Origins English breakfast tea



1 ounce of english breakfast tea


accounts of origins vary. drinking blend of black teas breakfast indeed longstanding british custom. practice of referring such blend english breakfast tea appears have originated not in england america, far colonial times. additional account (referencing period-era journal of commerce article) dates blend 1843 , tea merchant named richard davies in new york city. davies, english immigrant, started base of congou , added bit of pekoe , pouchong. sold 50 cents pound, , success led imitators, helping popularize name. investigation find source failed locate did come upon earlier reference same story in 1876 edition of daily alta california, citing new york commercial journal , dating tea s origin 1844. in 1884 american publication noted bohea teas (are) known trade in country english breakfast tea, forming staple shipment england . accounts of emergence of blend in uk give origins in scotland in 1892, known breakfast tea . in part popularised queen victoria, having returned supply after tasting tea @ balmoral , subsequently acquired prefix english .








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