Yorkshire Tea
This tea blend was first established in 1886 by Yorkshire tea merchant, Charles Yaylor and is one of the few remaining family-run independent tea merchants left in the UK.
The tea itself is blended using a variety of leaves from India, Africa and Sri Lanka. Although you could consider this tea merely an ‘off the shelf’ brand available anywhere its far, far from it. It’s available in the supermarkets but its quality is absolutely incredible and you can tell the family behind this tea are really passionate about the leaf.
Mr Taylor who first came to blend these teas did so realising that everyone in the UK had different levels of ‘hardness’ in their water. Therefore he blended teas to get something that tasted great anywhere in the country and even now the company continues this process to make sure it keeps true. If you have especially hard water in your area then they have a special blend too.
Yorkshire tea has become my everyday tea of choice. Its a fantastic benchmark for quality and the company is a shining example of how a tea merchant can be ethical as well as in business.
I just picked up a box today for the first time, and it is delightful. Much like English Breakfast tea. I love your blog, by the way. What is your favorite English Breakfast tea?
Hard water can change a taste of tea. And tea from soften or mineral water is much better.