{"product_id":"copy-of-charles-dickens-black-tea-blend","title":"Charles Dickens' Black Tea Blend","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnlike many of his characters, Charles Dickens was born to loving parents in February of 1812. However, when he was only 12, his father was imprisoned for debt and Charles was sent to work in a blacking factory where he labeled endless bottles of shoeshine. He would leave the factory four years later to finish his education, but those formative years deeply affected him and inspired many of the boyhood horrors he would later write about. He wrote many of his most famous novels like Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby episodically, with a new chapter appearing in a magazine each month. These works examined the lives of the less fortunate and found humanity amid the most inhuman conditions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTea appeared in Dickens’ work as a calming force like in David Copperfield, when the main character recounts how he “sat swilling tea until [his] whole nervous system, if [he] had had any in those days, must have gone by the board.” Or it could surface as a commonality between classes that allowed Dickens to emphasize the stark differences between lifestyles. While a “real solid silver teapot” and “real silver spoons to stir the tea with” are listed among the treasures of Old Lobbs in The Pickwick Papers, “a regular place of public entertainment for the poorer classes” described in Oliver Twist would provide “a public breakfast, dinner, tea, and supper all the year round.” Our Charles Dickens blend adds a flash of color to a traditional british tea. The blend is a hearty, well-rounded blend of China and Indian teas that has an amber cup with a light currant after-taste.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Ingredients: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eBlack teas, oolong tea, natural and artificial black currant flavor, and cornflower petals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrew tea at 212º - steep for 3 minutes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 Ounces of loose tea makes approximately 50 cups of tea. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlease note that the photo is shown for our 4oz tin. We are also offering this in a 4oz pkg size, which will come in one of our double lined bags labeled with the name of the tea.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/8777\/0850\/files\/icons_-_kosherVeg.png?v=1758209440\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"75\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eA sampling of Dickens' works:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     The Pickwick Papers\u003cbr\u003e     Oliver Twist\u003cbr\u003e     Nicholas Nickleby\u003cbr\u003e     The Old Curiosity Shop\u003cbr\u003e     Barnaby Rudge\u003cbr\u003e     David Copperfield\u003cbr\u003e     A Tale of Two Cities\u003cbr\u003e     Great Expectations\u003cbr\u003e     The Mystery of Edwin Drood\u003cbr\u003e     A Christmas Carol\u003cbr\u003e     Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCheck with your local bookstore for more titles or for recommendations for further reading. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simpson \u0026 Vail, Inc","offers":[{"title":"4 Ounce","offer_id":42970973044962,"sku":"T0956     4","price":8.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4 Ounce Tin","offer_id":42970973077730,"sku":"T0956     4TIN","price":11.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1 Pound","offer_id":47812656529634,"sku":"T0956     16","price":30.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/8777\/0850\/files\/DickensSquare.jpg?v=1696940615","url":"https:\/\/svtea.mom\/products\/copy-of-charles-dickens-black-tea-blend","provider":"Simpson \u0026 Vail ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}