Yorkshire Tea: A Review
Yorkshire Tea is one of the finest blended teas you’ll find in the British Isles. You will find it in most good tea shops, supermarkets and merchants.
Betty & Taylors of Harrogate tea merchants has a long history of quality dating all the way back to 1886 when it was first established by Charles Taylor. Its is one of very few independent and family owned tea merchants left in Great Britain.
The Taste & Brewing
Yorkshire tea has a strong malty flavour that goes well with just a dash of milk. Too much and you overpower the lighter notes in the blend. There are no brewing guidelines on the box they provide though I’ve contacted the makers to request a guide [awaiting response].
I’ve personally found a brewing time of 2 1/2 minutes to be about right. You can guage the level of milk to use because if you use just the right amount the tea takes on a deep red colour. If you lose that and it slips to all brown then you’ve gone to far or not steeped long enough! A travesty that can only be healed by binning it and starting again.
When it comes to sugar its all dependent on the circumstance. If you’re after a very refreshign cup then I’d go without the sugar but if you’re ater that relaxed, just-got-in-from-a-busy-day feel then you can’t beat half to one teaspoon of sugar to sweeten a little.
Discovering Yorkshire Tea
I remember when I first tried Yorkshire Tea very well as it was the first black tea I’d tried that properly converted me to the path of tea. A friend who was a huge fan brewed me a cup in order to convince me of the virtues of this incredible bush and I have to say it was like a personal visit from god/gods/aliens/some other worldly transportation to paradise.
How could a drink be so refreshing, so tantilising, mourish and delightful. What magic had been counjured in my cup! Since then I’ve been hooked and its now my staple drink.
Betty and Taylors also offer a range of gifts for the true Yorkshire Tea fanatic at their site.
As my number one tea it’s obvious that I’m going to give this a 5/5. But don’t let my bias put you off. This is by far one of the best tasting tea’s this country has to offer and I’d recommend it to anyone.
5/5
Thanks because I found your blog post here and was able to know how to steep my own Yorkshire tea. The tip for 2 1/2 minutes worked pretty well. I also give the tea a high rating since it’s mildly sweet and has no astringency at all. It is a blend but it’s a very good one at that. I recommend it for anyone who likes British tea. –Spirituality of Tea