Help me avoid social suicide - which brand of tea should I buy?

[MrsFogi]

I don't drink tea, so can't judge which are decent/not - which brand(s) should I have in the house for when tea-drinkers pop over (I wouldn't want to be the person known for her terrible tea)? + is there anything I need to know about any brands, is there a "News of the World" equivalent of the tea brands I need to avoid?

I think if you only have it for company then a nice one that is pretty universally liked is Twinings - English Breakfast Tea. It is like a slightly daintier builders tea. Its nice. I am a tea drinker and usually just buy own brand or Tetleys.

Oi!

Yorkshire Gold is lovely and made with filtered water it is divine.

At home (Irish) Barrys tea.

Message withdrawn

Message withdrawn

bleurgghhh!

Yorkshire tea in this house!

\link{http://www.bapwatch.co.uk/Good%20Life/gw103.jpg\more tea vicar?)

more tea vicar?

I like earl Grey and twinings English breakfast

Message withdrawn

Dh likwes "builders' tea" - he's quite posh really though! Has been known to buy PG Tips. I drink Twinings Earl Grey.
Twinings seems ok to me but I'm not really an afficionado.

Twinings Ceylon tea if you are offering... . English Breakfast will do. Actually I've been buying Fair Trade and it's fine.

You only get instant coffee in our house unless we are having a dinner party - cafetieres are too much faff for every day purposes.

Anything other than earl grey for me... Milk in cup first, then water (or tea if from pot)

We drink Yorkshire Tea here.

was PMSL this morning listening to french radio report of 'tea festival' in paris next week-end: one of the organisers was talking about the many virtues of tea, saying how when you go to countries where they drink a lot of tea the people seem so much calmer and relaxed......which is due to the fact they drink tea

we drink clipper fairtrade
i love also Whittard Lapsang Souchong but not many people seem to like it....

Have to say even though I don't shop there the best tea in the world is Co-op 99. I go there especially for it!

TeaDirect. I like to buy it from Oxfam shop as well.

Fairtrade tea or Twinings English breakfast and you can't go far wrong. If you can track down Barrys Tea in the UK, then get that, it is the most refreshing tea i've drunk.

I buy either Tetley or supermarket 'Scottish' tea. Although have lately taken to green tea in the morning, camomile at night and fruit tea during the day.

As for coffee, coffee in our house could be a whole thread of its own. DH buys green beans and roasts them, then we grind them and make espresso in a commercial coffee machine, milk can then be frothed to make the coffee of your choice.

It has to be Twinings Earl Grey

Twinings Assam. My mum always compliments me on the tea - and she drinks PG.

Any one of the fairly traded ones, please

Message withdrawn