PG and Yorkshire Tea tell Black Lives Matter critics 'don't buy our tea'

[johnofgwent]

Frankly, both can stuff it.

The is but one tea and coffee shop worthy of patronage, and keiths is its ame

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g186286-d7222340-r710335591-Keiths_Coffee_Shop-Cirencester_Cotswolds_England.html

Yes, i *KNOW* it calls itself Keith's Coffee Shop, but as the reviewer says, I too remember when it really WAS Keith's and back then he blended tea too.

They still sell proper tea, although these days it's generally other speciality retailer's packages.

[Borchester]

Someone said, "He who is without sin, cast the first stone", or maybe it's "demolish the first statue".
I'll carry on drinking my PG tips.

True, but in John 8:2 - 8:11 the Almighty was having a quiet joke, so there is no reason why we should not do the same with Unilever.

[Nalaar]

I really don't think that the tea companies can take the moral high ground.

No company can ever 'take the moral high ground' without some hypocrisy brought up, that doesn't mean it should not do so.

Maybe so. are you saying we should not raise such criticisms ?

Sure, they can be raised, it's just not a very good argument against what they are doing.

[johnofgwent]

I really don't think that the tea companies can take the moral high ground.

No company can ever 'take the moral high ground' without some hypocrisy brought up, that doesn't mean it should not do so.

Maybe so. are you saying we should not raise such criticisms ?

[Barry]

Someone said, "He who is without sin, cast the first stone", or maybe it's "demolish the first statue".
I'll carry on drinking my PG tips.

[Nalaar]

I really don't think that the tea companies can take the moral high ground.

No company can ever 'take the moral high ground' without some hypocrisy brought up, that doesn't mean it should not do so.

[boggart]

I really don't think that the tea companies can take the moral high ground.

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/labour-exploitation-global-tea-cocoa-industries-1.783519

[johnofgwent]

It is, I suppose, a matter of taste.



From working in Yorkshire I know the water is ... interesting. I believe they engineer the tea to match.

[patman post]

Bloody Horrible Stuff anyway, Takes the silver plating right off our teaspoons.... God only knows what it does to your teeth and innards

Why would that worry you?

In my experience tea and coffee generally brewed in Wales is too weak and watery to colour or erode anything and then It's drowned in milk. That's not a criticism by the way, just an observation, as judging by local beers, it seems the way locals like their beverages...

[johnofgwent]

Bloody Horrible Stuff anyway, Takes the silver plating right off our teaspoons.... God only knows what it does to your teeth and innards

[Borchester]

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