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
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