Twinings is good . . . there are some truly appalling brands in the USA. Laggs, for instance, appears to consist of floor sweepings. Lipton's Yellow Label is like dishwater.
And please don't think Brits drink horrible rubbish that Hollywood idiots are always banging on about, like Earl Gray (vomit, spew), Lady Gray (yuck) and so forth... we despise such effete rubbish.
An encounter with US cuisine in a San Antonio restaurant:
"Do you have tea?"
"Of course, yes!"
"Like, for instance, English Breakfast Tea?"
"Er, I don't know that one. . . we have iced tea."
"(Sigh) OK do you have Liptons teabags?"
"Yes I have seen some in the store."
"OK, get two of those, put them in a teap-- no forget that, put them in a mug, and pour boiling water on top. OK?"
"Boiling . . . um, we have hot water, will that do?"
"What do you mean, 'HOT'? (with suspicion)"
"From the coffee machine. It's quite hot."
"No, it has to be BOILING!" (lost in thought. idea comes . . .)
"Do you by any chance have a microwave oven?"
"Oh yes, three of them."
"Good. Well, fill a mug with water, and boil it in the microwave, say about 2 minutes, right?"
"Do I put the tea bags in first?"
"(Sigh) NO!"
"Oh. Right."
. . . . . after a while the waiter returns with steaming mug of just-boiled water. He drops the tea bags in. Great, I think. He's finally got it.
- And then he takes the cold milk and pours a whole load of it in.
Have you ever seen the movie "Idiocracy"?