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My latest online tea order shipped with some unanticipated freebies - a handful of individual teabags from Darvilles of Windsor. I didn’t think much of them at the time, and only just today rifled through them to see what was included. There were two packets each of Earl Grey, English Breakfast, Darjeeling and one called “Royalty” (which I later learned is a special blend produced only by Darvilles of Windsor, apparently by “Royal Appointment” of the British Royal Family, who they’ve served since 1946).
Anyway, it was time for my pre-dinner cuppa and I didn’t feel like fussing with loose tea, so I rooted through these packets and brewed up a Darvilles of Windsor Earl Grey. And surprise, surprise - it was quite good! A clean, crisp brew which is neither too smoky nor too scented, but pretty darned close to just right.
I’ve only one more bag left but if the 2nd one comes out as nicely as the first, I may just have to place a proper order for a tin of the loose stuff and give it a proper side-by-side comparison to my old standby, Twinings Earl Grey.
Altogether a nice - and completely unexpected - tea surprise on a lazy Saturday afternoon.
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