FRENCH NAME  LA MARQUISE DU BEDFORD
BLEND NO.  3511
An elegant blend of Darjeeling, Ceylon and Jasmine, blended in honor of the woman who invented Afternoon Tea. LOOSE TEALEAVES

AROMA: Light and fresh
PALATE: Flowery with a muscatel finish

During the nineteenth century, it was the custom to take an early breakfast and a late supper. Anna the 7th Duchess of Bedford, found this long gap between meals resulted in a "sinking feeling", and so invented afternoon tea as a way to fill the gap. Inviting friends for tea became a fashionable practice among ladies of the upper classes. Its popularity spread, and four o'clock tea became a daily ritual of British life, and for some, the main meal of the day.