Differences between Taj Mahal *VS* Red Label tea

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They're both made by Unilever. SO what's the difference? They also
cost the same.

I personally think that the grain shapes are different, and that Taj
Mahal has a brighter, less bitter taste.

[Dominic T.]

I think you answered your own question, as I was going to say the
exact same thing. Texture and slight taste difference, I prefer the
Taj Mahal myself.

- Dominic

[Space Cowboy]

I'm not going to brew any just for a post. From what I remember Taj
Mahal was blended for Indian taste and Red Label for British. Even if
not so I remember Taj Mahal more appropriate for milder afternoon tea
and Red Label for wake me up morning tea.

Jim

PS New puppy chewed through my CAT router cable right behind me as I
was composing. I had to splice the color coded 8 wires for this
mornings posts.

[Dominic T.]

On Jul 7, 10:01 am, Space Cowboy <netst...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
... ancillary tea stuff...

> Jim
>
> PS  New puppy chewed through my CAT router cable right behind me as I
> was composing.  I had to splice the color coded 8 wires for this
> mornings posts.

After we had adopted our puppy (whippet mix) I discovered my surround
sound setup not working quite right and crackly sounding... only to
discover she had chewed through most of the speaker cables. All very
long runs custom pulled by me through the flooring and chewed so that
all of them were unusable. Offset the "bargain" we got on the puppy :)
Be happy it was just CAT5!

- Dominic

[Melinda]

When I was a kid we had a pet rabbit that would chew through the
Christmas lights every year. I still can't figure out how it never got
electrocuted...

Melinda

P.S. I have a local Indian store that has the Brook Bond but I didn't
see Taj Mahal, but wasn't looking for it...is that the sort of place I'd
find it? As an aside I saw them selling CTC in a clear plastic canister
like one finds instant coffee in (the sort of jar-shaped plastic
canister with the screw on lid). Novel packaging.

[Rana]

In the 1960s, my uncle who was a Tea Plantation manager, had described the differences in Tea quality. After curling, curing of tea leaves, it passes thru straining processes. The most expensive is the leaves that are in the finest (except tea dust that itself is preferred by many as it is very strong in taste and very fast in releasing taste and color) sieve where all the broad leaves have been captured in the upper sieves. The best is where all tea leaves are uniform in shape and size, like in present day Taj Mahal Tea. There should be no flat or uncurled leaves. I'm not sure if these uncurled or flat or brown or twigs are really Tea leaves or some other plant or garbage ?? I find Taj Mahal brand has very little of the crap while Red Label has a lots of this garbage. Tastewise, both are the same. BTW, Red Label did not use to have so much inferior leaves but it has been getting worst.
Historically, as I recall:
When Brooke Bond and Lipton were competing brands, Brooke Bond top brand was Red Label and Lipton's top brand was Yellow Label. Red Label was always more successful. Later Lipton introduced Taj Mahal brand as superior brand (higher price than Red Label) and still could not compete. When Lipton & Brooke Bond merged, I think, it was really Red Label Tea that they started packing in Taj Mahal and less refined one stayed in Red Label boxes.

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[Scott Dorsey]

Rana <2c637b19b47ce618...@example.com> wrote:
>In the 1960s, my uncle who was a Tea Plantation manager, had described the differences in Tea quality. After curling, curing of tea leaves, it passes thru straining processes. The most expensive is the leaves that are in the finest (except tea dust that itself is preferred by many as it is very strong in taste and very fast in releasing taste and color) sieve where all the broad leaves have been captured in the upper sieves. The best is where all tea leaves are uniform in shape and size, like in present day Taj Mahal Tea. There should be no flat or uncurled leaves. I'm not sure if these uncurled or flat or brown or twigs are really Tea leaves or some other plant or garbage ?? I find Taj Mahal brand has very little of the crap while Red Label has a lots of this garbage. Tastewise, both are the same. BTW, Red Label did not use to have so much inferior leaves but it has been getting worst.

This is true for orthodox process tea, but at least here in the US the Taj
Mahal and Lipton's Red Label that we get appear to be both CTC teas, where
the leaves have been crushed in order to force liquid out of them which is
dried on the outside of the leaf particles, making a more robust and quicker
steeping tea.

I don't see anything that looks like a physical leaf in these teas, as
imported here, just little round CTC grains.

>Historically, as I recall:
>When Brooke Bond and Lipton were competing brands, Brooke Bond top brand was Red Label and Lipton's top brand was Yellow Label. Red Label was always more successful. Later Lipton introduced Taj Mahal brand as superior brand (higher price than Red Label) and still could not compete. When Lipton & Brooke Bond merged, I think, it was really Red Label Tea that they started packing in Taj Mahal and less refined one stayed in Red Label boxes.

In the US we primarily get Lipton's Yellow Label, which is very finely ground
and makes for a nearly undrinkable cup, but Red Label is imported by many
south asian grocery stores and is a far better product.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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