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.

 

[TheNewb77]

Brooke Bond Red Tea is made in India is it not? I hear that it funds the Indian government and their atrocities in Kashmir.

But, I do not know how you deal with such stances and your views on boycott @ThunderCat

But, to answer your question, I prefer the Pakistani Tapal Tea brands.

 

[Lulldapull]

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.

Yaar the best chai in the world is sold in Saddar at the Grand Tea company. Their flying horse brand Kenya chai is so good that I've never had better chai than that in my life. If you have it once, you'll never have anything else.

 

[Egyptian]

Yaar the best chai in the world is sold in Saddar at the Grand Tea company. Their flying horse brand Kenya chai is so good that I've never had better chai than that in my life. If you have it once, you'll never have anything else.

Doesn't Pakistan import most of it's tea from Kenya?

 

[Lulldapull]

Ye aesi chai hae k insaan pagal ho jaata hae:

 

[Lulldapull]

Doesn't Pakistan import most of it's tea from Kenya?

Correct, and this chai sold in Saddar bazaar Karachi is a legend in itself. I've never had better tea than this.

 

[ThunderCat]

Brooke Bond Red Tea is made in India is it not? I hear that it funds the Indian government and their atrocities in Kashmir.

But, I do not know how you deal with such stances and your views on boycott @ThunderCat

But, to answer your question, I prefer the Pakistani Tapal Tea brands.

Brooke Bond is a British brand with sources in Bharat, I believe and the same is true for Lipton. I quit Hain Celestial a their tea is overloaded with pesticides and sodium which cause constipation.

 

[ThunderCat]

Correct, and this chai sold in Saddar bazaar Karachi is a legend in itself. I've never had better tea than this.

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?

 

[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