Bringing Coffee & Trail Mix Into Britain?

Every hotel I've stayed in the UK, and that's a lot of hotels, has had a kettle in the room with instant coffee. Usually Nescafe.

The supermarkets have a larger selection of instant coffee than I have seen in the US.

You can also find trail mix in any supermarket.

You can bring both in.

Trail mix is readily available from supermarkets or places like Holland and Barrett. Hotels and B&Bs will have packs of instant coffee.

Why are you wanting the bring them with you?

The terrible water in London is something I've never adjusted to after 15 years of living here. I spent some time in Scotland recently and it was so nice to have good water again to make tea and instant coffee.

Yorkshire Gold tea is avalable in many supermarkets in the U.S

Usually in the " international" or " British" section. But it will cost a lot more than in the UK.

I too have seen Yorkshire Gold tea in stores in the U.S. We use PG Tips tea all the time and get it at a local store.

Actually the availability of Yorkshire Gold tea depends on where you are in the US. Here in Southern California the only place I can find it is Cost +, or World Market as I guess they call themselves now. Yorkshire tea is more widely available, but not the Yorkshire Gold. I too travel with it—except to England where I buy a box on the day of arrival.

Much as I hate to use them, Amazon has your teas. And your favorite biscuits as well.

We use PG Tips tea all the time and get it at a local store.

PG Tips is made by Lipton, which might explain why my local supermarket has it in the 'regular' tea section. The Yorkshire Gold and Red are in the "international foods" aisle.

Amazing how most replies don't actually answer the OP's question. Just people giving alternate advice. Mine included I guess, wish I could offer a real answer.

PharmerPhil, I never have a problem with that. I found lots of good information that way that I would never have known otherwise. :-)

Sometimes it's a multi-party conversation, not Jeopardy.

You can definitely bring both coffee and trail mix in. I like to have either nuts or trail mix with me to start with. I used to wake up hungry during my first night and the trail mix was good to have until I could get to a store.

Most of the hotels I've stayed in in Britain only have 2 packets of regular coffee. I bring my own because I often want 3 cups, lol. Plus depending on the brand offered, mine tastes better to me. IF you like sugar in your coffee bring individual packs of those too because sometimes there are only 2 or 4. I have gone to drinking my coffee black unless the coffee is awful, lol but I still carry sugar packets.

With a cursory look I could not find where the UK rules address dried fruit except for this link which says dates are fine.

https://www.gov.uk/bringing-food-into-great-britain/fruit-vegetables-nuts-seeds

It's never occurred to me to wonder if it was okay--I always bring a few Starbucks instant coffee packets, a small ziplock of dry creamer and a few Clif or Lara bars--I like to be prepared because hotels don't always offer enough coffee or creamer.

Just bring enough to get you through 24 hours. Then head to M&S, Sainsbury’s etc and buy your coffee and trail mix there. Get the lay of the land and see what your hotel provides.

Sometimes it's a multi-party conversation, not Jeopardy.

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A UK version of Jeopardy is supposed to be starting on ITV this month- it was briefly tried over here in 1983 to 1984, and then 1990 to 1993, and 1995 to 1996.

Talk is that it will be in an hour long format here, so it will be interesting to see how it compares to the US original version,

Christa, you bring unmarked plastic bags of white powder through security?

Let's try and stick with helping the OP, folks!