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panda_bear1982 · Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Location: South Korea

Hello i finally made it to korea but miss my english tea with milk. Does anyone know where i can get some teabags from in Suwon or elsewhere??

Thanks! U would be helping me so much.

Homer · Guest

I might be mistaken here but Korea has heaps of different teas available.

Why not try one of them?

Bori cha?

Nok cha?

I think you will find what you are looking for at the larger department stores (Lotte) in their supermarket section (usually basement).

Best of luck but by all means show some adventure spirit and try the different teas here!

Troll_Bait · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:14 am Post subject: Re: Where can i buy english tea!!

panda_bear1982 · Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Location: South Korea

i drink all types of other teas all the time but really would like a good cup of english tea at the moment. Yes please for the information troll_bait.

Thanks

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

fatpat · Joined: 05 Oct 2005 Location: The bright lights of Namchang

Non English people don't understand the need for English tea it seems. While I love green tea and drink it all day at work there is nothing like a real cup of tea. All year I have had my mum send me boxes of Yorkshire Tea, but recently Walmart in Ulsan has started stocking Liptons Yellow label tea - International blend. The boxes are small with 25 bags in them and the box is yellow. It isn't particularly expensive but im not sure of the price, so if you have a walmart nearby have a look. Whatever you do, don't buy liptons milk tea. I bought it once in desperation and it is individual sachets of freeze dried tea, with powder milk and lots of sugar, not dissimilar to coffee mix crap but a lot worse!
Good luck, I understand what you are going through!

Troll_Bait · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:35 am Post subject:

Do you know the French chain "Carrefour"? They've got a wide variety of tea available: Darjeeling, Ceylon, Earl Grey, Blueberry/Orange/Apple/Jasmine-flavoured. They're quite cheap, too. No loose-leaf. Not sure about the quality.

In Itaewon, near Han-gang-jin station, there's "Hannam Supermarket." You exit the station, walk towards Harley-Davidson Motorcycles, walk up and over a pedestrian's bridge, turn right, and it's on your left. Tea bags and loose leaf.
tel: 702-3313

And the only place in all of Korea that has my favorite, Lady Grey ... the Tea Museum (three branches, only loose-leaf).

Apgujeong branch
tel: 02) 515-2350
From Apgujeong station, walk (and keep ... walking) towards the Gallaria department store. It's on the right.

Lotte department store branch
tel: 02) 772-3186
Around Myong-dong station, it's in the basement level of Lotte department store.

Kyungki-do (Kyungki Province) branch
tel: 031) 701-2696
Sorry, never been there.

blackjack · Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Location: anyang

walmart in pyeongchang (not sure how to spell it) Anyang has Liptons Yellow label tea in 100s and it is not to expensive (can't remeber the price), it is not the strongest (i like it strong enough to bend the spoon and black) but it is not bad

muggie2dammit · Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Location: Ilsan, Korea

Troll_Bait · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:42 am Post subject:

I couldn't help but notice that "Lipton's" has been mentioned at least three times already ... Ugh ... The situation that tea lovers in Korea find themselves in Sad

Troll_Bait · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:52 am Post subject:

I hope that as many people as possible participate in this thread, because I think that it would make a great addition to the "sticky" above, Restaurants/Food/Wine

Bo Peabody · Joined: 25 Aug 2005

This'll do.

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

fatpat · Joined: 05 Oct 2005 Location: The bright lights of Namchang

Troll_Bait · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 6:11 am Post subject:

So apparently, Carrefour might be on its last legs in Korea.

Great.

Read about it at: Carrefour may be leaving Korea