Yorkshire Gold

Maybe I'm not too sophisticated as I often use tea bags but as a displaced Brit I know a good cuppa and there's nowt better than a cuppa of YG - plus Irish and Scottish breakfast and blended with their Earl Grey. The best place to get it at a very reasonable price is - where else - Amazon.com. And if you're not familiar with Yorkshire then get your culture upgraded by watching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VLYpKGVBUg

Amazon.ca doesn't carry food stuffs, but the cheapest place I have found for Yorkshire Gold in (western) Canada is at London Drugs, this may have been a mistake, but I paid $6.99 for an 80 teabag package. The online website also carries Yorkshire Tea but the regular not the Gold.

I've tried Yorkshire gold (loose), and in tea bags, their traditional blend, and their decaf. All three were good...but I still prefer single-region teas to blends. Even if I'm going for British-style teas. I'd prefer a straight Ceylon, Assam, Keemun, or Darjeeling.

I will say, I do prefer Yorkshire to PG Tips.

Just discovered this locally in the U.S. Midwest (at a T.J. Maxx discount department store) and like it immensely.

YK is my favorite blended tea. It's not easy to find, especially loose. My local tea shop used to keep in on hand, but stopped awhile back (teabags only). I'll have to break down and buy it online, I guess.

Os.

...It may have been mentioned already, but Nicholas Brody's preference for Yorkshire Gold featured as a plot point in the TV series Homeland.

I am getting back to "real tea" and often brewing a pot from leaves these days. Tried a few including YG but found it "acidy" (my words) - I like to make tea not too strong but let it brew for a while until it's a rich brown color. On a recent trip to Australia I discovered an Aussie Ceylon tea Dilmah's which I'm thrilled with - http://www.dilmahtea.com/. Of course Amazon.com stocks it. Sorry YG.

>7 martinhughharvey:
I find that YK is best when not brewed more than 3 minutes. I think folks that put cream or milk in their tea can let it brew longer.

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Wait until you start on single-estate teas.

Ceylon is only vaguely a region anyway (yes I know it is sold that way) - there are huge differences between Kandy and Nuwara Eliya regions for example.