Tregothnan Earl Grey Tea
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
There is a wonderful estate in Cornwall called Tregothnan. At the heart of the estate is a private botanical garden and at the center of the garden is tea.
The first ever commercial tea-garden in Britain.
The Head Gardener, Jonathon Jones, showed me around the garden when I first visited him in June 2007. I was amazed at the beauty of the place and astonished by his tea-garden. Like me he is a tea obsessive and like me he leaps from one topic of conversation to another, juggling several at once. Our conversations must seem like jibberish to most people but it is a great pleasure to find someone who I don’t have to finish my sentences for.
But it is Jonathon’s devotion to producing the very best tea he can that really won me over.
Today I launched Tregothnan’s Earl Grey on the website.
www.rareteacompany.com.
This really is my favourite Earl Grey tea. And its uniqueness matches it’s flavour. Not only is it made from Cornish tea-leaves (blended with Assam) but it is made by the descendants of the Earl Grey of it’s invention.
I hope you enjoy it.