Being at the pricier end of the spectrum, I would usually only plump for Twinings if I spied it on offer somewhere. Given that it does feel rather more suited to afternoon scones with the Queen than a rushed, microwaved job ahead of mid-week Zoom calls, it doesn't exactly feel in sync with my day-to-day life. I can’t tell the difference between most of them – apart from the fairy-light and appleish Kinnettles, which isn’t an English Breakfast blend and really belongs in a totally different category. I decide I like Ringtons best: it is neither baggy nor crepy and has slightly smoky overtones. Yorkshire and Welsh are pretty much interchangeable: a discovery confirmed by blind tastings in the Guardian’s Manchester office, where even proud Bradfordian Josh Halliday, a lifelong Yorkshire Tea drinker, was fooled by its Welsh brethren. Glancing up at a framed glossary of tea terms, I realise I have a lot to learn. There’s “Crepy: a term used to describe tea which is crimped in appearance, usually a BOP [Broken orange pekoe] grade” and “Baggy: an undesirable taint found in both dry leaf and liquor of tea withered on inferior hessian.” Help! Despite drinking at least seven cups a day, I don’t speak tea. A cup of tea is a drink made in a player-owned house by using a pot of tea on an empty trimmed porcelain cup. This requires 20 Cooking and gives 52 experience. The tea gives a 3 level Construction boost when drunk. Teak shelves 2 are the only shelves that contain gold-trimmed cups.

Green is not keen to taste these heathen teas: “It’s like asking someone used to drinking fine wines to have a bottle of cheap cider.” Nonetheless, he forces down a few mouthfuls, grimacing as if I have made him drink meths. He complains of a “furry taste” (Ringtons), being left with a coating on his tongue (Cornish) and points out some white scum that gathers in the Yorkshire bag. We decide to make each cuppa as I would at home or in the office: straight into the cup. We are not to stir – or worse, use a teaspoon to squeeze out the flavour: “Stirring it is wrong. We should let it steep itself.” ClaireRich Lovely Present The gift bag was very much appreciated by our friends who we sent it to. Thank you for getting it to them safelyTea from player-owned houses can not be put into a tea flask. If a player leaves the house in any way, then this item will disappear from their inventory.

Making a cup of tea requires level 20 Cooking and gives the player 52 experience. The following furniture must be present in the kitchen: a built stove space, a larder, a shelf, and a built sink space. One of the more distinctive teas on the market, Twinings doesn't have the same bitterness that spoils so many other products. null Nicely wrapped gifts! This was bought as a Christmas 2023 gift so I can't say anything about the quality and taste of the food, but it looks great, delicious and the bag it comes in is really nice, so the recipient can use it for food shopping after they've finished eating the contents! :) Use the hot kettle on the teapot with leaves to create four servings of tea. This is the only step that grants cooking experience. Don’t bother the readers’ editor with this one, Yorkshire chums. Yes, there were several wars, not one, and you won a few. But the last one ended when Henry Tudor (later Henry VII), a Lancastrian, defeated and killed Yorkie Richard III (the car park king) at Bosworth Field on 22 August 1485. So we won. Top of the pots

Players can also ask their servant to serve tea, and if the best shelves in your kitchen are one of those, the servant will serve this type of tea.