Brooke Bond Scottish Blend

Scottish Blend has to be the best cuppa I have ever had. Even though I have had the idea that Yorkshire tea is the best tea shoved down my throat for the past two years I still stick by Scottish Blend. The tea bags I have are pyramid shaped (I really don't think the shape of the bag has anything to do with the diffusion rates or surface area of tea leaf to water that equates to a better taste) and come in a 500g cardboard box that contains approximately 160 bags in a box. The box is predominantly blue in colour with a little nutritional note to say that 100ml of tea contains only one calorie, now I never knew that! I guess that all changes if you go and ...  Read the complete review

Scotland is well known for its Pyramids, in fact in West Lothian we have quite a few, although I admit they are really called "bings" a result from coal and shale mining, but along the M8 there are art projects including pyramids to brighten up the journey between Edinburgh and Glasgow! Seriously though I'm taking about Scottish Blend pyramid tea bags made especially for soft Scottish water. Serious tea drinkers will know that the same tea bag or leaves tastes differently depending on the area and type of water. I used to love to get home after holidays for a decent cup of tea! I stopped drinking tea with caffeine a couple of years ago but ...  Read the complete review

"It's no' th' tea," said my Scottish friend. "It's th' water. Ye kin take th' tea home, but ye kin no' take th' water." Hmmmm, well, I grant that most places I've visited in Scotland have wonderfully soft and pleasant-tasting water. Still and all, we also have very nice soft water in my little corner of America. We don't, however, have ready access to Scottish Blend tea. Fortunately, this particular problem is easy to solve--just fly off to Scotland often enough to keep a ready supply on hand! (Failing that, Scottish Blend can sometimes be found in the States at specialty shops stocking UK foodstuffs.) You may think I'm jesting ...  Read the complete review

I had never seen these tea bags until I moved to Scotland a few years ago, no really I hadn't. I was on the look out for my usual brand -PG tips but couldn't find them and low and behold I spotted these. As they are are made by Brooke Bond I suspect they are actually the same product with different packaging.They are pyramid bags, the same as PG but the flavour is far better, I think it is much stronger and richer and yet smoother and very refreshing.Another good point is you don't have to hang around for ages waiting for it to brew a decent cup.Just one or two minutes is all it takes for a good strong cup or mug. The price of these tea ...  Read the complete review