Ee bye gum, do thee really grow tea int Yarksheer? (Yorkshire Tea)

Member Name: eyedo6789

Product:	Yorkshire Tea
Date:	04/03/09 (43 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Has a lovely full flavour.

Disadvantages: There is a bit of a white lie on the packaging in big letters!

Well the name gives the impression that the tea is grown in Yorkshire but I can assure you that it is not. The nearest Yorkshire comes to in terms of having some kind of world renowned crop growing status is "The Rhubarb Triangle" which is an area in West Yorkshire where rhubarb is grown extensively in the dark so that it thinks it's still underground and therefore is "forced" upwards against its will!

However, this Yorkshire Tea is blended and then packaged in Yorkshire by Taylors of Harrogate who were founded back in 1886.

It is black tea that's sourced from various parts of the Indian sub continent and Africa.

They make it in four varieties, original, decaffeinated, gold and a special type for hard water. Nothing worse than finding a piece of lime scale in your cuppa!

I quite like the flavour of Yorkshire tea. For me it has a slightly stronger, fuller flavour than your run of the mill tea.

I think that as the tea market has got more competitive they have decided to diversify into also producing biscuits and cakes.

Having the brand name "Yorkshire Tea" or anything with "Yorkshire" in it is a distinct advantage when marketing food and drink as Yorkshire and Yorkshire folk are commonly perceived to be down to earth, honest and reliable.

This review is also posted on www.ciao.co.uk
under my user name bella6789

Summary: It's not from Yourkshire but it tastes great.