What is this? Edible critters for sale at Fortnum and Masons. Extraordinary! No, not buying deep fried crickets or worm crisps.
Even though we may drink tea maybe only once a month, I was becoming very focused on buying some high quality tea.
Then Fun60 inadvertently stepped up to the crease with some information about Harrods. As I read it, Harrods beginnings were as a tea shop. The store has a fine tea department.
Now I am not sure if I should buy tea from the Cameron Highlands or from Harrods in London.
And I shall slap your face if you tell me I need to get a life. This is my life, and don't forget how I may be helping Broken Britain or the tea pickers in the Cameron Highlands.
Hello Andrew:
ReplyDeleteDo, dear Andrew, make your tea purchases from the tea pickers in Malaysia. Harrods is no more today than an oversized tourist trap. To be avoided like the plague!
Caveat: these are only our opinions and not founded on fact!!
So JayLa, you would not be seen gauchely carrying a Harrods shopping bag in the street.
DeleteWe sell Piccalili in Coles, in our very small British section along with Bramston pickles and sauces, marmalades and stuff.
ReplyDeleteCheck out your local Coles first, then you won't have to pay shipping fees.
I think you should buy your tea direct from the growers, it will be fresher and like Jane and Lance said, Harrods is an overpriced tourist trap.
River, I am not sure that we have British sections in our Coles. Kosher, Asian and Indian certainly. I must check.
DeleteI looked up Piccalili. No thanks, not to my taste.
ReplyDeleteI thought it sounded ok Victor. We are quite used to Indian foods and spices and it sounds very much based on an Indian sauce.
DeleteBuy one from each and then have fun doing a taste test to compare the two...?
ReplyDeleteKath, you think I have money to waste?
DeleteHave ya tried Nerada Tea grown in Queensland in the hills of The Atherton Tablelands its pesticide free and is the best in the world in my books.
ReplyDeleteI may have heard of it Windsmoke. It sounds worth trying.
DeleteThere is only one place for tea and that's taken at The Ritz in Piccadilly! It was an expensive treat but I loved every minute of it. I am very much a tea drinker but these days I stick to typhoo decaf tea bags. What an admission!
ReplyDeleteYes, Fun60. That is where I should be, at The Ritz. Tea is always best when someone else makes it. I had to look up typhoo. If others do not know, it is a brand with quite a history.
DeleteSo what are you really saying, Andrew? Tired of jiggling?
ReplyDeleteAs I mentioned FC, I would only average a jiggle once a month.
DeleteTea for two at the Ritz, my doesn't that sound grand!! Je prefer a cup of Earl Grey in my fav cup reading your blog Andrew!!! Happy googling!
ReplyDeleteGrace, I am very susceptible to flattery. Use it judiciously. I thought you may be a bit more French with your choice of a hot drink. One of my favourite Paris moments was drinking cafe noir at a Parisian street cafe, until I arrived home and worked out how much we paid.
DeleteOh believe me Andrew I did a lot of Parisian cafe coffee drinking when in Paris..and if I'm in a French cafe here, but at home..what can I say it's the 'Anglo English' in me!
DeleteI've been craving terry's chocolate oranges of late. You can have your piccalilli though
ReplyDeleteHad to google them Fen. Not sure that I would like them. Never that keen on Jaffas.
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