Brooke Bond Taj Mahal

I just came back from the local Indian grocery store. I went there
hoping to stock up on Brooke Bond Taj Mahal tea bags, only to find that
they only had loose tea and string-and-tag tea bags, not the larger
round bags that I prefer and have gotten there in the past. The
store's stock seemed to be low on all of its tea brands, so I am hoping
that the round bags are just out of stock and will be back on the
shelves shortly. The checkout clerk didn't know when I asked her. So
does anyone here know if Brooke Bond is still making Taj Mahal in round
bags? I really do prefer the round ones because they hold more tea,
are cheaper, and are heat-sealed rather than stapled.

Thanks.

Pat wrote:
> I just came back from the local Indian grocery store. I went there
> hoping to stock up on Brooke Bond Taj Mahal tea bags, only to find that
> they only had loose tea and string-and-tag tea bags, not the larger
> round bags that I prefer and have gotten there in the past. The
> store's stock seemed to be low on all of its tea brands, so I am hoping
> that the round bags are just out of stock and will be back on the
> shelves shortly. The checkout clerk didn't know when I asked her. So
> does anyone here know if Brooke Bond is still making Taj Mahal in round
> bags? I really do prefer the round ones because they hold more tea,
> are cheaper, and are heat-sealed rather than stapled.
>
> Thanks.

I've seen them at my local Indian Grocery just recently, but their
stock tends to hang around for quite some time so that is no real
indicator. I only buy my Taj Mahal tea in loose form, you get a ton
more for the money. Not that it is expensive, but still.

- Dominic

SN wrote:
> is this 'Taj Mahal' a masala chai in bags?

No. Tea India does a baggged masala chai tea, as well as regular tea
bags and loose tea.

In article <1150611924.284605.27840@y41g2000cwy.. com>,
SN <SilverNeedles@> wrote:
>is this 'Taj Mahal' a masala chai in bags?

No, it's a cut black Assam blend.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Dominic T. wrote:

>
> It was the old style packaging. I did see a box of loose with the new
> package though. Next time I'm out there I'll let you know, in fact I'll
> just buy a box or two and send you one if they have it. I think it is
> like $3.99 a box so with shipping it couldn't be more than $5-6. Even
> if your not interested, no biggie, I'll pick it up anyhow.
>
> - Dominic

Thanks. I'm going to check back in a couple of weeks and see if they
have it. They seemed to be out of a lot of things -- they were all out
of Tetley and Tea India in bags, so maybe they just need to get some
new stock in. I'll let you know.

As an aside, I did call Unilever Canada at the 800 number shown on the
box of string and tag teabags I bought to tie me over. It was a
non-working number, which is strange, since you'd think the new
packaging would have a current number on it. So I called the number on
my box of Lipton Yellow Label. The person I talked to didn't know the
answer, either, but at least seemed to be willing to try and find out,
even after she found out that I'm not in Canada. We'll see if the
effort bears any fruit!!