The thing about Yorkshire tea is that whether you buy a box of 40 or a bag of 1040 the tea bags are exactly the same. No ‘one cup’ or ‘catering size’ bags with crappy floor sweepings like most others. And the tea is very strong. We make a cup each out of one bag and get strong tea. And that’s from a 1040 pack.
I’m not susceptible to marketing at all. I’m susceptible to flavour.
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This is really interesting.
We’ve tried lots of teas - own brand, the big names, niche producers and “proper” leaf tea - and prefer Yorkshire.
I had no idea that Yorkshire Tea advertised. I haven’t watched UK TV for decades and the magazines I read don’t have that sort of advertising.
I suppose I am sometimes susceptible to marketing, though my training leads me towards suspicion and scepticism, but might it be that some people genuinely prefer a brand of tea that you don’t like? I mean, it’s a thought, isn’t it?
The last I heard they were using preserved sawdust sweepings from Yates’ Wine Lodges …
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Im not sure if this was specifically to me, or just a general thought, but I like YT, I have the big bag of a thousand odd bags in my cupboard, YT and Barry’s are the only tea I buy. I can also see the brilliance of their marketing, which to your other point doesn’t necessarily involve advertising at all, I have no idea if they advertise, part of me would be surprised if they did since their marketing is so good, but in this day and age where everyone is clamouring for market share I guess they may.
Another good, strong tea. I’ve had it many times in Ireland. You can buy it on Amazon France but it’s quite a bit more expensive.
…and that’s screwed up my YouTube “recommended” list for the next month. 
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There are tea gardens in Brittany now. No idea what the tea is like though.
Just been looking at Sage coffee machines. Do you have to grind the beans and then manually put them into the diffuser or is it all automatic like the DeLonghi?
The one I was looking at is like the Delonghi and also has additional hoppers should you wish to change the beens without having to empty the hopper
Automatic. And a reasonable sized hopped so not so big that you have stale beans, and not so small that you have to refill too often if a moderate coffee person like us. Once we played around with the options available and understood how to change according to the sort of bean we were going to use it’s been easy and makes great coffee.
I think we must be close to break even point now after a couple of years. It’s not the cheapest.
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Thanks @JaneJones for the info. I like the look of the Sage machines especially in black
Well I’ve had my new Coffee Machine - L’or Barista Sublime - for a few days now and I have to say I am very pleased with it. The coffee is better than I’ve been producing by other means, and probably as good as the coffee served at my local cafe.
The machine came with several different types of coffee in capsules and the capsules themselves come in two sizes - regular and XXL. The XXL, when used with the ‘Lungo’ setting, makes a 220ml mug of coffee which is great first thing in the morning.
The only one I didn’t like was the ‘Caramel Espresso’ which is no surprise as I don’t like ‘flavoured’ coffees.
There are more complex and more expensive machines out there but this machine produces a decent cup of coffee at a price that fits my budget 
Thanks for all the feedback to my original post
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Good to hear - your experience pretty much mirrors my own. The XXL pods are great for that first “morning hit” of caffeine in a mug!
I agree about it not being too complicated to use as well.
I think I’ve mentioned this already but if you want more of an allongé result you can use a standard size pod and run the water through it twice - for a mug I use the lungo setting first and then the espresso (right and middle buttons), so you get a mugful but it’s a less intense brew than using an XXL pod.
Also it’s cheaper! 