What’s the IRON DUKE got to do with tea? Describing his planning of the Battle of Salamanca, the Duke of Wellington wrote: “Tea cleared my head and left me with no misapprehensions.” The Iron Duke, who soundly defeated Napoleon (who happened to be a coffee drinker) always took tea with him on his campaigns. Since then British troops have drunk enough tea to float the Royal Navy. Most favoured in New Zealand, this lively drink still “clears the head” and “removes misapprehensions” as it did in 1812—but it satisfies even more. That is because plant breeders have developed, in Ceylon, bushes yielding teas of such flavour and delicacy they would have delighted the palate of a connoisseur like the Duke of Wellington. ENJOY THE LIVELY TASTE OF TEA Tea Is the one drink that is In Ceylon new varieties of throughout your entire tea-bush are being constantly lite. Whether you want to in- developed in order to bring out duce a change of mood, gently new qualities of flavour, and and healthily, to refresh your- liveliness. Benefit from this reself or just to have a sociable searchbybuyingthebestquality chat over a “cuppa”, nothing blends of tea available. Price is refreshes like the clean lively your guide to quality cheap taste of tea. tea is often so disappointing. Remember Ceylon is the home of GOOD TEA jKTK INSERTED »T THE TEA IUREAO *
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30886, 20 October 1965, Page 26
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