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Tick Tock Rooibos tea only for me. So much better than normal tea.

Also chicory instead of coffee.

Caffeine free life is the best 👌

I only drink loose leaf. I have stuff from Mei Leaf, Tao of Tea, local Asian markets, hojicha / genmaicha / kyobancha straight from Japan, local loose leaf tea shops.

I definitely don't drink PG or Celestial.

Broken Orange Pecoe from the hills of Kerala. I bought a 5kg bag twelve years ago at the factory (can't remember the exact place...) and I have some left.

A couple years later I developed a taste for jasmine tea, but it's been a while since I had any.

Twinnings is my usual. Pukka, mostly for herbies, and various supermarket ownbrands (not each of them's cheapest ownbrand mind you). Yorkshire is decent, PG tips OK but I never buy the latter myself.

Guizhou Mao Jian (毛尖) of various brands is decent too, if you can find it. More commonly I love an English Breakfast, Earl and Lady Grey, Rooibos, and various herbal concoctions.

Edit: nicest brand of tea I had was TWG, and they were amazing. Too expensive for me to ever buy for myself, though.

I used to order tea from this website:

https://www.republicoftea.com/

I had ordered a wide variety to teas beforehand: green, rooibos, hibiscus, black, and chamomile.

Now I just make store-bought iced tea and I’m much more comfortable with just regular tea.

I usually make tea concentrate in a saucepan and then pour it into a pitcher and fill with water…

…unless I want hot tea, that is, then that.

Typically just black or chamomile tea or Sleepytime tea when I shop for that brand.

I drink tea from Mariage Frères and Palais des Thés (I gave you the en links). I have a fair number of teas that I go through. They both have a fairly large collection, especially Mariage. I haven't tested them all obviously. And don't intend to.

Positively Tea Company

Also Fresh Roasted Coffee is great for coffee

https://www.freshroastedcoffee.com/pages/positively-tea

Teapigs - one of the best out there!

Lyon's, the superior Irish tea.

I'm also a fan of Yunnan teas. Especially pu ehr (shou, sheng, compressed, loose, it's all good) and Yunnan Noir.

I drink Caykur Organic Turkish tea every day. It’s addictive.

I usually look for well reviewed, reasonably priced loose Darjeeling of whatever brand I can find when I want black tea. But mostly I mix teas and flower petals of various types depending on my mood. Lavender, chamomile, calendula, rose, etc.

I've been drinking a ton of Tazo glazed lemon loaf tea. Herbal. Splash of oatmilk and rose syrup. Ugh so good. Bigelo Oolong is good too.

Stash, usually lemon ginger

All sorts of brands, I care more about which kind of tea it is than the brand

Twinings.

PG Tips for my black tea. Stash for my green tea.

We don't have a lot of choice over here. It's either Pickwick or store brand. I mostly buy store brand.

Tiesta

Lots! I'm constantly trying new teas because that's apparently exciting to me. I've done Harney & Sons, Yorkshire, Adagio, a couple of Etsy shops (WildWoodsTea, OpenDoorTeaCT), and ton of local shops (not gonna list to avoid doxxing sorry!)

Traditional: Bigelow or Twinnings Earl Grey

Fruity:Pineapple Hawaiian Breeze (excellent flavor). https://www.spicemerchants.biz/green-teas/pineapple-hawaiian-breeze

Iced: Lipton Black Iced Tea slightly sweetened

Guilty pleasure: Lipton Instant Tea

I mostly drink spicy chai, supermarket own brand, or twinnings if they're on offer.

Builders' if I'm fancy, Tetley if I'm not fancy

Yogi spiced blackberry

H.E.B.

Clipper

I love PG Tips as well for a go-to grocery store black tea, as well as all of Celestial Seasonings hibiscus blends. I used to get tea from Adagio and even made a couple of custom blends but I moved to an area with a decent tea shop and local events that host smaller tea sellers so I try to get loose leaf from them when I get the opportunity.

I mostly buy loose leaf from Upton tea. My favorites are their Assam GFOP and Finest Russian Caravan. They have a ton of varieties from around the world, so I get my usual and try out a couple new ones every time I make an order.

Stash Tea is reasonably local to me. I drink their English Breakfast and the Cranberry Pomegranate.

Scottish Blend.

Goodhost iced tea. If I ever run out; PeaceTea is a good, if expensive, alternative.

I enjoy Playadito it has a nice mild taste.

I'm a basic American and just drink Lipton black tea. I have had PG Tips and liked it but the grocery store near me doesn't carry it anymore 😟.

I like the Pantenger chai, the republic of tea green, almost any black for iced tea (tetley>lipton). I often have some ito en jasmine in the fridge for when i just want to grab something on my way out. I'm also a sucker for HTeaO (a US drive thru iced tea shop), especially a little sweet strawberry passion and the rest unsweet mint.

This one, it's amazing.

https://lovaretea.com/products/assorted-tea-by-lovare-alpine-herbs

Regular bkack tea