Q&A Which black tea brand is healthier: Brook bond red label or Lipton yellow label?

[ThunderCat]

So i've been drinking brooke bond red label chai since 2017 ever since falling in love with it and for it's health benefits. Then my adopted sibling sent me a link in 2018 that brooke bond had pesticide issues.

Having stayed in Pakistan since January till June, I consumed lipton black tea and couldn't decide if it's better than brooke bond. It tastes superbly healthy and sometimes lighter than brooke bond but i'd like other people's experienced advise on the matter.

 

[Lulldapull]

But I live in Canada. I will buy this tea when in Pakistan next. Any chance of finding it at the supermarket such as Imtihaz?

Only available in Saddar at their street side store. They have a monopoly on this and its just a license for them to print money. They import it from Kenya in huge sacks and sell it only at their store. When you go there, you'll see how much money the owner making.

 

[Egyptian]

But I live in Canada. I will buy this tea when in Pakistan next. Any chance of finding it at the supermarket such as Imtihaz?

I've been to Canada a few times when visiting with some South Asian friends. Have you been to some stores called 'Chai Wala'?

 

[ThunderCat]

Only available in Saddar at their street side store. They have a monopoly on this and its just a license for them to print money. They import it from Kenya in huge sacks and sell it only at their store. When you go there, you'll see how much money the owner making.

Such a pity they don't sell it outside sadar. :-(

Can't really hope for my good health all the way here in Canada then. I'm confined to Brooke Bond vs Lipton. Which one would you recommend?

 

[ThunderCat]

I've been to Canada a few times when visiting with some South Asian friends. Have you been to some stores called 'Chai Wala'?

Nope.
@Egyptian But some great tea brands exist here. If I can get the best quality chai with zero sodium and pure alkaline that is the healthiest.

 

[ThunderCat]

But given the choice of both, which one would you pick? For health reasons.

 

[Lulldapull]

Such a pity they don't sell it outside sadar. :-(

Can't really hope for my good health all the way here in Canada then. I'm confined to Brooke Bond vs Lipton. Which one would you recommend?

Here in Japan they import Tapal Danedaar chai. I generally buy it. Other choices are Nepali/ Assam Indian chai. I only buy Pakistani groceries because I want the 10 Poor Pakistani families here in Nagoya to survive.

 

[ThunderCat]

Here in Japan they import Tapal Danedaar chai. I generally buy it. Other choices are Nepali/ Assam Indian chai. I only buy Pakistani groceries because I want the 10 Poor Pakistani families here in Nagoya to survive.

I'll try looking into Tapal Danedaar chai

 

[Bilal9]

When in Bangladesh I always have Ispahani Chai in the pantry which is mostly locally sourced (Sylhet and Chittagong Tea Estates - Sylhet is next door to Assam and has the same weather and tea varieties). Every tea company sells better and economical varieties. The more expensive Ispahani black tea blend is Blender's Choice, their midgrade tea is called Zareen. Mirzapore is the economic variety.

Just some informational tidbit - the best tea leaves are loose and if you know tea garden owners (like I do) then you will get the best of the best from the garden for no coinage occasionally. The black stuff from the garden is almost too strong, you boil half as much in the saucepan.

In North America PG Tips is in my pantry as well (backup if I deplete my regular stash from back home), it is the most widely available on Amazon which my friends serve when I go to dawats. PG Tips also has Gold variety which tastes a bit better. But PG Tips is also mostly sourced from India and Africa but is blended in the UK.

There are smaller tea estates in Rangpur in Bangladesh who now produce organic black, white and green tea, some of them closer to the border area in North Bengal near Darjeeling.