Thank you cteresa for sending this one my way. Let me begin by saying, I don’t like most orange pekoe. It never really tastes all that great and i would usually prefer to be drinking water. This tea? REALLY nice! it’s the sort of tea i wish i could buy a giant bag of and give to my parents as i think this would really suit their everyday tea needs. This is a good medium type tea – no bitterness, incredibly smooth, with a hint of sweetness throughout the sip. Thanks so much for sharing Cteresa I quite like this one!
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Glad you enjoyed it. This is a very old company and plantations, the types of tea are named old fashioned “orange pekoe” and Hudson for example, very vintage packaging but I think it does not need to be at all modern , as long as it is this nice.
I’m really curious about some of their other teas. Tried to access their website today but it looks like the domain has expired :(
Sil you can get it on ebay. They even offer free shipping. They seem to offer most of their range.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Portuguese-Azores-Tea-GORREANA-Pekoe-Black-Tea-Hysson-Green-Tea-Great-Quality-/360763930078?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item53ff34b5de
hmmm don’t think i’ve ever bought anything off ebay in my life but there’s a first time for everything! thanks for that..i’ll have to look at the selection later :) appreciate it
If you are in an area where there are Portuguese groceries ( bacalhau and pasteis de nata are necessities) particularly Portuguese people from the Azores, they might have this.
Or we can swap again!
A large part of the TO expat population is from there, so that is definitely possible.
:)
Regarding the tea in TO, one of my friends is going to do some digging. Some Gorreana is available, she just said she didn’t know about that one specifically. I have a feeling it might be easier to find the Pekoe ( blue bag ) one. But, she has deep routes in the Azores expat community.
thanks! that’s awesome yyz
See, portuguese can be predictable. And if it does not work, i can get you a package in Lisbon and mail it, we can swap for something later.
Glad you enjoyed it. This is a very old company and plantations, the types of tea are named old fashioned “orange pekoe” and Hudson for example, very vintage packaging but I think it does not need to be at all modern , as long as it is this nice.
I’m really curious about some of their other teas. Tried to access their website today but it looks like the domain has expired :(
Sil you can get it on ebay. They even offer free shipping. They seem to offer most of their range.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Portuguese-Azores-Tea-GORREANA-Pekoe-Black-Tea-Hysson-Green-Tea-Great-Quality-/360763930078?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item53ff34b5de
hmmm don’t think i’ve ever bought anything off ebay in my life but there’s a first time for everything! thanks for that..i’ll have to look at the selection later :) appreciate it
If you are in an area where there are Portuguese groceries ( bacalhau and pasteis de nata are necessities) particularly Portuguese people from the Azores, they might have this.
Or we can swap again!
A large part of the TO expat population is from there, so that is definitely possible.
:)
Regarding the tea in TO, one of my friends is going to do some digging. Some Gorreana is available, she just said she didn’t know about that one specifically. I have a feeling it might be easier to find the Pekoe ( blue bag ) one. But, she has deep routes in the Azores expat community.
thanks! that’s awesome yyz
See, portuguese can be predictable. And if it does not work, i can get you a package in Lisbon and mail it, we can swap for something later.