Best supermarket own brand Tea bags?

wekslap

Hope i'm posting this in the right place as I'm a forum virgin!

I would love to know peoples opinions of whats the nicest tasting of all the supermarkets own brand tea bags?

peace & love

wekslap

Abbafan1972

I like Asda's own tea bags. You can get a massive box of them for £3.

Used to have PG tips, but they were getting really expensive.

meritaten

er - difficult this as everyone has their own preference as to tea! My OH likes Tetley tea bags - I prefer Earl Gray. I love Aldis ground coffee and make it in my cafetiere. OH prefers Aldis rich roast Instant - says its better than Nescafe! personal choice I think - just try a few different ones and see what you prefer.

Money_maker

DH only drinks Co Op 99 tea bags.

seaglass4

Sainsbury's basic teabags are 29p for 80 & are also fairtrade, taste ok but a bit weak

lynzpower

Personal favourites are coop99 or sainsburys red label. Nice and strong!

Marks and spencer extra strong are also favourites but they are generally a bit more expensive.

maman

Thanks for starting this thread wekslap. We like Yorkshire Tea but it's getting really expensive even when on offer so I'll give some of the 'own brands' a try. We used to drink Co-op 99 years ago, so that'll be one of my first experiments.

Raven

I like my tea strong, orange and stewed - real Belfast Tea and am very happy with the Sainbury own brand Basics teabags.

For 3 cups I use 6 teabags and ensure its on the heat for a min or so and cant fault its flavour and at 29p - its a steal.


That said, everyone is very fussy about their cuppa so you will need to try a few and decide what suits you.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Sainsbury's Red Label. Everytime.

If you like Twining's yellow box tea or English Breakfast tea, it's the nearest you can get for such a low price.


I'm one of those who doesn't leave the teabag in for long, but just shows the milk carton to the mug.

scheming_gypsy

Whatever you do, don't buy Smart Price tea bags. I thought I'd try them as a backup / to save money; they taste like they used the branches instead of the leaves.

dobs

I love Asda tea bags (not smartprice ones, they're gross!), i can just about stick sainsburys ones but that is all! If i start to run out of my asda ones i panic lol (i drink alot of it!)