Crucial biscuit question - which are posher: Rich Teas or Custard creams?

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We're split down the middle at HQ and it's more important than you think!

Good lord, neither are posh!

neither

rich teas deffo

most bizarre question ive heard all morning...and ive got 4 kids asking me weird stuff today

Neither!

CC are vile.

RT are trying to be afternoon tea-ey gentile but failing dismally.

When I had tea with an Earl he served Rich Teas but there wasn't a custard cream in sight. Does that help?

I'm not sure either are posh

I would say a choco leibnitz is a posh biscuit and a bourbon is dead common

CC are minging and not at all posh.
rich tea are just boring and plain and show a distinct lack of imagination.

Yes we know neither are posh SD! That wasn't the question...

Ok put it another way then - which are more dirt common?

CC!!!!!

neither ... but rich tea do at least have dullness simplicity in their favour, whereas custard creams have a fun-tackiness - linked to theb desire to take the sarni apart and lick off the cream. I can imagine an ad agency (or similar) offering custard creams out of a sense of retro-chic. BUT custard creams are also tackier. God it's really tricky isn't it?

I'd go for rich tea.

CC definitely an economy biscuit.
Rich Tea, whilst certainly not out to impress, could potentially show an understated class against the glitzy showiness of a taste the difference cookie.

May I suggest the Digestive?

I think you need to further define 'posh' - landed gentry posh, nouveau riche posh?

Custard creams would appear to be marginally more expensive than rich tea. However, you can buy a bigger pack of CC then you can RT, thus making them cheaper than RT. Also, you can buy Tesco's Value RT in a separate pack, but if you want value CCs you need to buy a "biscuit barrel" pack which included Nice, Malted Milk and Bourbons as well.

which proves that, er, I have too much time on my hands....

HTH.

Unless you want an MN wide custard cream shortage PLEASE don't open them when I'm around

CC are a bit "bling" with their fancy sides, so they err on chav

No you may NOT suggest Digestives Fruitstick!

I would also say the rich tea finger is more classy than the round one.

This is keeping me from important tidying

rich tea

custard creams are for pseudo snobs

both vile

If you closed your eyes and ate a bourbon or a custard cream, or any of those other cheapy creamy ones, you'd think they were all one- which they obviously are, with a bit of nasty colouring added....
So it must be Rich Tea. Though I'd wager a Morning Coffee posher still than a Rich Tea.

Choco-Leibniz most definitely the phwoarrrr-better-than-sex biscuit. With really chunky Boasters a close second.....

well, i always judge a biscuits poshness on the ones that children won't choose

so deffo Rich Tea, in this instance

I guess rich tea are a bit posher than custard creams (or cricket biscuits as they are know in our house, for some reason they are prized above all other biscuits!), and I know a lot of mums who would balk at giving their lo's a custard cream but don't mind a rich tea, because they are boring less sugary.

Both are decidely un-posh but if you had to choose, I'd say RT have a very slight edge.

Of the two, definitely the custard creams. A cult classic.

If in doubt, rich tea. Just because there's so little difference between the cheap ones and the branded.

Ooh, can I please?