On Mon, 31 May 2010 12:35:50 -0700, Hawke
wrote:


Well, if you should change your mind about my offer of a bit of good
tea to try ...

It isn't "fancy tea", though it is more expensive than most. One day
many years ago I told the lady behind the counter in the tea
department at Fortnum& Mason that I sought the bracing brew found in
the mug of the stalwart sea captain as he stoicly faced the howling
north sea gale with ice in his whiskers and spray in his eyes.

She said, " yes, sir, here you are." It was the tea I mention here.
It brews up black as coffee and the flavor is incredible.



Are you talking about Twinings English Breakfast Tea or something
different? That's all I can find according to your description. I'm a
tea drinker myself and like to try other flavors every now and then. It
may sound pedestrian but my daily tea is Bigelow's "Constant Comment".
I've tried lots of different teas and I like it the best, but I'm always
looking for something better.

Hawke

It was this tea:
http://www.twiningsusashop.com/irish-breakfast.html

Later I found that I like straight long-cut Finest Assam even better,
but I think one needs to visit the store in London to get that. There
are probably sources in the US that I don't know about.