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| English Breakfast A blend of three Ceylon teas that produce a cup that is not overpowering, but still has a full flavor that accepts milk.
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 1650's, 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. |
 English Breakfast Two Ounce $3.95 |
 English Breakfast Four Ounce $7.50 |
 English Breakfast Eight Ounce $13.25 |
 English Breakfast One Pound $24.25 |
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