Price of TEA to increase drastically

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Re: Price of TEA to increase drastically

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The cost of many things has gone up. The cost of a fry up at the local cafe has gone up by about a £1 which is a pain for me as that fry-up is a good post workout meal for me for when I have been using the outdoor gym.... which I wont do when its freezing.....
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Hahaha, this was really funny. When I read the title, I was thinking "Those brits and their tea" :lol: .
Will this effect me? No. I can't drink regular tea due to a heart problem, it has to be decaffeinated. Decaffeinated tea is horribly expensive so I mostly drink herbal teas instead and herbal tea is something I can produce myself.
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And to make matters worse Toblerone have swapped their chocolate/notch ratio so I'm getting less product and more air for my money :x

MissA: I've tried many herbal "teas" and found them lacking something.... Flavour for a start ;)
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ForgeCorvus wrote:And to make matters worse Toblerone have swapped their chocolate/notch ratio so I'm getting less product and more air for my money :x

MissA: I've tried many herbal "teas" and found them lacking something.... Flavour for a start ;)
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And they have nobbled Terrys chocolate orange!

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175 down to 157g

That's about 10% orangy goodness less! Of what once made York famous ;) Grrrrrr


http://m.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/terr ... story.html
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MissAnpassad wrote:Hahaha, this was really funny. When I read the title, I was thinking "Those brits and their tea" :lol: .
You laugh, but during WWII the German High Command put serious thought into disrupting supplies of tea to the British Army in North Africa - thought the slump in morale would be worth a couple of Panzer Divisions.
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ForgeCorvus wrote: MissA: I've tried many herbal "teas" and found them lacking something.... Flavour for a start ;)
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Tasteless? There are several herbal teas that taste more than regular. Like Hibiscus tea (taste just like cranberry juice), Yarrow and Norway spruce-sprouts. Another oof my favorites is Linden flower tea. And if you ferment the leavs of rosebay willowherb it tastes just like regular tea.
featherstick wrote: You laugh, but during WWII the German High Command put serious thought into disrupting supplies of tea to the British Army in North Africa - thought the slump in morale would be worth a couple of Panzer Divisions.
Hahahaha. So instead of bombing you, the terrorists should just stop all of the tea imports to the UK.
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MissAnpassad wrote:
Hahahaha. So instead of bombing you, the terrorists should just stop all of the tea imports to the UK.

There would be gallows erected before 8:00am if that happened round here :twisted: and I've got a saw and screwdriver .. I need my morning tea fix to function rationally and normally ;-)
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Yorkshire Andy wrote:
ForgeCorvus wrote:And to make matters worse Toblerone have swapped their chocolate/notch ratio so I'm getting less product and more air for my money :x

MissA: I've tried many herbal "teas" and found them lacking something.... Flavour for a start ;)
Horses for courses

And they have nobbled Terrys chocolate orange!

Before:

Image




After

Image

175 down to 157g

That's about 10% orangy goodness less! Of what once made York famous ;) Grrrrrr


http://m.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/terr ... story.html


has any one else noticed , they have done the same with oxo cubes , instead of being a cube they have made them more like an x shape . it might not seem much but the bits they have shaved out all add up to a new cube . imagine how much they are making off the bits they cut out .
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MissAnpassad wrote: Tasteless? There are several herbal teas that taste more than regular. Like Hibiscus tea (taste just like cranberry juice), Yarrow and Norway spruce-sprouts. Another oof my favorites is Linden flower tea. And if you ferment the leavs of rosebay willowherb it tastes just like regular tea.
So, these are recipes ? I'll admit I've only had dealings with the stuff in bags my SIL drinks (insert "Shudder" emoticon here)

Could you please post a "Non-tea Teas for dummies" thread?
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The Terry's chocolate Satsuma eh? How long will it be before there's no difference between celebrations and the real thing?
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