| Country of Origin | Sri Lanka, | | Region | Nuwara Eliya, Dimbula, Uva | | Shipping Port | Colombo | | Grade | FOP (Flowery Pekoe) | | Altitude | 4500 - 5500 feet above sea level | | Manufacture Type | Orthodox | | Cup Characteristics | A full bodied flavorful cup of tea tending bright | | Infusion: | Tending bright and coppery notes. | 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: makes the body active and lusty.
All decafs sold at Tea Laden are processed using the Co2 Process. The advantage of this decaffeination process is that no chemical solvents are used to remove the caffeine. Also, using the naturally occurring Co2 in a circulation process which carefully uses high pressure and temperature to extract the caffeine, the origin distinct character of the tea is retained in the cup. |
