wlee41 wrote:
Hi
I've been a Red Rose tea drinker for the past 30 plus years. At one
time
it was fragrant strong tea.You would open the box and the wonderful
aroma
would was delicious.I purchased some boxes in the past 2 months and
Lipton
company, who I believe has taken over Red Rose, has changed the product
into
GUTROT!
The aroma is gone. There is NO tea flavor. I generally steep my tea for
5-10
min and even after doing this it still is TASTELESS SWAMP WATER
My Red Rose drinking friends have found the same thing.
Is there another tea out there that is comparable to the original Red
Rose
flavor?
Roseanne
I don't do social media, so I don't have an avenue to vent- all Ican say, is, Thank You for also speaking up. Please feel free to
wlee41 wrote:
Hi
I've been a Red Rose tea drinker for the past 30 plus years. At one time
it was fragrant strong tea.You would open the box and the wonderful
aroma
would was delicious.I purchased some boxes in the past 2 months and
Lipton
company, who I believe has taken over Red Rose, has changed the product into
GUTROT!
The aroma is gone. There is NO tea flavor. I generally steep my tea for 5-10
min and even after doing this it still is TASTELESS SWAMP WATER
My Red Rose drinking friends have found the same thing.
Is there another tea out there that is comparable to the original Red
Rose
flavor?
Roseanne
I am SO Glad to finally see that someone else has noticed. I agree!
Another verification that it is not the same tea- my tea mug is white and every few days (with the original Red Rose tea, I had to wash out my
mug with either bleach or Barkeeper's Friend because of the stains.
Now the mug never gets stained! I sent the following to Red Rose and
they responded via email, never admitting that they changed the tea also:
"New Look, Same great taste". Baloney!! Every morning of my life since
I was a young adult, (I'm now 70) I looked forward to my first cup of
Red Rose tea, I even ordered it in bulk from Walmart when my local supermarkets stopped selling it. So.. I recently opened my newest box
of tea and I couldn't believe the dramatic difference in taste. I tried steeping it hotter and longer, but it still has NO TASTE- the longer
and hotter I steep it, it tastes more like cereal!
Unfortunately, I bought 3 boxes before I realized that this is not the tea
I want to be drinking for the rest of my life (I literally drink a quart of tea of a morning).
I know that this email will not be enough to make Red Rose go back
to the original, but you sure can't claim (as on your box cover)
that it is a "full flavored black tea". I will be searching for a new
tea, but I know that my days of thoroughly enjoying my morning tea are over!"
After reviewing other teas, I tried Tetley Tea, but it doesn't come
close to the aroma and flavor that we once enjoyed with Red Rose
I don't do social media, so I don't have an avenue to vent- all Ican say, is, Thank You for also speaking up. Please feel free to
pass along my comments!
Clare
-can you check out this tea brand "lowsugardrinks" I think they are in Canada too. They have natural flavor teas. Their website is https://lowsugardrinks.com. Goodluck!
I drink Tata tea in Canada; mainly because it's cheaper. It's a strong
Assam black tea; guaranteed to stain your cup.
I grew up in Canada & always drank Red Rose tea. Moved to a border town in the U.S & Red Rose tea here really sucks. Last time to Canada I got 3 boxes of RR tea & it is now tasteless. Wing Lee said it was different 15 yrs ago but it was the same to me.I will no longer buy it in either country. Now the border is closed so hoping I can find an enjoyable orange pekoe tea here in the U.S. Any ideas?
After 45 years of exclusive Red Rose tea drinking, I just got a box of the new blend. OMG, what have they done? It's horrible!
I think they just bought the name, and put it on some really bad tea that no one would otherwise buy.
I have dearly loved Red Rose tea exclusively since I was a small child. Now my heart is broken, and I am truly insulted. "Just like that", my beloved has been taken from me. I feel so violated...
I only hope she is she is now serving herself as a fine cup of tea for the Angels in Heaven.
My husband and I wonder the same thing! All of a sudden, we are noticing we can't get a decent cup of tea. No nice aroma, and so weak...swamp water indeed! Thanks for speaking up both of you. I won't be buying any more Red Rose tea!
Same here.
For me, it was Red Rose only, before.
Now it’s Red Rose NEVER AGAIN!!!
Betrayers!!!
I had tea in a family-run restaurant a few days ago and it was strong and so good I asked what it was. I was so surprised at the answer. Tetley.
Red Rose was an orthodox process blend that tasted to me like it was
mostly African sourced. If you like that, you might try Upton's Tea
Imports TK120 "Ruken Estate Rwanda BOP" which is a much higher grade
version of the same kind of thing. You will find the smell very
familiar. --scott
Scott Dorsey wrote on 27/9/24 8:53 pm:
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Red Rose was an orthodox process blend that tasted to me like it wasHmm!! Interesting! Here, in Australia, one of the bigger brand names of
mostly African sourced. If you like that, you might try Upton's Tea
Imports TK120 "Ruken Estate Rwanda BOP" which is a much higher grade
version of the same kind of thing. You will find the smell very
familiar. --scott
Tea is Lipton's ..... which, if your eyesight is failing a bit, might
look somewhat like 'Upton's"!!
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