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[MattAwesome]

i brought all my yorkshire tea from home. english tea is the best. (i'm american)

[prideofidaho]

[Dixon]

[Steelrails]

I have a box of Tetley that I jealously guard, as well as boxes of Twinnings. Yorkshire Gold is a must during the return voyage. The best Earl Grey is by far Williamson Tea's Earl Grey. Earl Grey fans if you ever get a chance try that. It puts Twinnings to shame.

And yes, I agree with the poster who expressed disapproval with PG Tips. It has some sort of sea-fishy-peaty flavor that I can't abide.

I know it sounds blasphemous but since I'm on a bit of a sobriety kick lately I've really gotten into Lavender, Peppermint, and Chamomile tea. Good for the soul.

[stevieg4ever]

No no no no
wroing wrong wrong

Go to Itaewon and you can buy 100 tea bags of lipton tea for 6,000won (same umbrella company as PG tips, Unilever I believe).

Problem solved.

[sshemma]

Oooh the exciting times we live in!

[brento1138]

I've never met a Brit who likes Lipton... I find the best price / quality match is Twinnings Earl Grey. However, does anyone know a place that sells that specific brand for the cheapest price per bag? I'm interested in stocking up on these, as I can drink a ton of them if I have them... but I wanna find the best deal. Is Costco my best bet?

[tzechuk]

Lipton, made in Hong Kong, is wrong on so many levels.

Brento is right, NO BRITS in their right mind would drink Lipton tea.

Lipton tea is made for HKers, and HK milk tea is so different from the tea we are used to in the UK. I tried it and almost puked... but my eldest sister, who's lived most of her life in HK, loves it!

GROSS, GROSS, GROSS!

[sugarkane59]

Hyundai Department store sells 20 Akbar teabags for 3500 won. I went to Itaewon, but the same pack was about �2 more - rip off!

[stevieg4ever]

PG tips and Unilever are under the same umbrella group Unilever: an anglo dutch company (predominantly ours). And Lipton tea isnt manufactured in HK it comes from India according to the 원산지 labelling on the back.

There is nothing wrong with Lipton tea. It might not be as good as Yorkshire tea okay but beggars can't be choosers and all that.

Messi just scored a brilliant goal.

[eamo]

[NYC_Gal]

I like PG Tips... Probably because the past 3 boyfriends (including my now fiance) loved the stuff. Sure, we get some great imports from India on occasion, but our usual go-to tea is PG.

There are loads of Indian teas at the foreign market in Itaewon, though.

[korea252]

An ex co-worker gave me yorkshire tea bags when I was desperately awaiting my shipment from home. I prefer Tetley so if you want the Yorkshire ones you're more than welcome to them.

[Gatsby]

I hate to say it, but short of having good tea sent in, you're better off learning to drink coffee.

The land of the morning calm, land of fields of green tea, has gone gaga over coffee, and drinkable whole bean coffee at a semi-reasonable price is starting to become widespread. Meanwhile, anything but green tea is considered un-Korean. Go figure.

However, here is a shop that has about five types of bulk tea, Asia Mart in Busan. 051-323-6080. [email protected]

It's near the intercity bus terminal by the EMart and HomePlus. There's a bunch of Asian markets in the neighborhood, but this is the best. The owner is Pakistani and speak very good English.

Sorry it's not in everyone's neighborhood. You might find other markets in other cities.

Or you could experiment with converting green tea to black tea?

[maryjanes]

I would love to meet the posters who think Earl Gray comes anywhere close to British builder's tea. Bergamot=shower gel=not proper tea.

And as for Liptons, I'd rather soak the builder's Y-fronts in hot water, wring them out and drink it.