NELSON, MOATE'S TEAS.

Evening Star, Issue 12069, 15 December 1903, Page 8

NELSON, MOATE'S TEAS.

(From Manawatu Daily Times,' December

3, 1903.)

Many people often wonder how it is that Xew Zealand is noted for having better tea than any ether country. Eveiyone returning from a trip abroad remarks upon the fact that the tea they had while away was scarcely fit to drink, and certainly not equal to Nelson, Moate, and Co.'s Pure Teas. 1 he reason of this is that teas of one kind are only grown in very small quantities (every picking from the same trees is different from the last, according to the season), and it is therefore impossible to secure anv quantity. Consequently, no one except 'a tpecial.y-tramed expert, possessing a natural taste can possibly blend the different teas so as to give the public a better and more palatable article. Mr Nelson has had nearly a quarter of a century blending tea in New Zealand, and many years' previous 2M^T-i 11 * England, a»d so Nelson, Moate, highest standard. Nelson, Moate, and 00., Ltd., are in the enviable position of bemg praetieally the only firm in Aus?n£ asia selling tea alone, which is the strongest proof of he quality of their blends. In spite ot the keen competition of the sixtv firms who are importing tea into New Zealand and cutting prices, giving coupon!, and resorting to numerous dodges for sellmg other teas when Nelson, Moate, arW Co. s are asked for, the only teas which ST the largest ik of C^j lon •ml blended teas in the Southern HemiSdvt!] are Nclson ' Hoate ' «* <£™