Is the #UK the only country in the world to have a type of #tea called 'normal'?

I'm drinking normal tea right now.

@lydiaconwell Is that English Breakfast tea?

@trinsec Actually, no. It's everyday blended tea of any particular brand.

@lydiaconwell And what is 'everyday blended tea'?

@trinsec Normal tea.

Just blended tea you buy to make a cup of tea.

@lydiaconwell That is not saying much, to be honest. So even strawberry tea would be 'normal' since that's got some blends in too?

@trinsec OK. It's black tea, not a specific type like Earl Grey or English Breakfast, just sold, mostly in teabags, as 'tea' in the supermarket.

Then you poor boiling water on the teabag, let it brew for a few minutes, then add a splash of milk.

And that's normal tea.

@lydiaconwell Ah ok, black tea. Kinda like ceylon tea, or maybe even sorta english breakfast (since that is a blend of various black teas, including ceylon, I believe). Generic black tea. I guess that's what English Breakfast tea is for us, that's the most generic type tea you can buy over here.

@trinsec Actually, English Breakfast is pretty much like the normal everyday tea you get. But English Breakfast only seems to be made by Twinings. Most normal tea is sold as 'tea' no particular type.

@lydiaconwell Aha. Here 'English Breakfast' is sold by Pickwick. I actually don't know if other brands call it the same name or something more generic. I tend to buy Pickwick after having tried various other brands, because that one leaves behind the least residue.

@lydiaconwell Right, the supermarket's home brand (of the supermarket I most frequent to) has it as 'Zwarte thee, Engelse melange'. So more generic, but same concept. And Pickwick actually shows it as 'Original English', but the little bags have 'English Breakfast' usually iirc. Oh cool, there's a Twinnings too, with English Breakfast. And holy shit that shit is expensive! And there's a Lipton with English Breakfast as well. And that concludes me checking my supermarket's inventory website. ;)