Lancashire tea

Siddie · 06-04-2006, 23:41

Hi
Could anyone please tell me if there is a Lancashire tea, I know there is a Yorkshire one, and if so if it can be bought online
Thanks

grannyclaret · 06-04-2006, 23:47

There used to be the brooke bonds factory in burnley,, but i am not sure you can get that any more

Siddie · 06-04-2006, 23:51

Thanks Grannyclaret, I read in friends of Lancashire that there was one available at Booths supermarket but as I live in Kent now, I believe this is a north west supermarket

staggeringman · 07-04-2006, 00:29

there is lancashire tea ! you get a bag and shove it in the cup and pour boiling water over it! its easy mate just try it

staggeringman · 07-04-2006, 00:30

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Originally Posted by grannyclaret

There used to be the brooke bonds factory in burnley,, but i am not sure you can get that any more

it was great harwood granny!

Siddie · 07-04-2006, 00:33

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Originally Posted by staggeringman

there is lancashire tea ! you get a bag and shove it in the cup and pour boiling water over it! its easy mate just try it

Yes very good staggeringman there is always one isnt there

pendy · 07-04-2006, 11:14

You can get great tea in Clitheroe, they make a special one to suit the water there. I'll have a look next time I'm over there (either Easter or end of April) and see what I can find - it will be another excuse to meet up at the Dorchester - just you and me this time, ogling the waiters!!

Siddie · 07-04-2006, 11:28

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Originally Posted by pendy

You can get great tea in Clitheroe, they make a special one to suit the water there. I'll have a look next time I'm over there (either Easter or end of April) and see what I can find - it will be another excuse to meet up at the Dorchester - just you and me this time, ogling the waiters!!

Hi ya Pendy
Sounds like you are trying to lead me astray again, just remember mine is the handsome waiter though hahaha
You say they make a great tea to suit the water but remember ours is the hardest water you can get (almost solid infact) so what suits Clitheroe wouldnt suit Kent, I dont think, Thanks for the offer, and I am green with envy, say hi to Lanky for me

garinda · 07-04-2006, 11:31

Yorkshire tea?

You'll be telling us next they have vineyards over the otherside of the Pennines, as well as tea plantations.

Siddie · 07-04-2006, 12:18

They may well have vineyards
Next time you are in a supermarket take a look
Taylors of Harrogate make a Yorkshire tea, dont tell me they just sell it down south here in Kent or are you just winding me up

Margaret Pilkington · 07-04-2006, 17:19

Garinda....they DO do a Yorkshire Tea...and there are two varieties one for hard water and one for soft water. (I'm sure there is a joke in there somewhere...but I am trying to be refined)!

garinda · 07-04-2006, 22:17

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Garinda....they DO do a Yorkshire Tea...and there are two varieties one for hard water and one for soft water. (I'm sure there is a joke in there somewhere...but I am trying to be refined)!

I see where you were going with the water.

Although not a tea drinker I have seen Yorkshire tea in the shops, and just presumed it must be blended there, or blended for our Yorkshire cousins, nice and bitter.

I wonder how long before an EEC directive makes them change it's name? What with all that business that Eccles cakes, and Pontefract cakes can only be produced in their town of origin.

Madhatter · 08-04-2006, 12:10

Erm, it is yorkshire tea, taylors of harogate are the only makers of yorkshire tea, or blenders of it, and harogate is in yorkshire, so therfore yorkshire tea really is yorkshire tea. Probably first blended up there and sold locally back when shops served the customer, instead of giving us empty shelves and blocking of the full ones with trolleys full of unstacked stock.
All this about it having to be made there is stupid, it's about the recipe not wherre it's made.