UGOT- English breakfast

I haven't posted in a while as I have been away from my flat, and haven't consumed anything more exciting than typhoo. Today I was travelling back by train, and had a connection at Newcastle. Unfortunately my train was 7 minutes late, which meant that my connecting train pulled out as I ran down the platform, giving me a half hour wait for the next one.

The facilities at Newcastle Central have been upgraded, I used to go to Greggs for a cuppa but now Greggs has gone. To be honest, the tea was never that great, it always managed to taste faintly of coffee, but it was only £1:15 which is the lowest priced tea I have found on any rail journey.

Anyway, I was offered a flyer for a £1 hot drink from UGOT which had just opened the previous day. Never one to turn down a bargain, I went for  a cup of tea (normal price £1:75 for 12oz or £1:95 for 16oz) I was pleased to see that instead of a bog standard tea bag, the cup contained a silky pyramid style. The tea is always much nicer with these tea bags. There was no branding on the tag (nice and easy to extract from the cup, no fishing around with a thin wooden stick) so I don't know if this was a branded pyramid or an own blend. The tea was very palatable, more orangey than some and quite robust and malty. There was only a slight flavour of paper cup! I felt reinvigorated and ready to return onto a carriage for the final leg of my journey. This was a decent cuppa and definitely a good alternative to Costa-lotta

UGOTs website is not quite up and running yet but they do have a facebook page

Axxent: Cupcake Tea- Lovely Cherry

This is another tea from the set I purchased in TKMaxx.  Today I am drinking Lovely Cherry, which is black tea with vanilla and cherry. Straight away you can smell the cherry, but it is more of a cherry pie smell than a fresh cherry smell. When drinking, I am reminded of cherry gummy sweets. This is a quite sweet tea, so makes a good pudding substitute. Overall, pleasant but nothing special.

Twinings- Vintage Darjeeling

Today, I'm drinking Twining's Vintage Darjeeling. As you can see, I've been drinking it for a few days and have got a way down the tin already. The Vintage Darjeeling is from the international range, but doesn't appear to be in stock at the moment. As with Darjeeling teas I have had in the past, the leaves are not  all black but a mixture of blacks, browns and greens. Darjeeling teas tend to be delicate and this is no exception. It's a very subtle flavour.