ONTARIO BREAKFAST

Having a wonderful cup of tea may warm you up inside and out. This holds true at any time of day, but more so at dawn. Thousands of devotees across the beautiful Canadian province of Ontario search for the perfect morning ritual every day, which often involves steeping leaves, draining the pot, and then adding milk, sugar, lemon, or honey.

The ideal cup of coffee in the morning has been brewed in Ontario for centuries. York (now Toronto) was founded in 1793, but it seems likely that tea was originally imported through its harbour far before that year. Some say that Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe (1752-1806), an Englishman and noted tea enthusiast, was responsible for ordering the initial cargo. Drinking tea became trendy in the rapidly developing new metropolis, and its appeal soon spread throughout the province’s northern regions. In 1874, when the first Hudson’s Bay Company town was established on the beaches of Lake Nipissing, people from the interior of the province were introduced to tea for the first time. According to folklore, the first northerners who drank tea sweetened it with maple syrup or sap, which was delicious.

We’re offering this fantastic morning tea, Ontario Breakfast, in honour of the drink’s lengthy history in the province. We’ve used leaves from the best 2% of producers throughout the globe to create this blend and have focused on the kind of tea most associated with breakfast (strong Assam’s, South Indians, Chinese, Kenyans, and Sri Lankans). A touch of colonial Ontario is reflected in the blend with the addition of Earl Grey. An excellent infusion is produced.