Two Spoons – Bungalow Blend
Two Spoons are a marvellous tea company run by a brace of tea masters called Giles and David. They recently won gold for their Darjeeling First Flush in the Great British Food Awards. And quite right, too. When I reviewed that tea, I said it was better than sex. And that’s not a comparison that I frivolously bandy about.
This Bungalow Blend tea is the third of their honest-to-goodness black tea blends I’ve tried. (I don’t know why I don’t count Darjeeling First Flush as an ‘honest-to-goodness’ black tea despite it being the best tea ever in the whole world ever. I think it’s because you don’t add milk to it, and it’s probably unsuitable for digestive biscuit-dunking.)
The other two were Ceylon and Bucks Blend. They were both damn fine cups of tea. As is the one I’m reviewing right now. I think of the three, Bucks Blend is my favourite. Probably because the addition of Darjeeling makes for a more delicate blend better suited for my southern sensibilities.
Bungalow Blend is a stronger, more robust affair comprising Kenyan, Assam and Ceylon teas. And it slips down very nicely, I can tell you.
So why is it called Bungalow Blend? Well, according to Two Spoons’ website, “it’s named after the cream of the day’s production where the best teas were brought back to the manager’s bungalow to serve to esteemed guests.”
I’m not sure whether Mr and Mr Spoon have ever been the esteemed guests in question in such a scenario, but I am going to assume that they have. Because although I’m sure that the teamongery business isn’t all going to foreign climes and sitting around in single-storey buildings sipping fancy tea, I’d like to think that’s at least part of it.
Today’s book pairing is High Rise by JG Ballard, because it’s building-related. Although obviously, a high rise is the complete opposite of a bungalow.
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