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Me too! I was raised on the stuff, only with a small twist. Sugar, definitely. My great grandmother (from England) used to put Carnation evaporated milk in her tea--the unsweetened kind. It is so much better than milk, it gives the tea more body and takes what can be a bitter edge off certain teas. Anyway, its a tradition that's been handed down through the years and whenever someone is over and they say they don't care for tea, we make them a cup my great grandmother's way and they end up loving it. I have a feeling it got started when they were too poor to buy regular milk and bought the canned type instead.

i.m a new poster to this site too - i live in england and am new short stories ed - anyway i heard it on the grapevine,,,,,

tesco's are coming.... with lots of tea...

siobhain

I heard a rumor somewhere that Whittard is supposed to open a few stores in the US. I can only hope that's true (and that one will be near me)!!!

We actually now have a tea room in Wegmans, with all the teas we like :O)

Ahh.. we don't have Wegman's here. But I'll have to remember that for the next time we're traveling east.

Yes. And Yorkshire Tea.
I don't know if you can get that one in the US though - I'm amazed you can get PG Tips!!!

We just got PG Tips here a few years ago! We had to go to England or Bermuda, but then they came to an Irish Teahouse, then Wegmans, then a few supermarkets.
Harringtons is also at Wegmans.

On a side note, I love white chocolate Fingers, and we could only get milk/dark chocolate ones here; sometimes they had the white but they were mixed in, never the full box.
Tea and chocolate....I miss England..... and of course, the lovely accents and politeness.

I meant to say Yorkshire has come to Wegmanns, not Harringtons.

Ah, so you're not deprived of good tea after all

And you definitely can't beat tea and biscuits.
I love white chocolate too - yum!

I'm an English gal from Oxford. I still drink my tea. For years my mother would send it to me from England ( I've been here 37 years , I'm in California) I finally found P.G. tips at world market along with a few other favourite things like McVittie's biscuits mince pies at Xmas and many different candies I grew up on. I also recently have found it at a northern CA supermarket named "Savemart" although they charge a little more than World market ( Its here in my local area). They also carry Ambrosia Rice and custard which I love too and chocolate whole wheat digestive biscuits, world market also carry these items. I am a tea "nut" I cannot give it up. When I first came to the States I bought Lipton, then I favoured Red Rose brand. I have also tried and liked for a little less money Tetley's British blend tea, and its so good, if I were blind folded I would be hard pressed to tell the difference between that and P.G. Tips, thats how good and strong it is.