My Vintage Tea Party
Ramblings and Reviews From a Lover of Tea and All Things Vintage
Well, hello there! I has been over a month since my last update and a lot has happened over the course of these last few weeks! As most of you know (as I don't think I have any readers that I don't know personally), I had to undergo surgery to remove my gallbladder-- it wasn't functioning correctly and probably hadn't been my entire life. For the last year and a half or so I had been suffering from a serious loss of appetite, and when I was able to force myself to eat something I ended up with horrible nausea. I'm not quite to the point where I can honestly say "I feel so much better!" but I am holding out hope. I mean, how can I not eventually feel better now that the offending organ has been evicted, right? Also, my class started in September and has been keeping me far more busy than I would prefer. But anyways, down to business. Today's tea is a blend called Boston Harbor which was one of three different blends that I picked up in Boston. What really caused me to buy this tea and not a blend in a cute little wooden tea chest (they were made to look like mini versions of the chests thrown over during the Boston Tea Party) was the fact that it is by Davison Newman and Company; the very brand of tea that was tossed into Boston Harbor in December 1773. Davison Newman and Company are apparently Britain's oldest tea merchant (the tin claims it was established in 1650), and I do love tea companies with a long and interesting history. The tin that the loose leaf tea comes in is definitely display quality, and the quote on the lid which reads "The Three Sugar Loaves and Crown" is a reference to a book published in 1938 by Owen Rutter called "At the Three Sugar Loaves and Crown." The book details the history of Davison Newman and Company, and since I aim to learn as much as about tea and its history as possible I will probably try and find a copy. The tea itself is a blend of Darjeeling (the tin misspells it "Dajeeling" which almost made me weep) and other black teas from India and Sri Lanka. In the 1700s, tea was exclusively from China so this blend is not an authentic one like the kinds that would have been around at the time of the Tea Party.
I always try and be honest when reviewing teas, so I will say that this is probably not one that I would buy again. Don't get me wrong, I have enjoyed it, but it is not a very strong tea and therefore not my preference. The reason for this not being a very strong tea is because it is a Darjeeling, which brews light and mild. Many people do prefer this, so if you are the type who likes a subtle flavor, you will like this one. There are no other flavors, so this is just another basic black blend with none of the boldness of some of the others I have reviewed. In short, it's nice but it didn't blow me away. My current favorite in my tea stash is the Queen's 90th Birthday Blend from Twinings!
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Greetings, readers! My name is Jordie, and I am a tea obsessed, history loving young lady who just happened to be born about 60 years too late. Archives
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