Here is a selection
of teas which I drink frequently. I have assigned each one a Badgic Score
(out of 5 badgers) for taste with milk, without milk, and with dunking
biscuits, with 0 being unpalatable and 5 being exquisite.
Twinings
Aromatics Lady Grey (Item A in picture)
This is a cross between Earl Grey and Lemsip. It doesn't contain paracetamol
but does have a nice citrus flavour. Only to be consumed without milk.
With milk it would probably be horrible, so I haven't tried it (citrus
+ milk = something awful). Not really a wake-you-up brew, this is more
relaxing and should be consumed in the afternoon after completing your
daily business, or perhaps for elevenses on the lawn. Dunking is inadvisable.
Enjoy this infusion on its own.
Without
Milk:
With Milk:
Dunkability:
Asda Tea
Bags (Item B in picture)
The standard tea bag, sold by Asda, very similar to the standard PG and
Tetley teas. This is the classic English breakfast tea, to be enjoyed
with a full English breakfast (FEB), with lunch, in the morning or the
evening, with biscuits or crackers and cheese, black or white, with sugar
or without. It is ultimately versatile, a Jack of all trades but master
of just one (dunking). I favour dunking rich tea, chocolate and standard
digestives and the king of all biscuits, the Hob-Nob.
Without
Milk:
With Milk:
Dunkability:
Twinings
Rose Pouchong (Item C in picture)
Without milk, this is incredible. Like drinking pure liquid Turkish delight.
Exquisite. Use 2 sugars and medium infusion time. With milk it is also
nice but is not as nice as without. Use a longer brewing time with milk.
Dunking is not exactly great but it doesn't matter - who needs biscuits
when the tea tastes like this? Transcendental nirvana in a cup. Amazing.
Good luck finding it though - I had to look in the Twinings shop on Fleet
Street / Strand, opposite the Courts of Justice, before I found it.