Brook Bond - Taj Mahal Tea

I drink it and enjoy it. It is a CTC tea. (Its granulated.)

posters have said that it is the same as PG tips. It well may be true.
Its very close,but the pg tips I have are bags and taj mahal is loose.

Taj mahal tea is bargain. enjoy.

curly mustache wrote:
> I drink it and enjoy it. It is a CTC tea. (Its granulated.)
>
> posters have said that it is the same as PG tips. It well may be
true.
> Its very close,but the pg tips I have are bags and taj mahal is
loose.
>
> Taj mahal tea is bargain. enjoy.

What is "PG tips"?

What is "CYC"?

I know you are probably going to tell me it's in the F.A.Q....

I'll go look right now.

Eric Jorgensen wrote:
> On 3 May 2005 19:38:48 -0700
> pottercarl@m wrote:

> > What is "CTC"?
>
>
> CTC - Crush/Tear/Curl - it means that they've mechanically
processed the
> tea into smaller bits that release their flavor more quickly.
Steeping
> times should be cut short with CTC teas.

Should you use a standard infuser basket as you would with a full leaf
tea?

On Tue, 03 May 2005 20:58:19 -0600, Eric Jorgensen wrote:

> On 3 May 2005 19:38:48 -0700
> pottercarl@m wrote:
>
>> [quoted text muted]
>
>
> A british tea brand. The truth in advertising laws required that they
> stop calling it "Pre Gestative" because they can't prove that it helps you
> digest food. It's a blend of at least 200 different clones from a variety
> of locales.
>
> If you want to drink what a lot of britons are drinking, that's one of
> the brands you can try. Whether that means it's good tea is an exercise
> for the reader.

Brook Bond is a cheap brand of tea in the UK, like PG Tips. As far as I
know there are Indian companies around which buy these western labels
(Tata, Hindustan Lever). There once was a debate whether Indian tea
drinkers would pay premium prices for higher quality teas which are
usually exported to the West. In my experience this is not the case, tea
in India is usually with milk and plenty of sugar plus spices.
JB

<pottercarl@m> wrote:
>curly mustache wrote:
>> I drink it and enjoy it. It is a CTC tea. (Its granulated.)
>>
>> posters have said that it is the same as PG tips. It well may be
>true.
>> Its very close,but the pg tips I have are bags and taj mahal is
>loose.
>>
>> Taj mahal tea is bargain. enjoy.
>
>What is "PG tips"?

It is an inexpensive brand of tea.

>What is "CYC"?

Crush/Tear/Curl processing.

>I know you are probably going to tell me it's in the F.A.Q....

My personal feeling is that none of the generic Indian CTCs are as
aromatic as the generic whole leaf Kalami/Gulabi teas, like Sharzad.
These also turn up very cheaply at Indian groceries (can you believe
two pounds for $3) and really are underrated to my mind.

But, as the Gujerati guy that I shared an office with as a grad student
always said, "If Brooke Shields married James Bond... she'd be Brook-Bond."
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."