English breakfast tea

English breakfast tea

English breakfast tea ( English : english breakfast tea ) is a mixture of black tea . This tea is usually described as having a strong and rich flavor . It is suitable to drink tea with sugar and milk . This characteristic fits well with typical British breakfast food .

This tea blends containing Assam tea , black tea and Ceylon tea Keemun . English Breakfast Tea brand is famous Twinings , Yorkshire Tea ( Taylor 's of Harrogate , PG Tips , Stash Tea Company , Lipton , Celestial Seasonings and Dilmah .

Many stories about the origin of this tea , one of which is about a man named Drysdale in Edinburgh :

    About a hundred years ago , a man named Drysdale went to tea companies around Edinburgh castle . It offers a kind of tea called ` B ` . Until 1982 they still sell tea called ' Breakfast ' no frills other names . Possibly because the Scots just want tea that can make people wake up refreshed after sleeping .

Another story about the origin of this tea is from [ 5 ] Journal of Commerce . Here there is an article about tea from tea in 1843 and a businessman named Richard Davies in New York . He was an English immigrant in America . He mixes tea with basic Congou , mix a little Pekoe and Pouchong . The tea is then sold at 50 cents per pound . Success is inviting many tea mixture made ​​his name famous imitation .