Dorset Cruiser Posted February 15, 2015 #1 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Does anyone know what brand of teabags are provided on Arcadia? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorset Cruiser Posted February 15, 2015 Author #2 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Does anyone know what brand of teabags are provided on Arcadia? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Sorry - double post! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britboys Posted February 15, 2015 #3 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I was last on Oriana in October and it was still Twinings Everyday for the 'builders' tea. They also had Earl Grey and a selection of fruit-type teas etc. It is usually standard across the fleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorset Cruiser Posted February 15, 2015 Author #4 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Twinings 😱 Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysticalmother Posted February 15, 2015 #5 Share Posted February 15, 2015 OMG - Twinings tea bags? I had better cancel my booking.....:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorset Cruiser Posted February 15, 2015 Author #6 Share Posted February 15, 2015 OMG - Twinings tea bags? I had better cancel my booking.....:eek: You don't need to cancel your cruise. Take your own teabags. I'm going to. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richleeds Posted February 15, 2015 #7 Share Posted February 15, 2015 OMG - Twinings tea bags? I had better cancel my booking.....:eek: Some would!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysticalmother Posted February 16, 2015 #8 Share Posted February 16, 2015 You don't need to cancel your cruise. Take your own teabags. I'm going to. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Actually I don't drink tea....only coffee......and I usually take my own too! I'm afraid I am a coffee snob..☕️🍰 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorset Cruiser Posted February 16, 2015 Author #9 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Actually I don't drink tea....only coffee......and I usually take my own too! I'm afraid I am a coffee snob..☕️🍰 Taking my own instant coffee as well - Nescafe Azera - and the Nescafe Azera Latte sachets that we like. Doesn't take up any room. Just hope they've got the McVities Digestives in the buffet 😄 Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieC Posted February 16, 2015 #10 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Taking my own instant coffee as well - Nescafe Azera - and the Nescafe Azera Latte sachets that we like. Doesn't take up any room. Just hope they've got the McVities Digestives in the buffet Ditto - all coffee on cruise ships, apart from that charged extra, is thoroughly disgusting. I hope you find your biscuits - we brought a couple of packets of the (new improved:rolleyes:) cabin biscuits home recently; so ghastly are they that our resident squirrels carefully chucked them off the bird table and onto the ground. They are still lurking there, ignored by all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorset Cruiser Posted February 16, 2015 Author #11 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Ditto - all coffee on cruise ships, apart from that charged extra, is thoroughly disgusting. I hope you find your biscuits - we brought a couple of packets of the (new improved:rolleyes:) cabin biscuits home recently; so ghastly are they that our resident squirrels carefully chucked them off the bird table and onto the ground. They are still lurking there, ignored by all. They used to have really nice cabin biscuits but the new ones are awful. On Aurora in 2013 we took a small 'tupperware' and picked up a few digestives each lunchtime from the cheeseboard section in the buffet. Just right with our early morning tea :). If they do not have digestives, will get some decent biccies en route in Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRUISIN LINDA Posted February 16, 2015 #12 Share Posted February 16, 2015 No teabags can be as bad as the ones we had in a hotel in Montenegro! Apparently they were Russian and you needed 2 or three at least, to get any taste at all! Is the coffee really bad on P&O? I like Gold Blend, so should I take my own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorset Cruiser Posted February 16, 2015 Author #13 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I think all free cruise coffee is not very good as its made with a syrup. Sail Princess a lot and we exchange our bar setups for free coffee cards. On other lines, if there is no in-cabin kettle, we treat ourselves to a few decent coffees but on P&O we take our own coffee/sachets/teabags. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRUISIN LINDA Posted February 16, 2015 #14 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I think all free cruise coffee is not very good as its made with a syrup. Sail Princess a lot and we exchange our bar setups for free coffee cards. