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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Sammy Gecsoyler

Battle for Britain’s best brew: budget Asda teabag comes out top

Biscuit dripping with tea having been dunked into a china cup containing tea
The testers noted the Asda brew’s aroma and appearance, with 68% judging the colour ‘perfect’ and 49% finding the flavour to be ‘just right’. Photograph: Bailey-Cooper Photography/Alamy

The battle for the nation’s best brew is usually a face-off between the usual big-brand suspects. But this year, a supermarket own-brand teabag has come out on top.

Asda’s Everyday teabags were crowned the best cuppa of 2024 by the consumer group Which?. The budget brew, which costs £1.20 for 80 bags, achieved the top score of 72% in a blind tasting by 79 “experienced and committed” tea drinkers.

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