Comedian Andy Zaltzman says Imperial Teas of Lincoln is ‘fantastic’ during Off Menu podcast hosted by Ed Gamble and James Acaster

A British comedian has name-checked a county brand in a popular podcast.

Andy Zaltzman, a satirical comedian who hosts The Bugle podcast and is a statistician for BBC Radio’s Test Match specials, appeared on a Christmas special of the Off Menu podcast, hosted by comedians Ed Gamble and James Acaster.

The podcast challenges guests to choose their favourite ever starter, main course, side dish, dessert and drink. During the Christmas specials, guests also reveal their dream Christmas Day meal.

In the episode, Andy selected tea as his favourite drink and namechecked Imperial Teas of Lincoln - although he went onto ultimately choose a French brand of tea for his ‘dream menu’.

“My chosen supplier of class A tea is Imperial Teas in Lincoln. They have a fantastic shop and a fantastic website with a little essay on all the teas and where they come from, down to the specific height of the specific tree from some mountain in China that the tea comes from.”

He said his favourite tea from the brand was Honey Hon Cha Black Tea which “is like drinking optimism”.

Andy, who won the most recent series of popular Channel 4 show Taskmaster, said he believed tea was one of life’s “greatest luxuries”.

His full menu can be heard by listening to the podcast on Apple or Spotify.

Since launching in December 2018, Off Menu, produced by Plosive, has become one of the biggest podcasts in the country, winning multiple awards, regularly topping the podcast charts and racking up over 120 million downloads.