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Oh yes! We have experienced Princess coffee Dorset Cruiser :eek: That is why I bought a supply of Gold blend coffee sachets from Amazon :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanlyon Posted February 16, 2015 #15 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I take coffee bags with me. Quite agree the coffee is quite disgusting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogof1 Posted February 16, 2015 #16 Share Posted February 16, 2015 So what is the coffee provided in the cabin with the kettle? Only sailed princess and haven't had the luxury of. Kettle in the cabin...can't wait :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorset Cruiser Posted February 16, 2015 Author #17 Share Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) So what is the coffee provided in the cabin with the kettle? Only sailed princess and haven't had the luxury of. Kettle in the cabin...can't wait :) I cannot remember what we had on Aurora but taking my own in any event 😄 When are you off? What ship? I seem to follow you round the boards. Remember you from Princess boards. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Edited February 16, 2015 by Dorset Cruiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovechick Posted February 17, 2015 #18 Share Posted February 17, 2015 So what is the coffee provided in the cabin with the kettle? Only sailed princess and haven't had the luxury of. Kettle in the cabin...can't wait :) IIRC it's sachets of bog-standard Nescafe. The - to me slightly stale - taste of the ship's water doesn't help where tea and coffee are concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niddwalker2 Posted February 17, 2015 #19 Share Posted February 17, 2015 They use Twinging everyday ,it is acceptable but you would be better taking some Yorkshire tea ,they do one for hard water areas and this suits the ships water better.Coffee supplied is not very good so may be worth taking your own favourite or just stick to wine etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richleeds Posted February 23, 2015 #20 Share Posted February 23, 2015 They use Twinging everyday ,it is acceptable but you would be better taking some Yorkshire tea ,they do one for hard water areas and this suits the ships water better.Coffee supplied is not very good so may be worth taking your own favourite or just stick to wine etc. Yorkshire tea gold and fill the kettle with bottled water, don't drink the potable water from the tap Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanwithahat Posted February 23, 2015 #21 Share Posted February 23, 2015 So what is the coffee provided in the cabin with the kettle? Only sailed princess and haven't had the luxury of. Kettle in the cabin...can't wait :) OTOMH I think they provide those little tubular sachets for coffee. Okay unless you are a coffee fan. If there's something particular you want, take your own would be my advice :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annieuk Posted February 23, 2015 #22 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Coffee sachets supplied in the cabins are Dowe Egburts - not bad at all for instant coffee. We take our own and if we're sailing from Southampton I take some cups and saucers too - I hate drinking out of those large, thick china mugs! I must admit I miss my Nespresso when I'm away but have also been known sometimes to take a small cafetiere and packet of ground coffee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triplalot Posted February 23, 2015 #23 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Coffee sachets supplied in the cabins are Dowe Egburts - not bad at all for instant coffee. We take our own and if we're sailing from Southampton I take some cups and saucers too - I hate drinking out of those large, thick china mugs! I must admit I miss my Nespresso when I'm away but have also been known sometimes to take a small cafetiere and packet of ground coffee! We purchased a small Nespresso machine and travel case which often goes on holiday with us when we drive rather than fly. The case has a compartment for cups/saucers and the capsules fit in the water reservoir for packing. Don't think we will take it cruising (Costa will do) because of space constraints but it was definitely a good buy and has travelled well :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorset Cruiser Posted March 17, 2015 Author #24 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Just back from Arcadia. The teabags provided were fine so did not use the ones we had taken with us. Took my own Nescafe Azera latte sachets which we personally like. Coffee provided is Dowe Egberts. Biscuits were awful - nearly every packet had badly broken biscuits and to cap it off, the digestives in the cheese section ( which we normally take to have with our morning tea ) are now no longer McVities, but a cheap, nasty and have to say sometimes stale alternative - bad show P&O 😔 The rest of the food provided on Arcadia was superb - much better than we had on Aurora two years ago. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecttr Posted March 17, 2015 #25 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Yorkshire tea gold and fill the kettle with bottled water, don't drink the potable water from the tap Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Why? it is less of a heath hazard than the bottled water, and cheaper ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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