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Prince Of Wales
Metropolitan Tea
Specialty Tea -English Favorites
Grade: OP Gunpowder (Whole Leaf
Blend)
Nuwara Eliya Sri Lanka, Taiwan Assam India
Luxury black tea, Luxury green tea, Cornflower and Safflower petals, Natural
flavors
A Regal Blend best served in the afternoon
with scones.
Full bodied with delicious hints of black currant.
This blend of teas is fit for a
‘king-in-waiting’.
Element #1: We have used a
very rich Indian Assam tea as the dominant component in this blend to honor the
role India has played in the British Empire. India throughout the late 1800’s
and early 1900’s played an important role in the success of the English and
often was the playground of the Royals who would come on cruises or visit the
spa’s at Darjeeling. Kings George V, George VI, Edward and Queen Elizabeth all
were known to tip a cuppa with the local English gentry and Indian Maharajas.
The tea they built their Empire on also helped build a stronger India.
Element #2: The tea industry
in Sri Lanka - formerly known as Ceylon was started by the British in the mid
1800’s. Tea is now the most important agricultural export product for Sri Lanka
and provides jobs for hundreds of thousands on the ‘tear-drop’ shaped island.
Viewing tea estates, roads and railways you will see evidence of the British
‘bulldog’ nature - during the 1800’s only the British would have been ‘mad’
enough to push roads through the jungles and steep mountains.
Element #3: True to the
British national anthem ‘God Save the King’ we added Gunpowder green tea and
Lucky Dragon Hyson green tea with their high polyphenol count to try and bring
this ideal to the blend.
Element #4: The English
colonists always tried to keep a little bit of England around them and this is
typified by the bungalows and gardens on the tea estates. We have enhanced this
blend with a hint of black currants the typical English garden berry - a
reminder of home for the ‘expats’.
In conclusion, while you are
enjoying this wonderful tasting tea you can ‘see’ the current Prince of Wales
lifting his tea cup from his saucer, taking a sip and exclaiming “Good Show!!”.
Not to be mistaken for Twinings
Prince of Wales.
Twinings Prince of Wales is a blend of China black tea and Oolong
Similar to our Metropolitan's Keemun Panda #1
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