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i 100% agree with you on this

this is the tea i grew up on and only in the past few years have I stopped drinking it.

AND I MISS IT!

I had PG Tips for the first time on a trip to London AGES AGO... it was wonderful! A great, full-bodied black tea. I get mine from World Market because the grocery stores nearby don't really sell it (or sell old boxes at high prices). I love using it in the summer for iced tea. It's really my first choice when I don't want to brew a full pot w/leaves.

My husband wrote his dissertation fueled by 2 pots a day of PG Tips. Unfortunately, for some reason, it really irritates my stomach (perhaps it's psychosomatic, related to the terrors of getting through grad school). I've found that it's often cheaper at Indian groceries vs. supermarkets.

Ah, a British classic. Current TV adverts have made stars of the comedian Johnny Vegas and his puppet companion, "Monkey".

That's a bloody good cup of tea.

My father-in-law, who is from Hereford, introduced me to Typhoo tea. Since then, I've never gone back. (Although it is a lot harder to find than PG Tips.)

Love this stuff. Introduced by English friends in college and have never looked back. I'll take Tetley if I have to but PG Tips and a biscuit is my break of choice.

This has got to be one of THE most famous brands in the UK, practically everyone has it in their cupboards, people of all salaries and classes! I'm not a huge fan day-to-day, as I prefer loose leaves, but whenever I go abroad I suddenly realise how good PG Tips is (and most ordinary or own-brand British tea bags are) in comparision to the generic tea bags I find in many other countries-I suppose we do live up to our tea-loving reputation!

NOTHING can beat PG Tips tea. I'm lucky that they sell them in Toronto even though it's at an extortionate price!

Oooh, I always have a box of this, or Yorkshire Gold in the pantry and have a cuppa every AM. I'm very particular about it - must be steeped long enough, must have sugar AND half&half - not milk! I like my tea strong, sweet, and creamy.

love PG tips! I also bought it on impulse a few years ago, and its been a staple in my house ever since! Love it with milk and honey.

I like this tea, i have about 5 boxes of it from amazon. It's pretty strong and it gives me a stomach ache if I drink it on an empty stomach.

This is what we drink at our house (thanks to my English partner). They sell it for a mark-up at a lot of fancy shops here in Brooklyn or the Brit shops in Manhattan, but Fairway carries it for a good price.

I'm a huge fan of Typhoo tea. My father is a Brit and he always has Typhoo on hand. PG Tips is good though, and a bit easier to find.

This is my favorite ever tea! I've been drinking it for a few years now, and I'd never switch to anything else. A cup every morning is a must for me. Besides the taste, I love that it does NOT come individually wrapped. I shove the whole box worth into a canister for easy storage and access. I hate the little paper, or even worse, plastic, wrappers on each teabag of most other teas.

This is one of the few teas that my British Mother will buy. So it's the only tea in my house as well . . . if she drops in unexpectedly and I don't have PG Tips and organic 2% milk, I'll be glowered at for weeks! Typhoo is the other tea in her house.

Yorkshire and Yorkshire Gold are my favorites, followed by Barry's (an Irish brand). My neighbors swear by PG Tips, and it is very good! Easier to find than Y/YG and Barry's around here, also.

My husband and I discovered PG Tips a couple of years ago while touring Ireland. It puts anything we can get in the grocery store on this side of the pond. Upon returning home we signed up for Amazon's subcription program and recieve fresh supply automagically every six months.

It makes great iced tea as well.

It's the only tea! Failing that, Sainsbury's Red Label will just about suffice... but given the choice, it's PG Tips all the way. Only Whole Foods stocked it when I was in the U.S. last. Don't drink that Lipton rubbish... it's just not right.

It's the BEST!!! I just spent my third year of college ( summer) in London, and after being back in the states for a month, I was in serious PG Tips withdrawal. I ordered a box of 240 bags online a week ago, and I've already made a significant dent in the contents. Can't live without it :)

Retrogrouch--
Not sure where you are, but I can usually find Yorkshire (the only tea my British husband and his family will drink) and Yorkshire Gold (dismissed by them as too fancy) at TJ Max and/or Marshall's. We still bring huge boxes back from the UK when we go, but no longer have to go to the import store when we run out.

PG Tips is definitely a find in NYC. I discovered this, like others, when I lived in London. There are a couple of other brands (both American and British) that I like just as well, though, especially with city tap water.

we've been getting our PG Tips and Typhoo tea at Cost Plus World Market.

I get mine from amazon (subscribe and save). I find that pg tips is a nice compromise between some of the more luxurious loose tea brands and undrinkable teabags.

If you are not a tea drinker please don't waste your money trying PG Tips. Its what they call in Britain 'builders tea'. You can stand your spoon up in it, if this is what you want. I suppose its all a matter of taste. I don't like milk in my tea and I think you have to use milk with PG.

This is the only tea I will drink - and what my family has always used - very sweet to see it featured on a US site.

"Its what they call in Britain 'builders tea'. You can stand your spoon up in it"

This is not true at all - the strength of a cup of tea is determined by how long you let it brew for - if you're getting "builders" tea from it then you're letting it sit in the water for too long - each type of tea needs a different steeping time - so if you don't like it as strong then pull it out of the water sooner!
I like mine quite weak and PG Tips work fine for me!

I'm a UK girl and I love PG Tips - but I have to say Tetley is my favourite. It's got a strong, rounded flavour and I like mine with a good kick to it! You have to leave PGs in for a while to get the full flavour - it's got a more delicate, fragrant taste to it - and I'm impatient. Builder's tea is strong and with loads of sugar in it - that's why you can stand your spoon in it!

I agree. The black tea you can buy here has absolutly no flavor compared to the british tea and we always buy PG tips.

Used to love Marks & Spencer's Kenyan Breakfast Blend; I find PG Tips and Typhoo not as flavourful or well-rounded in comparison. Don't know if they make it anymore...

But since then I have moved on to loose blends, and haven't looked back. These days, I am addicted to Colonial Tea Company's Rosegarden, and The Tea Emporium's Spring Blend (which I can only buy once a year, in spring, for the entire year!). Also love Mariage Frères (too many to mention).

I love teas that are simultaneously strong and delicate, and find that teas in North America are usually dried out... In the UK, teas are often put in foil bags, and have a "best before" date, which makes them taste sooo much better!

I can't operate without tea throughout the day. I think tea tastes best when brewed properly in a pot, but don't mind a mug. I take my tea abroad with me because as soon as you set foot outside of the UK the tea is awful - that orange pekoe stuff. PG is excellent as is Marks and Spencers Gold label. I buy fair trade tea and all of Sainsburys tea is fairtrade their red label is also rather good.

Violetsrose is quite right about 'Builders tea' and brewing your tea.

"I don't like milk with my tea and I think you have to use milk with PG"

Not true! just about everyone here in the UK has their tea differently - milk, no milk, strong (builders or church), weak (washing up water), sugar, no sugar. If you are terribly posh you drink different strengths of tea at different times of the day - stronger English Breakfast at you've guessed it, breakfast, and a lighter Earl Grey in the afternoon. You can even buy mugs that you can write your preferences on, a bit like the Starbucks take away cups!

I think I'll have a cuppa now - and a Digestive to go with it!