Most of the time I use teabags for convenience, especially when making tea for one person only. I always buy PG Tips teabags, and have reviewed them on here. Good as they are, the taste is surpassed when you use PG Tips Loose tea. Made in a warmed teapot, it can't be beaten. The drawback, of course, is the tea leaves that have to be disposed of; this can be a messy job but at least they can be added to the compost heap or even to the soil in pot plants. PG Tips loose tea is, as it says in the blurb on the packet, 100% natural. Only the two top leaves and buds (literally, the tips) of the tea bush are used, and these make for a delicate fragrance and, more ...  Read the complete review

Arthur Brooke opned his first shop in Manchester in 1869.He officially launched his tea in the 1930s under the name of `Pre Gest tea`,this name was chosen because it was considered fine to drink the tea before a meal.That name was later abbrieviated to PG and the word `tips` was added to highlight the fact that PG used the two top leaves and the bud to make its tea. In 1950 when Independant television was first launched we saw the first ever PG Tips chimps advert.Those incredibly funny adverts ran for just about fifty years! and the PG Tips chimps are in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest ever running TV campaign. If you go to YouTube some of ...  Read the complete review

Loose tea... who'd have thought? I've not had lose tea for years. It's also been a good long while since I've purchased PG tips. My Granny used to buy them. Nowadays for regular cuppas I usually rely on fair trade tea bags and the like. Before this I had a period with Yorkshire but found it too strong. Never bothered with Tetley's (too weak). But during a recent stroll round my local KS I did upon a shelf there glance, piled up high on special offer, a stack of PG boxes. The same PG once made famous by mischievous chimps, but now promoted by Johnny Vegas and his a woolly monkey sock thing friend. The boxes of loose tea were reduced from £1.80 (or something ...  Read the complete review

I am not one to suffer from the 'morning-lethargy-as-long-as-I-don't-get-a-sniff-of-my-favourite-tea' syndrome. Infact, I need the stretching during the tea break more than the tea itself to keep me awake while working long hours. I never have more than two cups of tea a day, even on the days that I do have tea. While eating out, be it a quick lunch or a formal dinner, cold drinks are always on my top priority list. In short, I'm no tea addict. However, that does not mean I don't like my occasional cuppa. Besides, if I am to have my 'occasional' tea, it HAS to be my way. So…once in a while, for those few seconds I do get a high on my 'garam chai' and no one ...  Read the complete review

Nowadays we use teabags for convenience but if you want a good cup of tea, you cannot beat the taste of PG Tips Loose tea. The box contains 250g and there is a picture of a tealeaves on the front of it. Apparently you can get 80 cups from this but it depends on whether you make strong or weak tea. The packaging is cardboard and can be fully recycled. The leaves are vacuum packed to retain their freshness. When you first open the package, you can smell the fragrance. PG tips say that only top two leaves and the bud is used in their tea. Having visited tea plantations and factory, this is the most expensive part of the plant. I'm pleasantly surprised that PG ...  Read the complete review