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I thought it was only myself that noticed the very same thing Roseanne thanks for confirming that I was not imagining it. Bev
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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 I

can say, is, Thank You for also speaking up. Please feel free to
pass along my comments!

Clare

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On Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 5:54:03 AM UTC+9, Clare wrote:

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 I

can 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!

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I drink Tata tea in Canada; mainly because it's cheaper. It's a strong Assam black tea; guaranteed to stain your cup.
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Warren Peltier <chuanming.chadao@gmail.com> writes:

I drink Tata tea in Canada; mainly because it's cheaper. It's a strong
Assam black tea; guaranteed to stain your cup.

Warren, I wouldrCOve thought you brought back a boatload of good tea from China!

/Lew
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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?
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On Mon, 4 May 2020 23:00:02 +0000, sherry king <1e21fbd7004f7db6ff7244cdbb66d7de@example.com> wrote:

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?

PG Tips through Amazon.com.


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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.
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On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:00:18 +0000, Ed <8020b7b5b36b33912d8f53417ef10944@example.com> wrote:

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.

What usually happens is that a new generation of executives takes over
the company, and they start looking for ways to increase profits.

Using cheaper tea is one way.

Rowntree Fruit Pastilles has changed their recipe, and they are not
nearly as good. I complained to the company and got a weak excuse in
a reply - "We wanted to make it vegan"

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Tetley has created a box of their own brand of "red Rose tea that looks similar and has the same name with modifications which probably makes it legal. It IS NOT the orginal "Red Rose" which is still available. This happened to me as well, Tetly is fooling peope into thinking it is the real "red rose". very unscrupulous.
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I am facing the same issues recently regarding its different tastes. So during searching for its substitute I have found Adagio Teas Coupons and I have purchased this for the taste and this gives me the same pleasure, So from now onwards I am using this adagio tea.
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Exactly , itrCOs been my families tea for a couple generations and now itrCOs not drinkable !
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I just brewed a pot of Red Rose from a new purchase and was SSSOOOOO disappointed. Bitter, odd flavor so reminiscent of LIPTON, which I dislike very much! The old wonderful Red Rose, so smooth, flavorful, distinct is gone?
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Maybe Twinings breakfast tea? It tastes like Lipton did 1950s
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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!
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Vancouver Island tea drinker <8f27231826bf0936803571389d5c69a3@example.com> wrote:

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!

So when did this happen and did you call them with the batch number? You
might just have got a very very stale package that had been sitting far
too long in a warehouse... but then again they may have totally changed their supplier or blend too... would be interesting to hear what they would have
to say about it.
--scott
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I experience the same thing as Roseanne. I have been drinking Red Rose for a long time. All of a sudden it became the worst tea I have ever had. Had to switch to another brand, now I am enjoying me tea again. Not sure how they expect to make a profit selling tea that tastes like gutrot.
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Red rose is not tea.. now tasteless brown water..
What happened? Divorcing you after many years..
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Try Yorkshire Tea, preferably Gold. Nice.
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ahmad tea special blend
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Same here.
For me, it was Red Rose only, before.
Now itrCOs 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.
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Ellen <5a39ab22650eccbce170dcd847249ff0@example.com> wrote:

Same here.
For me, it was Red Rose only, before.
Now itrCOs 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.

The Tetley bagged teas are definitely CTC.... I am kind of curious exactly
what Red Rose was inside the bag.
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Roseanne, I did a search today in Google about the taste quality of Red Rose because, like you, the tea taste very different and I miss the aroma of the original Red Rose tea!!! I noticed the individually wrapped tea and should've guessed that they were bought out.
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So, Lipton bought Red Rose? No wonder the tea bags leak! I also noticed the change in the flavor from reasonable black tea to spent dishwater. IrCOm going looking for another brand!
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I posted here earlier at my horror as to what had been done to Red Rose Tea. Corporate geed is destroying our world and now has taken my favorite tea as well. It is deeply disgusting!

I have since found PG Tips to be a very good tea. I get the "original" variety. It is said to be the most popular brand in England, FWIW...
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IrCOve been drinking Red Rose since kindergarten where I drank it after school at my best friendrCOs grandparents house for afternoon tea every day. Recently I double the tea bags and still it is now just poorly flavored water. I CanrCOt even call it tea anymore. Ps IrCOm turning 60 this year so it saddens me to say I will probably not buy it again.
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At this point I mostly go for Barry's Tea, for Irish breakfast
style, and Qilan Wuyuan Oolong Tea (Organic Positively Tea
Company), when I want something more meditative - both loose leaf
and both available from Amazon.
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Scott Dorsey wrote on 27/9/24 8:53 pm:

<Snip>

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

Hmm!! Interesting! Here, in Australia, one of the bigger brand names of
Tea is Lipton's ..... which, if your eyesight is failing a bit, might
look somewhat like 'Upton's"!!
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Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

Scott Dorsey wrote on 27/9/24 8:53 pm:

<Snip>

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

Hmm!! Interesting! Here, in Australia, one of the bigger brand names of
Tea is Lipton's ..... which, if your eyesight is failing a bit, might
look somewhat like 'Upton's"!!

Thank God there is no connection!
--scott
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2025 Update - finally gave up on teabags! I was in the habit of leaving them in my mug, and squeezing the last, best drops out of them before discarding. 'Got tired of getting a mouth full of fine, loose tea particles as the mug was getting empty, and I didn't really enjoy any of the brands I tried to replace the old Red Rose.

'Bought myself a nice, 1L glass teapot and have been experimenting with loose leaf teas. Previously, I always brewed 1 bag black (Red Rose) with 1 bag green tea in a 16 oz mug. This morning, I am having 1 heaping teaspoon of Queen Anne blend + 1 heaping teaspoon of green tea with elderflower. I like my tea brewed strong so I heat the teapot by boiling water in it in the microwave while the RO water for my tea heats to boiling in an electric teapot. When both are boiling, I dump half of the boiling water from the teapot down each drain in the kitchen sink (keeps those itsy bitsy flies from camping out in the drains) and then place the teapot in a 6-quart cooler with towels nestled around it to insulate. Put in the tea basket, fill with boiling RO water, install the pot lid, and cover the tea pot with more towels. I let it steep at least 10 minutes before pouring the first mug.
The best part is that you can buy as many types of tea as you wish, and brew what strikes your fancy at the moment. I've found many I truly enjoy more than any tea I ever made from a bag.
On my several trips down the Yellowstone each year, I can't force myself to take the time for the teapot brew from my treasure hunting time so I revert to the expediency of teabags. It's now such a disappointment that I usually don't even bother with a second mug.
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