Loose Tea.

[Georgiesmum]

Do any of you still regularly use loose tea, rather than tes bags?

[waterboatman]

That's quite a few more than I've got!

[mikey4444]

I might get that bread maker out later this week !

[Patsy33]

We use tea bags. My son has a variety of different teas. I think it's nicer made with loose tea in teapot but people can't be bothered these days.
My friend gave me a bread maker but I haven't used it yet. My buy the ingredients today and have a go later!

[zebo]

Cloverjo reminds me of the time we had tea at the NFN place for the first time, OH ordered green tea and it came in a pot with a strainer in the cup. However he hadn't realised that the strainer was also in the little holder to stop drips, hence his tea went all over the place. He always uses loose gunpowder green tea, says it's far better than bags,

[Islay]

A mixture depend what mood I'm in.
Tea bags if in a hurry, loose leaf if more of a treat with friends and cake or chai tea from Dolce Gusto machine if at the weekend.

[andres]

Just gone back to loose tea.' Scottish Blend' is excellent. No floaters, quick to brew. No more teabags for me.

[DTCwordfan]

Is that Taylors of Harrogate, andres? Their Scottish breakfast is excellent.

M&S Assam for day to day usage, Scottish breakfast preferably leaves for a really good cup, the tea bags are ok.

[andres]

DTC ---Computer playing up today. Taking ages to type. We have a small local shop and they were selling this tea at a reduced price . I bought six packets . Excellent buy!

[jourdain2]

Breakfast -teabags (I'm asleep). 4.00p.m. is proper tea and we use loose-leaf tea - it is much, much nicer. Eldest sprog bought us a teapot with a mesh container in it, so no mess.

[New Judge]

Strange you should ask this question, GM.

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Question1578404.html

Only loose tea is available in NJ's chambers. Takes virtually no longer (in the overall scheme of things) to make a pot of tea with tea leaves. I can just about tolerate tea bags if the tea is made in a pot but a tea bag slopped in a mug is an absolute no-no.

There was a programme on the telly a few months back (think it was Greg Wallace "Inside the Factory"). There is no doubt that tea for tea bags is an entirely different product. My view is that they are filled with the stuff that should otherwise have been swept up from the factory floor!

[tonyav]

Can't say that I've had tea made with loose tea since my granny died.

[jourdain2]

Worth the effort, tony

[tonyav]

I know, jourdain. But at work it's quicker and much more convenient to use a tea bag.

[Khandro]

I can't understand why anyone uses teabags when there is such a wide selection of choices with loose tea. The choices of one type - say Darjeeling alone is so wide, which I drink mornings (without the disgusting habit of sticking milk in it of course). Afternoons; green China, natch! - I have only two types at the moment but the varieties are enormous.

[RobNorth]

A lady once told me that she was glad to see the back of loose tea because of the mess it caused in the sink etc.
The big advantage of a teapot, irrespective of loose or bags, is that we tend to use a decent teacup, which for me does make a difference.

[Khandro]

There is no need to make any "mess in the sink" with loose tea if you use one of these either in a pot or directly into a cup or mug. I find these spring-loaded ones much simpler than the dangling on a chain types
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