On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:42:23 GMT, Bluesea wrote:

> "DPM" > wrote in message news:jfgvd.3452$Zn6.2449@trnddc08...
>>
>> "Contrary to popular opinion, Orange Pekoe does not refer to a particular
>> flavor, or even to a specific variety or quality or tea.
>
> I fault Lipton for this rumor because I was under the same impression while
> growing up. My dad drank Lipton, which I never liked, and it wasn't until I
> started trying other teas, determined to stay away from the Orange Pekoe
> that Lipton touted, that I learned the truth.

What? You mean that it really wasn't supposed to taste like oranges to
begin with? (Which would be the misconception I grew up with.)

--
Derek

Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation, are
men who want crops without plowing the ground. -- Frederick Douglass,
abolitionist, editor and orator (1817-1895)