Whittard – Chelsea Breakfast
After the debacle that was Whittard White Chocolate tea the other day, I thought I would give Whittard the chance to redeem themselves with this here Chelsea Breakfast tea.
And they have absolutely come up trumps with this blend. (Which is no surprise, really. Whittard do, on the whole, make very good tea. They are one of my favourite teamongers.)
Chelsea Breakfast is a blend of Sri Lankan and Kenyan teas and it absolutely hits every spot that one would want a nice cup of tea to hit. It’s a slightly more robust brew than Whittard English Breakfast (an Indonesian tea blend) because presumably, the inhabitants of Chelsea need a bit more oomph to get them going in the morning than the rest of the country do.
Walter Whittard set up shop in 1886. And the company has been doing pretty well for themselves ever since. Whittard are very proud of their Chelsea heritage. It’s right there in their name.
In fact, the Royal Borough of (Kensington and) Chelsea has contributed much to British culture. We have the Chelsea bun, Elvis Costello’s “(I don’t want to go to) Chelsea” and the Chelsea Flower Show.
(And because I’m old I also want to mention Chelsea Girl, the clothes store that was the height of coolness to my young teenage self. But Chelsea Girl changed its name to River Island way back in 1988, so I’m not sure who else would get the reference.)
But surely the thing that Chelsea residents must be the proudest of, is their link to Whittard’s tea, coffee and hot chocolate emporiums. I imagine when they’re holidaying abroad, and people ask them where they’re from, they say “Chelsea. You know, the place that does the tea.”
Chelsea Breakfast is a smashing, flavoursome, invigorating brew. It is the sort of tea that makes you smack your lips and say, “Ahhh”. After drinking this tea, I felt entirely set up for the day ahead which is exactly what you want from a breakfast brew.
I’m surprised that Elvis Costello didn’t want to go to Chelsea. Maybe it’s because he knew he could order Whittard Chelsea Breakfast online.
Today’s featured book is The Romance of the Apothecaries’ Garden At Chelsea by F Dawtrey Drewitt published in 1922.
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