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Somebaudy 07-01-2006 02:45 PM

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Greetings all,

I've recently discovered and ejoyed the Prince of Wlaes variet sold by
Twinings and packaged in a black box.

Can someone point me to similar variety ?

I suppose this is a blend. If so, what kind of teas are part of this blend
?

Thanks in advance

B.

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Scott Dorsey 07-01-2006 03:57 PM

prince of wales -twinings
 
Somebaudy > wrote:
>
>I've recently discovered and ejoyed the Prince of Wlaes variet sold by
>Twinings and packaged in a black box.
>
>Can someone point me to similar variety ?


Lots of folks have Prince of Wales blends.

>I suppose this is a blend. If so, what kind of teas are part of this blend
>?


It's a blend of various black China teas. If you like it, try a good
Keemun black and a good Yunnan.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

stePH 07-01-2006 04:42 PM

prince of wales -twinings
 
I got a "Prince of Wales" blend from Teavana on clearance last year.
Is there green tea in it? I swear I saw bits of what looked like
pinhead gunpowder in it.

Only other PoW I've had is teabags from Twinings; I'd heard somewhere
that they invented the blend.

stePH
--
in cup: Chelton English Royal Tea (Ceylon)
(has Russian labels)


Bluesea 07-01-2006 11:27 PM

prince of wales -twinings
 

"Somebaudy" > wrote in message
...
> Greetings all,
>
> I've recently discovered and ejoyed the Prince of Wlaes variet sold by
> Twinings and packaged in a black box.
>
> Can someone point me to similar variety ?
>
> I suppose this is a blend. If so, what kind of teas are part of this blend
> ?
>
> Thanks in advance


Since I like PoW, myself, I made a note to myself about this a year ago:

From http://www.iridis.com/glivar/Prince_of_Wales_tea_blend:

"The Prince of Wales is a regal tea blend typically served in the afternoon
with
scones. It is full bodied with hints of royal black currant. It is a bright
liquoring tea whose ingredients may include Assam, Lucky Dragon, Keemun,
Oolong,
or Gunpowder with larkspur, and always a hint of black currant. Its many
variations are produced by multiple companies one of which is the Twinings
of
London company."

Description from Twining's: "A bright liquoring tea with Keemun character
with
a hint of Oolong."

Since then, I discovered that I don't like the Assam-based PoWs, only
Keemun-based. Of course, YMMV.

HTH.

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Scott Dorsey 08-01-2006 01:20 AM

prince of wales -twinings
 
stePH > wrote:
>I got a "Prince of Wales" blend from Teavana on clearance last year.
>Is there green tea in it? I swear I saw bits of what looked like
>pinhead gunpowder in it.


Dunno about gunpowder but a lot of the Prince of Wales blends have
some sort of oolong in them.

>Only other PoW I've had is teabags from Twinings; I'd heard somewhere
>that they invented the blend.


They've been around for a long time.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."


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