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James Joyce's Black Tea Blend


James Joyce's Black Tea Blend
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James Joyce was born February 2, 1882 in a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. He attended a private boarding school until his father’s debts caught up with the family and he and his siblings were forced to leave. He would later attend college and, while he achieved high marks, his views never aligned with the Jesuit professors. A collection of his short stories, The Dubliners, was published in 1914 and introduced Joyce’s dense and atmospheric prose to the world. He would go on to travel Europe, spending most of his productive years in France, where Ulysses was published in 1922. Joyce’s influence continues into the 21st century where his method of conveying the complexity and chaos of random thought as a stream of consciousness is still in use.

For Joyce, tea was an expected part of life and it appears in his works as a routine part of the day. As a man of taste, he enjoyed the finer things in life and, as an article describing a meeting at his house says, “Mrs. Joyce gives us the best tea and the nicest cakes that are to be had in any house in Paris.” Our James Joyce tea blend uses a distinctly Irish mix of black teas to mimic the type of drink he and his friends would have enjoyed.

This delightfully bold blend of teas brews to a golden cup with a malty flavor and a slightly fruity aftertaste.

Ingredients: Black teas from India, Sri Lanka and Kenya.

Certified Kosher

 Brew tea at 212º - steep for 3 minutes.

4 Ounces of loose tea makes approximately 50 cups of tea.

Please 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.

Works by James Joyce:

     The Dubliners
     Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
     Ulysses
     Finnegan’s Wake

Check with your local bookstore for more titles or for recommendations for further reading.

Customer Reviews
Irish tea from the literary collection 3/31/2021
This tea is an afternoon delight. It's good for breakfast tea as well. It's a smooth tea. I would drink this any time. As always, S&V does not disappoint.
Jerilyn Tew
 
A truly magnificent elevated Breakfast Tea 7/28/2020
First impression, it has a bit of that malty taste I associate with English Breakfast Tea.... only it's... subtler, elevated...something. I can only think this is the very nice version of an Irish Breakfast Tea. The VERY NICE version. Last time I had anything this good was Fredrick Douglas, whose praises I will sing eternally. But this is a distinctly British Isles blend. Douglas was good without being from a place, this has that... flavor I associate with Breakfast Teas. OMG I'm buying a pound of this. James Joyce, the tea to drink when you have too much to do and too little time. He wants you to focus and maybe remember to eat.
- Chandler, GA
 
Decent Irish Blend 4/15/2020
I can't say anything bad about this tea. That being said, I can't say it has highlights either. It's a good tea for sitting around dreaming. It won't distract you from other things.
- C McG, PA
 
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