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I Ordered Tea From England

Sooner — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 21:35:04 GMT

I do this about once a year because I am in love with Fortnum and Mason tea and their wonderful tea tins.

My surprise is I ordered it on the 18th of January, and last night, on the 21st of January, there was a knock at the door and DHL was here with the tea.

That was a big shock! It was slated to arrive on the 28th, so I sort of thought well, maybe sometime in February. . . The two teas I have had already are wonderful!

Re: I Ordered Tea From England

LdyBugz — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 21:53:43 GMT

@Sooner I love Fortnum and Mason tea! I actually ordered a sampler box on Amazon as a Christmas gift for my DIL and I ordered a box of the breakfast blend for myself. I was looking for tea related gifts on Amazon for my DIL and stumbled on the teas.

The first time I had the tea was several years ago when a coworker brought some back from her trip to England and gave me a few bags. The tea is sooooo smooth! Enjoy!

P.S.,

This is the box I ordered for DIL. I wonder what the smokey earl grey tastes like.

Re: I Ordered Tea From England

Sooner — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 22:09:06 GMT

@LdyBugz wrote:
@Sooner I love Fortnum and Mason tea! I actually ordered a sampler box on Amazon as a Christmas gift for my DIL and I ordered a box of the breakfast blend for myself. I was looking for tea related gifts on Amazon for my DIL and stumbled on the teas.

The first time I had the tea was several years ago when a coworker brought some back from her trip to England and gave me a few bags. The tea is sooooo smooth! Enjoy!

P.S.,

This is the box I ordered for DIL. I wonder what the smokey earl grey tastes like.

@LdyBugz I have tried most of those and like them a lot. This time I got a tin of Earl Gray and that is very good! I have tried most but the smoky one (don't like those) and found them good!

I got loose tins of: Yunnan (beautiful red color!), Russian Caravan, and Prince of Wales Blend Organic and Earl Gray Organic. I got sachets of Afternoon Blend (which I like a lot) and a couple other small boxes of regular bags.

It was like Christmas! This is my order I do about once a year and it's funny it just hits me IT'S TIME! LOL!!! So I order!

Re: I Ordered Tea From England

judy0330 — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 22:52:57 GMT

I order from Fortnum and Mason all the time. @LdyBugz I have the same set you ordered and also a larger version that I received as a gift. My favroite is the Queen Anne tea. @Sooner I usually have the same experience with orders arriving from London almost immediately. I recently ordered something from Harrods and it was here in 2 days. I don't know how they do it!

Re: I Ordered Tea From England

Sooner — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 23:05:04 GMT

@judy0330 LOL!!! I don't know either! Maybe I should everything from England! I have never had one arrive this fast, so they must be really on their toes now!

Re: I Ordered Tea From England

LdyBugz — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 23:56:58 GMT

@Sooner That's amazing how quickly you received your order. If I order again, I'll order directly from the company and try some of the blends you mentioned. It's so great that you treat yourself to these teas. Sometimes just the simple, little things we do for ourselves like this can add a lot to our well-being. Enjoy your teas!

Re: I Ordered Tea From England

Sooner — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 00:17:40 GMT

@LdyBugz wrote:
@Sooner That's amazing how quickly you received your order. If I order again, I'll order directly from the company and try some of the blends you mentioned. It's so great that you treat yourself to these teas. Sometimes just the simple, little things we do for ourselves like this can add a lot to our well-being. Enjoy your teas!

@LdyBugz I agree! It is a nice treat for long winter days and something we can look forward to trying.

Re: I Ordered Tea From England

drizzellla — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 00:18:33 GMT

Thanks for mentioning Fortnum and Mason. My husband is a big tea drinker. And I often buy different teas for him.

When we went to England we bought tins of Whittard of Chelsea tea. They had such a nice shop. Bought two nice tea pots too.

I will give Fortnum and Mason a try.

Re: I Ordered Tea From England

cindyNC — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 00:22:04 GMT

It's funny, but I ordered some pearls from Catherine Cardillini (Australia) several months ago. She hadn't been shipping to the states and it was kind of a trial run. I received them in 3 weeks.

Re: I Ordered Tea From England

fthunt — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 00:25:33 GMT

English tea must be better than Lipton for the popularity here and there.

Once worked an Indian guy who claimed Red Rose was the best tea.

I went back to coffee.................

Re: I Ordered Tea From England

fthunt — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 00:26:48 GMT

Fast delivery - may have a distribution center in the US. Boats don't float very fast!

LOL

Re: I Ordered Tea From England

Sooner — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 00:28:30 GMT

@drizzellla wrote:
Thanks for mentioning Fortnum and Mason. My husband is a big tea drinker. And I often buy different teas for him.

When we went to England we bought tins of Whittard of Chelsea tea. They had such a nice shop. Bought two nice tea pots too.

I will give Fortnum and Mason a try.

@drizzellla You and your husband would enjoy it I think. They have beautiful tea tins and their teas are good quality. Their square blue tins stack great--which to me is a bonus.

Re: I Ordered Tea From England

icezeus — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 00:35:42 GMT

I love to drink tea. I will give these a try.

Re: I Ordered Tea From England

LizzieInSRQ — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 00:52:52 GMT

How much was shipping?

Makes me wonder if F&M have a stateside warehouse.

Re: I Ordered Tea From England

ECBG — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 01:11:39 GMT

How VERY lovely!!!!

Re: I Ordered Tea From England

Harpa — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 12:54:49 GMT

@Sooner

How many cups do you drink a day? Do you drink any decafs? It's all I can do to get my 4/5 cups in per day on top of H2O and juice to down my vitamins!

Thanks for mentioning F&M! England is the original tea importers/exporters, and I was looking at their things a while ago.

Re: I Ordered Tea From England

Sooner — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 15:13:26 GMT

@Harpa wrote:
@Sooner

How many cups do you drink a day? Do you drink any decafs? It's all I can do to get my 4/5 cups in per day on top of H2O and juice to down my vitamins!

Thanks for mentioning F&M! England is the original tea importers/exporters, and I was looking at their things a while ago.

@Harpa I would say four if we are counting iced tea and we make iced tea from Harney, Smith Tea, Elmwood Inn and Cultured Cup in Dallas (wonderful tea store--and great zoom sessions too!).

Tea is an important thing to us and now that you make me think about it, something we really enjoy and count as part of our diet. We drink more iced than hot, but I'd say 2 cups of hot.

Cultured Cup, Elmwood Inn Teas, and Smith Teas all have zoom tea sessions we've enjoyed and also The Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum. The owners of Elmwood Inn Teas, Bruce Richardson and family, write books and articles on tea and does lectures too! If you love tea it's all great fun!

I hope this isn't TMI for tea lovers here!

Re: I Ordered Tea From England

Harpa — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 16:15:18 GMT

Thanks, @Sooner ! I know you live in a warmer part of the country than me, hence the iced tea. I drink hot even on our hottest days.

Yes, tea for all the health benefits! I'm sure that's part of the reason why I have strong teeth and an overall healthy constitution.

Cheers!!

Re: I Ordered Tea From England

Sooner — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 16:51:44 GMT

@Harpa I'm more a black tea drinker, but Smith Tea has a green tea with mint that I like a lot--hot or cold. It is not too "minty" for me! It's called Fez. And their Portland Breakfast is a good strong black cup too with some depth.

Re: I Ordered Tea From England

Harpa — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 17:38:44 GMT

@Sooner My tea cupboard is already bulging at the seams, and overflowing into other places! If I listen any more to you, I'll have to rent extra storage!

My notation in my Palm pilot reads: Sooner's list of teas:

TY!!