinkers in this house!
I personally can't function properly without Earl Grey.
DH loves his Yorkshire Gold Tea or Ringtons Gold.
English Breakfast is always a good tea as well.

Twinings English Breakfast is lovely

I recommend coffee bags too. Instant goes off really quickly once you've opened it, so it's not much good if you only use it occasionally. Plus it doesn't taste like coffee 😁 Coffee bags in individual sealed bags stay fresh for ages.

If you're talking about specific people, ask them what they like and hopefully any other visitors will be happy with their choices too?
I wanted to like coffee bags but I didn't, they're a bit weird. I don't think they'd be everyone's cup of tea!
I use an Aeropress to make a mug of coffee (black Americano style) from a bag of ground because it's just me that wants coffee, it doesn't take up much space, it's easy to use and to travel with. The one I use wouldn't be good for lots of people but perhaps they do larger ones.
I like Rooibos (Red Bush) tea and it gets lots of attention at my partner's work. Invariably people want to try it, love it and then buy their own supply so it's become quite popular at his various work places. It has less tannins in it so doesn't dry your mouth like black tea can and you don't need milk. It might be worth considering.

Yorkshire Gold for tea.

Teapigs tea is lovely.

Their Strong Earl Grey 🤤

Yorkshire tea in this house.

I usually have coffee from my coffee machine, which uses Tassimo pods.

Everything is made in mugs. I do have a few cups and saucers, but mostly use the saucers as plates.

Honestly I wouldn’t worry about it. I am a tea and coffee snob and am extremely fussy about what I drink (and which cup I use) at home but when I go to visit friends I take whatever is on offer. I’m there to see them, not to judge them on their beverage options. Most people I visit offer me tea (often pg tips or supermarket own) or coffee (usually instant, sometimes a pod) in a mug. I don’t expect them to have a range of tea choices or a variety of milk for me.
This thread clearly shows you can’t please everyone, and honestly, people aren’t expecting you to have their favourite brand of coffee!

I've never had local mums popping in without notice. You may find it doesn't happen (or if they do briefly come in, it's a quick drop off / pick up without time for a drink).

A variety of milks really isn't necessary.

I'm wondering if you've just had a baby or just moved to a new place. It's very kind of you to think about all this. I'm sure people will appreciate it.

I hate Yorkshire tea it taste stewed and too strong. I prefer Morrisons decafe tea and for instant coffee Nescafé Gold blend, but I prefer Lavazza coffee in BTC machine.

100% Yorkshire tea!!

OP I often have the Kenco latte sachets at work. You could buy a box of them for about £2 and they last ages.

Yorkshire tea is for those of us who like a good strong cuppa. It's a matter of taste. Some prefer a lighter flavour.

Coffee bags are too weak if you like strong black coffee as I do. If I can't have ground coffee then I go for Nescafé Gold.