PG Tips – Tea Bags 80s

Description

Bagged tea has a shorter useful life than people assume. The bag is paper, the box is cardboard, and neither keeps out the kitchen air that slowly strips the aroma. A box sized to your actual drinking is not meanness, it is the difference between tea that smells of something and tea that only tastes brown.

For one or two people this is the right count. Store it away from the spice rack, because paper bags take up cumin and cardamom from across the shelf with startling efficiency. Brew one bag in a mug of water at a proper rolling boil, give it two minutes, squeeze and add milk. Two bags and a pan if you want it closer to chai.

Is a smaller box less good value? Per cup, yes, slightly. It is still the better buy if the alternative is throwing away stale tea from a box you could not finish.

Why does my tea taste of spices? Almost always because the box has been stored next to them. Paper takes up smells; move the tea to another shelf or into a tin.

The next size up is a 100 bag box, and the full aisle covers the Indian blends on the same aisle. Vegetarian. Keep the box closed and away from strong smelling spices, because paper bags take up whatever is next to them. Order online at Panjab Supermarket for same-day delivery across Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Leidsche Rijn, Vleuten, Maarssen, Zeist, Bunnik, IJsselstein, Vianen, and Culemborg. Free delivery on orders over 49 euros.