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The English way of drinking tea?
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Lewis Perin
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The English way of drinking tea?
(Nigel at Teacraft) writes:
> [...40 years ago Darjeeling really was a black tea...]
> Then one day Lyons switched their house blend away from Darjeeling -
> whose producers had quickly to find another market. North Europe was
> targeted but required a lighter cup that would drink in the European
> way - without milk. And so the nearly green, hard withered, Darjeeling
> tea was developed and became universally recognised as "the"
> Darjeeling. But how will it be forty years hence?
Fascinating! I've heard that much of the best Darjeeling now goes to
Japan. If this is true, the switch from black to near-green would
presumably only have helped.
/Lew
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