# O! Prince of Wales. Or, what's your favourite sort of tea? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 25, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-prince-of-wales-or-whats-your-favourite-sort-of-tea/341544 "2006-01-25T14:27:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-prince-of-wales-or-whats-your-favourite-sort-of-tea/341544/1 "2006-01-25T14:27:20Z")
I’m thoroughly enjoying a cup of Prince of Wales tea, and each time I drink it after an absence (usually an excursion into breakfast tea) I always appreciate its flavour. So, what blends do you all like? Don’t worry about colour: black, oolong, green, white, it’s all good. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-prince-of-wales-or-whats-your-favourite-sort-of-tea/341544/2 "2006-01-25T14:35:14Z")
I like Twinings’ Prince of Wales myself. Also their Russian Caravan (pity it only comes in bags these days) and Ceylon Breakfast. Celestial Seasons has a Golden Honey Darjeeling (also in bags only) that smells wonderful and has a nice delicate flavor. And I like rose teas–black tea with rose petals in it. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-prince-of-wales-or-whats-your-favourite-sort-of-tea/341544/3 "2006-01-25T15:01:36Z")
Earl Grey. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-prince-of-wales-or-whats-your-favourite-sort-of-tea/341544/4 "2006-01-25T15:10:34Z")
Lady Grey; it’s Earl Grey with a bit of citrus. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-prince-of-wales-or-whats-your-favourite-sort-of-tea/341544/5 "2006-01-25T16:00:18Z")
> [@Campion](#): > > Lady Grey; it’s Earl Grey with a bit of citrus. And cornflowers. That’s some Good Stuff! ---
**Author:** ![kinoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-prince-of-wales-or-whats-your-favourite-sort-of-tea/341544/6 "2006-01-25T16:18:54Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Earl Grey. second, but must have milk and a touch of sugar ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-prince-of-wales-or-whats-your-favourite-sort-of-tea/341544/7 "2006-01-25T16:38:40Z")
I like Twinings Prince of Wales. I also like most Republic of Tea flavors – their [Daily Green](http://tinyurl.com/c5ttg) is great, and they have a [Pink Lemonade Green Tea](http://tinyurl.com/bvk5o) that’s delicious with a little sugar. Earl Gray Green is also good. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-prince-of-wales-or-whats-your-favourite-sort-of-tea/341544/8 "2006-01-25T17:02:12Z")
Lipton. Very sweet. Lots of ice. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-prince-of-wales-or-whats-your-favourite-sort-of-tea/341544/9 "2006-01-25T18:24:27Z")
Tea. Earl Gray. Hot. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-prince-of-wales-or-whats-your-favourite-sort-of-tea/341544/10 "2006-01-25T18:27:50Z")
Anything by Twinings. Earl Grey and English Breakfast are my favorites, but they also make one called Four Red Fruits that’s good in the afternoon. I like Stash’s Chai Tea, too. ---
**Author:** ![Wensleydale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@Wensleydale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wensleydale)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-prince-of-wales-or-whats-your-favourite-sort-of-tea/341544/11 "2006-01-25T18:37:04Z")
Twinings Earl Grey is my staple diet tea. For a change I love Four Red Fruits and Blackcurrant and every so often peach flavoured tea. One flavour I have not seen for a while that was refreshing was Orange and Cinnamon. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-prince-of-wales-or-whats-your-favourite-sort-of-tea/341544/12 "2006-01-25T19:01:44Z")
Hm, Earl Grey isn’t one of my favourites. I’ll drink it, but the bergamot makes it less enjoyable for me than other, pure-tea teas, if that makes sense. I’m about to try Twining’s Lady Grey from the variety pack, and then I’ll have tried all of their “basic” teas. Prince of Wales still reigns, though. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-prince-of-wales-or-whats-your-favourite-sort-of-tea/341544/13 "2006-01-25T19:08:52Z")
I get my teas loose from [adagioteas.com](http://adagioteas.com). I like green teas and my two current favorites are Chinese gunpowder tea which has a nice smokey flavor and Genmai, a Japanese tea that had roasted rice mixed in. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-prince-of-wales-or-whats-your-favourite-sort-of-tea/341544/14 "2006-01-25T19:19:29Z")
Earl Grey and now I want to find and try Lady Grey! ---
**Author:** ![Wensleydale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@Wensleydale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wensleydale)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-prince-of-wales-or-whats-your-favourite-sort-of-tea/341544/15 "2006-01-25T19:25:37Z")
> [@tremorviolet](#): > > I get my teas loose from [adagioteas.com](http://adagioteas.com). I like green teas and my two current favorites are Chinese gunpowder tea which has a nice smokey flavor and Genmai, a Japanese tea that had roasted rice mixed in. If you like smokey teas you should try Lapsang Souchong, I find it vile though and a friend once commented that he did not know whether to drink it or tar the road with it. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-prince-of-wales-or-whats-your-favourite-sort-of-tea/341544/16 "2006-01-25T19:42:24Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Earl Grey and now I want to find and try Lady Grey! Twining’s makes a variety box that has 4 or 5 different teas in it - Earl Grey, Lady Grey, Prince of Wales, English Breakfast and something else - Irish Breakfast, maybe? They’re all very good. Twining’s is the best, AFAIC. I bought some Tazo tea (Earl Grey and Chai) and it was just awful - too perfumy and fake tasting. I ended up throwing it away. Nothing compares to Twining’s Earl Grey. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-prince-of-wales-or-whats-your-favourite-sort-of-tea/341544/17 "2006-01-25T19:56:07Z")
> [@Speaker for the Dead](#): > > Hm, Earl Grey isn’t one of my favourites. I’ll drink it, but the bergamot makes it less enjoyable for me than other, pure-tea teas, if that makes sense. Ha! My current favorite Earl Gray is the “Double Bergamot” sold at Safeway. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-prince-of-wales-or-whats-your-favourite-sort-of-tea/341544/18 "2006-01-25T20:41:26Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > Nothing compares to Twining’s Earl Grey. Unless it’s their English Breakfast. My parents drink Earl Grey and Lady Grey. Bleah. I don’t like bergamont. ---
**Author:** ![moonstarssun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@moonstarssun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonstarssun)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-prince-of-wales-or-whats-your-favourite-sort-of-tea/341544/19 "2006-01-25T21:09:10Z")
My favorite is Good Earth red tea, the orange spice flavor. Ginger tea is a close second. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-prince-of-wales-or-whats-your-favourite-sort-of-tea/341544/20 "2006-01-25T21:43:19Z")
Keemun Hao Ya B. Full, rich, sumptuous. It’s smoky and chocolaty, but it is absolutely un-monkeyed-with; that’s just the way the tea tastes. If I could drink only one tea for the rest of my life, that would be it. I have a shipment on its way from my favorite tea-pusher. _steeples fingertips in greedy anticipation_ And, yeah, I don’t get what all the fuss is about bergamot, either. I don’t mind it in small doses, but I couldn’t stand drinking it day in and day out. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-prince-of-wales-or-whats-your-favourite-sort-of-tea/341544.md?page=2)