PG Tips Pure Green Tea

been drinking for around 6 months now. tastes great and also see great benefits from drinking PG green tea.

I'm a BIG fan of green tea and have been drinking it for years, and this experience has taught me that supermarket brand green tea will NEVER be as nice and as fresh as the green tea in japanese restaurants.

However, i have tried both Jacksons and Clipper and although with both of these brands you have to be careful not to burn the leaves by using water thats only been heated to aroun 70 degrees C, they come up close to the genuine article.

Now we come to PG Tips Green tea. I have tried pouring 70 degree water and it still tastes bitter, it's almost like sludge in a way thanks to the taste. I bought them as they were on offer: 40 for £1, now im stuck with 38 bags of the stuff and i wouldnt even try and pawn them off onto my friends!

Bought this yesterday. Morrisons were doing two packets of 40 tea bags for £2. I thought this was a bargain because I usually drink Clipper green tea which was £1.19 for 25 bags.

I wasn't worried that it was a different brand because I thought how can you get green tea wrong? You pick it, you bag it, you sell it, it gets drunk. Job done.

I drink alot of green tea. I drink it exclusively at work - so 4 or 5 cups a day - and I have done so for the last 5 years or so.

I have tried Clipper (my usual brand), Lipton, Tetley and for very special occassions Jing tea (check their website - the best tea ever).

PG Tips pure green tea is the most disgusting tea I have ever drunk. I am not even sure if you can call it green tea as it is so dark it looks like normal tea. It has a bitter, tannin taste that could be described as offensive. Think of the most light delicate green tea you have ever had and then think what the absolute opposite end of the spectrum would taste like and that is PG Tips pure green tea.

In people terms imagine Sophia Loren and now imagine Jordan.

PG Tips pure green tea is vulgar, in your face trash.

Now I am no expert on green tea, and have only been drinking it for a matter of weeks, but in those few weeks I have been trying to taste as many as possible to find the best ones!

So far, I have to say that PG Tips Pure Green Tea is one of my favourite flavoured. It is stronger than others I have tasted, owing more the 'tea' flavour that I am used to (after years of drinking english breakfast!) Now I enjoy the stronger flavoured tea, but if you prefer a lighter flavour, I suggest that you go for another brand...I think Lipton offer a nice range, specifically their oriental spiced green tea. I also find that this particular tea doesn't leave such a coating on my teeth, as others have previously done.

The tea is a much darker green colour, which for some reason makes me question as to its quality. I have always been under the impression that the brighter green the tea, the better it is for you, but I'm sure that it is just me being sceptical. The slight residue left at the bottom of the cup is also not really green, it is more dark in colour, which again, makes me question its quality...

As I say, I am no expert on green tea, but as it goes I do quite enjoy the taste of the Tips - and at about £1.85 for a box of 40 it isn't bad value for money either, which as a student is one of my main priorities!

I would recommend this tea to anyone who prefers the stronger, slightly more earthy flavour of green tea, and who is living on a bit of a budget! However, if you can afford a little bit more, I would say look further for a better quality, and more refined tea.