{"id":138,"date":"2002-09-26T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2002-09-26T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/?p=138"},"modified":"2002-09-26T14:20:00","modified_gmt":"2002-09-26T14:20:00","slug":"how-about-a-nice-cuppa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/2002-09\/138-how-about-a-nice-cuppa","title":{"rendered":"How about a nice cuppa&#8230;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a list of what I bought when I visited <a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.murchies.com\/\">Murchie&#8217;s Tea &#038; Coffee Ltd.<\/a> on my trip to Vancouver last March!<\/p>\n<p><!--more My Tea Shopping List--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Blend 2000 Tea.<\/b> <i>$3.98\/oz, 12 bags.<\/i> This unique blend of green teas from China&#8217;s finest gardens and black teas from India&#8217;s choicest will be a favourite cup as we enter the twenty-first century. Full-bodied blend of rich Darjeelings with the delicate teas of China. The muscatel flavours of specially withered (black) teas garnished with the sweet tastes of the greens create a spectacular result.<\/li>\n<li><b>CBC Radio 60th Anniversary Blend.<\/b> <i>$2.98\/oz, 12 bags.<\/i> A &#8220;showtime&#8221; blend of choice Ceylon black tea and fragrant Jasmines touched with lemon.<\/li>\n<li><b>Craigdarroch Castle.<\/b> <i>$2.98\/oz, 12 bags.<\/i> An exclusive blend of choice teas by Murchie&#8217;s, specifically for Craigdarroch Castle, Victoria, B.C. Only in teabags.<\/li>\n<li><b>Empress Afternoon Blend.<\/b> <i>$3.98\/oz, 12 bags.<\/i> Our exclusive blend of China, Darjeeling and Ceylon teas was served at the Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C., from 1972 until 2001. This is one of our most popular blends.<\/li>\n<li><b>English Afternoon.<\/b> <i>$2.98\/oz, 12 bags.<\/i> Quality Ceylon (Sri Lanka) teas blended to perfect an &#8220;Afternoon Tea&#8221; of medium strength.<\/li>\n<li><b>Flowery Orange Pekoe White Silver Needles.<\/b> <i><font COLOR=\"#AAAA00\"><b>$13.50\/oz,<\/b><\/font> loose. (Add $2 for the &#8220;Silk pouch&#8221;.)<\/i> Long slender leaves tipped with white, a superb brew. <\/li>\n<li><b>Imperial White Silver Needles.<\/b> <i><font COLOR=\"#AAAA00\"><b>$23.50\/oz,<\/b><\/font> loose. (Add $2 for the &#8220;Silk pouch&#8221;.)<\/i> Slightly sweet, very mild. Characterized by long straight downy buds.<\/li>\n<li><b>Lemon Spice.<\/b> <i>$2.98\/oz, 12 bags.<\/i> A refreshing blend of choice black Ceylon (Sri Lanka) teas blended with the tang of California lemon peel and the spice of Saigon Cinnamon. Delicious.<\/li>\n<li><b>No. 10 Blend.<\/b> <i>$2.98\/oz, 12 bags.<\/i> Grandfather Murchie carefully chose eight green &amp; black teas to create this famous delicious tea. An award winning blend-for those who prefer a mild sweet tea.<\/li>\n<li><b>Queen Victoria.<\/b> <i>$3.98\/oz, 12 bags.<\/i> Grandfather&#8217;s blend of nine select green &amp; black teas created a special treat for Her Highness. Truly Royal. One of Murchie&#8217;s original blends, created from the teas Queen Victoria ordered while in residence at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. These teas included Jasmine and other green and black teas, including Lapsang Souchong, creating this sweet tea with smokey overtones.<\/li>\n<li><b>Rideau Hall Blend Tea.<\/b> <i>$4.29\/oz, 12 bags.<\/i> A superb blend of Kenilworth, Darjeeling, Assam and Yunnan teas. Blended on request from the Governor General&#8217;s office.<\/li>\n<li><b>Royal Jubilee.<\/b> <i>$3.98\/oz, 12 bags.<\/i> A combination of Queen Elizabeth&#8217;s favourite teas: Ceylon, Darjeeling, and Keemun, blended in celebration of her Silver Jubilee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Fine Tea is like Fine Wine:<\/b> <i>IF you can&#8217;t tell the difference, why waste your money on the expensive stuff?<\/i><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been pleasantly surprised to discover that <b>I can tell the difference<\/b> between your plain, old, ordinary, store-bought tea and the teas I got at <a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.murchies.com\/\">Murchie&#8217;s<\/a>! And truth be told, most of <a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.murchies.com\/\">Murchie&#8217;s<\/a> teas aren&#8217;t any more expensive than the supermarket stuff.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been savouring my <a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.murchies.com\/\">Murchie&#8217;s<\/a> teas, saving them for special occasions, but I&#8217;m beginning to run low on stock. I&#8217;m going to have to place a mail order soon. Maybe I can give my order to Kristi and she can bring it if\/when she comes to visit me?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a list of what I bought when I visited Murchie&#8217;s Tea &#038; Coffee Ltd. on my trip to Vancouver last March!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}