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- Luxury Black Tea
- FP (Flowery Pekoe)
- Good body but not overpowering with satisfying full tea flavor notes.
- Also available in a 500g Maxi Pack
- Tea as it Should be!
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Today the habit of tea drinking is inexorably linked to the British despite the fact that the British were fairly late on the tea scene in historical terms. Ironically the first mention of tea in English literature is a translation of a Dutchman’s travels to the east. Tea was first brought to England via Holland on Dutch ships. Since tea was becoming an ‘in’ beverage the British government became quite incensed that a tiny nation such as the Netherlands would control the shipment of tea to the UK. In 1651 the British government passed the Navigation Acts, which forbade the importation of any products on non-British ships.
Traders and Dutchmen, being resourceful continued the trade in the usual manner but for one little wrinkle - The tea was transshipped in Holland onto British ships!
Early in British life tea was known as a health beverage and claimed all sorts of curative powers. In the 1650s, Garway’s Coffee House proclaimed that tea amongst other things:
Tea makes the body active and lusty. Tea is declared to be the most wholesome; preserving perfect health until extreme Old Age
Afternoon tea was the invention of Anna, wife of the seventh Duke of Bedford. At that time custom dictated only two planned meals per day: a hearty breakfast and a late evening dinner. Anna in an effort to ease the “sinking feeling” began instructing her servants to prepare tea and cakes in the late afternoon. Thus began a fashionable habit, which still exists today.
Traders and Dutchmen, being resourceful continued the trade in the usual manner but for one little wrinkle - The tea was transshipped in Holland onto British ships!
Early in British life tea was known as a health beverage and claimed all sorts of curative powers. In the 1650s, Garway’s Coffee House proclaimed that tea amongst other things:
Tea makes the body active and lusty. Tea is declared to be the most wholesome; preserving perfect health until extreme Old Age
Afternoon tea was the invention of Anna, wife of the seventh Duke of Bedford. At that time custom dictated only two planned meals per day: a hearty breakfast and a late evening dinner. Anna in an effort to ease the “sinking feeling” began instructing her servants to prepare tea and cakes in the late afternoon. Thus began a fashionable habit, which still exists today.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Leaf tea, even not so wonderful leaf tea, is always better than a paper bag full dust. I thought I would try this variety of English Breakfast loose leaf tea since it is a flowery pekoe grade. It arrived quickly, adequately packed and the end result is a really honest and enjoyable cup of tea, better than anything you are likely to find on most supermarket shelves where the real tea drinker seems to be regarded as an extinct species.
For the price - top stars * * * * *
For the price - top stars * * * * *
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This is a beautiful clean tasting tea with a lovely colour in the cup far superior to any tea you can buy in the supermarket and the service from Simpli-Special was excellent.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I had forgotten just how good tea can taste after years of drinking tea made from teabags,i definitely wont go back to them after using English Breakfast Luxury Loose Leaf Tea 100g it's really nice,proper tasting tea albeit a bit pricey in comparison to the big stores.Would give AMAZON and SIMPLI- SPECIAL top marks on delivery.
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