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As far as I can tell, Darjeeling and regular old Irish breakfast tea essentially taste the same. But the former is more expensive. I think I've been scammed by Big Tea.

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I’m on a weekend vacation and forgot to bring my tea and the international grocery didn’t have it, so I settled for Darjeeling. I can barely notice the difference. It’s so subtle that it might as well just be a different tea brand.

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Bagged. And that could be the case.

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RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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Seconded. Most grocery store brands are low quality tea. Think grocery store tea is to good tea as Folgers instant is to a decent coffee shop fresh grind.

Good tea isn’t easy to find, at least in the US.

If you can find a place that sells good tea loose leaf you’ll enjoy it much more and be able to taste differences.

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Put four bags in the cup this morning. Now I can taste the difference.

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Ouch.

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