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.
Lots of folks have Prince of Wales blends.
It's a blend of various black China teas. If you like it, try a good Keemun black and a good Yunnan.
--scott
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
Since I like PoW, myself, I made a note to myself about this a year ago:
From
"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.
Dunno about gunpowder but a lot of the Prince of Wales blends have some sort of oolong in them.
They've been around for a long time.
--scott
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