Yesterday I had a surprise present. It was a tin of tea. Since the packer had omitted to in clude a message I had to surmise who the donor was. No need to call in Poirot. It was, of course, my tea drinking friend from Tokyo. Now for the second surprise. The tea was grown in England!
If Cousin Carole is reading this she no doubt knows all about it as the Tregothnan tea is grown on the Boscawen estate near Truro in Cornwall. Tregothnan is believed to be the only commercial tea plantation in the U.K. It has secured a large order to export its quintessentially English tea to Japan. It already exports to China and India.
The estate has been the home of the Boscawen family since 1335. Enough information?
To get down to drinking the tea! I have to report that is bright, refreshing with the slightest hint of a perfume. I recommend it.
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Glad you like the tea! When I found it on the menu at the Orangery in Hyde Park this summer I was intrigued by the idea of a tea grown in Cornwall. So I had to find out what my fellow tea-drinker in Hove thought about it! -- tea-drinker in Tokyo
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