The general food & drink grumble thread

[rafletcher]

I was reminded last evening why I rarely buy fancy crackers for cheese from our farm shop. Packaging is about 5cm square and 15cm long. It contains a much smaller plastic tray. That tray contains exactly 14 1mm thick crackers some 3cm square. 

[hellymedic]

More packaging/presentation than product, innit?
I’ve given up my Graze boxes for this reason.
‘V&A’ William Morris TEA selection given to my Mum contained six ‘drawers’ of four teabags.
Many biscuit assortments are VERY poor VFM.

[Jurek]

Twinings no longer make Lapsang Souchong, only 'Lapsang Souchong inspired' tea which yclept Distinctively Smokey.
In a back-to-back test the latter is distinctively pants.

ETA: Taylors of Harrogate to the rescue. I've just ordered a couple of boxes from them.

[citoyen]

Twinings no longer make Lapsang Souchong, only 'Lapsang Souchong inspired' tea which yclept Distinctively Smokey.
In a back-to-back test the latter is distinctively pants.

ETA: Taylors of Harrogate to the rescue. I've just ordered a couple of boxes from them.

I have a feeling we’ve discussed this before. It was never that good in the first place.

I still have half a box of Twinings LS in the cupboard, which reflects that fact that I don’t drink it very often.

[Cudzoziemiec]

There was definitely some discussion of it. I think both lapsang souchong and earl grey are aberrations to the tea-ness of tea, so my opinion doesn't count here.

[Jurek]

Twinings no longer make Lapsang Souchong, only 'Lapsang Souchong inspired' tea which yclept Distinctively Smokey.
In a back-to-back test the latter is distinctively pants.

ETA: Taylors of Harrogate to the rescue. I've just ordered a couple of boxes from them.

I have a feeling we’ve discussed this before. It was never that good in the first place.

I still have half a box of Twinings LS in the cupboard, which reflects that fact that I don’t drink it very often.

The Distinctly Smokey stuff is of a level of foulness which tempts me to cycle (in the rain) up to The Strand and post it through Twinings letterbox.

[Pickled Onion]

Twinings no longer make Lapsang Souchong, only 'Lapsang Souchong inspired' tea which yclept Distinctively Smokey.
In a back-to-back test the latter is distinctively pants.

ETA: Taylors of Harrogate to the rescue. I've just ordered a couple of boxes from them.

I have a feeling we’ve discussed this before. It was never that good in the first place.

I still have half a box of Twinings LS in the cupboard, which reflects that fact that I don’t drink it very often.

The Distinctly Smokey stuff is of a level of foulness which tempts me to cycle (in the rain) up to The Strand and post it through Twinings letterbox.

Can I be extremely pedantic and point out that the Strand is just called Strand and therefore doesn't have a capital T? Though it does have TEA

[T42]

Capital drink. Theft, of course.

[Basil]

Gah!  I've done it again. 
Earlier this week we went an organised visit to our local distillery. And very interesting it was.
However, in their shop afterwards, I noticed a bottle of gin (which they also distill) that was aged in oak casks. It was a deep golden brown, like a whisky.  I decided I had to try a bottle.

It is foul. 

Why do I keep falling for this sort of thing?

Note to self.  You like gin that tastes of gin. You like tonic that tastes like tonic.  STOP mucking about.

[Mrs Pingu]

This unit endorses the above sentiment.