Tea company gets in bizarre-but-hilarious Twitter argument with annoyed man

Publish date: Thursday, 15 Dec 2016, 2:33PM

This one might take the crown for most bizarre Twitter argument of 2016.

Yorkshire Tea's official Twitter account had some explaining to do when a user inquired about where its tea is grown.

While most tea fans won’t be surprised to hear the product isn’t actually grown in Yorkshire, one man was particularly annoyed about the 'shock' revelation.

It began:

@2spikywwefans Yes, of course. We grow it in our massive hydroponic tea plantation two miles beneath the surface of Dewsbury.
— Yorkshire Tea (@YorkshireTea) December 5, 2016

@YorkshireTea you wouldn't be telling porky pies now would you? As your website states different! pic.twitter.com/BGhxwHZrU9
— 2SpikyHairedWweFans (@2spikywwefans) December 5, 2016

@YorkshireTea so basically the only thing Yorkshire about your tea is the packaging that has Yorkshire written on it? 😂 😂 😂
— 2SpikyHairedWweFans (@2spikywwefans) December 5, 2016

@2spikywwefans English Breakfast tea isn't grown in England either. We're sorry to be the ones to break this to you.
— Yorkshire Tea (@YorkshireTea) December 5, 2016

@2spikywwefans We're based here, we blend it here & we created it here for the water here. This conversation also ends here.
— Yorkshire Tea (@YorkshireTea) December 5, 2016

This man is very cross about tea not growing in Yorkshire. Can someone please let him know that everything's OK? He's not listening to us. https://t.co/FR2ytWdM5V
— Yorkshire Tea (@YorkshireTea) December 5, 2016

People soon started joining in

@YorkshireTea Wait until he discovers Caesar doesn't make salads.
— Josh Reynolds (@Scissorsboi) December 5, 2016

@Scissorsboi His leadership ability was nothing compared to his skill with a cos lettuce.
— Yorkshire Tea (@YorkshireTea) December 5, 2016

@YorkshireTea @CivilLitTweet it does explain my failed attempts to grow coffee in stockport
— Martin Hulston (@Poles72) December 5, 2016

.@2spikywwefans sorry to do this to you fella, but here's some truths about food after your .@YorkshireTea rant. pic.twitter.com/9wHS3eNYSQ
— Trucker Timmy (@Yiddo1975) December 6, 2016

But the argument was eventually resolved

After privately talking 2 @YorkshireTea I conced I made a mistake, I hold my hands up they do some fantastic community work, nice one guys
— 2SpikyHairedWweFans (@2spikywwefans) December 6, 2016

@2spikywwefans @YorkshireTea Kudos to you for being so gracious. Good job! 👍
— jim✌️ (@jim_unwin) December 6, 2016

@jim_unwin I've never been 1 to be afraid of holding my hands up and saying I'm wrong, which in this case I was @YorkshireTea humbled me
— 2SpikyHairedWweFans (@2spikywwefans) December 6, 2016