{"product_id":"vintage-victorian-christmas-tea-warm-and-delightful","title":"Victorian Christmas Tea – Traditional Black Tea","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eSome teas warm the hands.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis one, Huatua says, awakens memories.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong the hundreds of glass jars lining the shelves of The North Pole Tea Shop is a black tea whose recipe has changed remarkably little for more than a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is simply known as \u003cstrong\u003eVictorian Christmas Tea\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of the blend begins during one of the most extraordinary periods in Christmas history. Throughout the nineteenth century, old winter customs were being rediscovered, new traditions were appearing and Christmas was becoming the great celebration of family, generosity, feasting and wonder that we recognise today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSanta's Village felt the change too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLetters arrived in greater numbers. Workshops grew busier. Christmas trees glittered behind Human windows. Cards travelled through the winter post. Crackers appeared upon Christmas tables and tales of ghosts, goodwill and redemption were read beside roaring fires.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd at The North Pole Tea Shop, the kettles rarely stopped boiling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHuatua discovered the recipe in one of the Tea Shop's oldest blending books: a rich \u003cstrong\u003eblack tea prepared for the Elves working through those long Victorian Christmas nights\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe has preserved it ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts deep aroma and wonderfully nostalgic flavour possess what Huatua calls \u003cem\u003ethe peculiar quality of remembrance\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClose your eyes over a freshly brewed cup and the modern world seems to retreat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is polished mahogany and old leather. Gaslight flickers beyond a frosted window. Somewhere a clock ticks steadily upon a mantelpiece. The fire settles in the grate while holly and ivy decorate the room, handwritten Christmas cards stand upon the dresser and footsteps hurry along a snowy cobbled street outside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerhaps that should not be surprising.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor according to the oldest teaching of the North Pole Tea Masters, \u003cstrong\u003etea remembers\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt remembers rain and sunlight, distant hillsides and the hands that gathered its leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd occasionally, when blended with sufficient care...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eit may even remember Christmases that we ourselves have forgotten.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIngredients:\u003c\/strong\u003e Blended Black Tea \u0026amp; Natural Flavour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharacter:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rich, Traditional \u0026amp; Wonderfully Nostalgic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNorth Pole Tradition:\u003c\/strong\u003e An old Tea Shop blend inspired by the great Christmases of the Victorian age\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrepared by:\u003c\/strong\u003e Huatua, The North Pole Tea Shop, Santa's Village\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Montana Farmacy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55597036208504,"sku":null,"price":14.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0050\/8628\/1818\/files\/VictorianChristmasTea.jpg?v=1788097518","url":"https:\/\/christmasimaginarium.com\/en-ie\/products\/vintage-victorian-christmas-tea-warm-and-delightful","provider":"The Christmas Imaginarium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}