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UPTON TEA QUARTERLY .Established 1989. Vol 27 No. 1 Holliston, Massachusetts Winter, 2017 A Modern-Day Tea Journey “T he island of Sri Lanka, historically known as Lanka (or Illankai) to the Singhalese and Tamil inhabitants, was called Ceylan by Dutch conquerors of the 17th century. The British overtook the Dutch in the early 19th century, altered the name to Ceylon, and proceeded to develop coffee, rubber and tea plantations on a massive scale. Upon gaining independence in 1948, the name of the new island-country became Sri (meaning “auspicious”) Lanka, affirming its rich heritage. The coffees produced on the original British plantations – and the teas that replaced those coffees starting in the 1860s when devastating disease overcame the coffee trees – are still called CEYLON, HOME OF GOOD TEA, INDIA (BOMBAY), 1950S. Ceylons.” Copyright Stick No Bills Posters, courtesy of The Poster Design Group (UK) Ltd -Upton Tea Quarterly, Fall, 1999 Please turn to page 48. Copyright 2017 Upton Tea Imports, LLC. All rights reserved. Page 2 Upton Tea Quarterly Winter, 2017 Our Customer Service Order online, by mail, fax, phone or e-mail department is available A fax can usually be sent for less than the price of for personal assistance a stamp! Orders are typically shipped the next Monday through Friday from business day. Refer to the order form on page 55 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern Time. for details and hours of operation. Noteworthy... Visit our website at www.uptontea.com We are introducing over sixty new teas in this issue of our newsletter. Phone Orders: . .(800) 234-8327 Other Business: . .(508) 474-6840 Additional 2017 teas (mostly from India and Fax Orders: . .(508) 429-0918 Sri Lanka) are in transit and will be arriving by E-mail: . [email protected] early December. As always, new teas will be posted on our website, www.uptontea.com, as they arrive. Table of Contents The period of November 21 through A Modern-Day Tea Journey . 1,48-50 December 20 will be especially busy at Upton Tea Noteworthy . 2 Imports. Note that at the height of the holiday A Note to our Valued Customers . 3 Our Custom Tea Thermometer and Cupweight Scale . 4 season, carriers suspend any delivery-time Electric Kettle and Chatsford® Teapots . 5 guarantees and may experience delays. Please allow Replacement Infuser Baskets . 5 a few extra days for holiday shipments. We will be The Upton Tea Imports Mailing List . 6 closed on Monday, December 25, Tuesday, Organic Certification. 6 Glass and Ai Cha Teapots . 6 December 26, and Monday, January 1. As always, Packaging Options . 7 we appreciate your support. Samples . 7 Current Tea Offerings First-time customers are often surprised to Teas of India . 7-15 see that packets and tins of tea are personalized. Teas of Nepal & Himalayan Region . 16 Teas of China . 17-26 Those who prefer no personalization, or who wish Iced Tea Selections . 27 to have alternate names printed on certain packets, Season's Pick Teas . 28 may specify their choice while ordering. Web Teas of Formosa (Taiwan) . 30-31 customers may do so during checkout (after Teas of Africa . 31 Teas of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) . 32-36 address confirmation). Refer to Our Packaging on Teas of Korea, Indonesia & Vietnam . 37 page 7 for limitations and additional information. Teas of Japan . 37-39 Traditional Blends & Earl Grey . 40-42 www.uptontea.com: We are a traditional mail- Fruit & Flavored Teas . 42-43 order company with a focus on personal customer Decaffeinated Teas, Premium Decaffeinated Teas. 44 service. Our website is an extension of our service Tisanes & Infusions . 45-46 Sampler Sets in Tins . 47 and provides information and convenient order Warranties and Return Policy. 51 entry 24 hours a day. Visit our website for the most Gift Certificates. 51 Tea Infusers & Strainers. 52-53 recent additions to our tea list. Our website also ® lists a number of limited-edition products and Finum Permanent Filters and Filter Cups. 52-53 Cosies for Chatsford Teapots. 53 specialty items that are not included in the Upton Tea Scoops . 53 Tea Qu ar t e rl y , s u c h a s J a p a n e s e S e n c h a t e a p o t s . Gift Sets with Optional Gift Wrapping. 54 Order Blank . 55 The Chatsford Teapot by Homer Laughlin . 56 The UPTON TEA QUARTERLY is published four times per year. Upton Tea Imports Mug Subscription is free to customers of Upton Tea Imports. We offer a 10-ounce porcelain mug with the Copyright ©2017 Upton Tea Imports, LLC. All rights reserved. No Upton Tea Imports teapot logo. At the base of part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval sys- the mug are the names of the principal tea tem, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, sources: “Africa - China - India - Japan - Nepal mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise) without the prior written - Sri Lanka - Taiwan”, printed in reverse (white-on-black). permission of the copyright owner. The name “Upton Tea Imports” is in dark green. A gold POSTMASTER: IF NOT FORWARDABLE, rim tops the mug. Hand washing is recommended to pre- PLEASE DELIVER TO CURRENT RESIDENT. serve the gold rim, which is not microwave-safe. Item AM50: $5.25 (MA price $5.58 including sales tax) (800)234-8327 www.uptontea.com © 2017 Upton Tea Imports, LLC. All rights reserved. Winter, 2017 Upton Tea Quarterly Page 3 November 7, 2017 A Note to our Valued Customers: We launched our new website on September 7th. Some customers have questioned why it was necessary to change our “old faithful.” Our website had traveled well with us over the years. Many of you had ordered your favorite teas there and discovered new ones, which you shared with family and friends. It was a familiar place to rely upon when it was time to restock your tea supply. And as our teas change from season to season, so has the world of technology evolved and changed. And now, there are new technology changes at Upton Tea Imports. The immediate benefits of our new website are a less cluttered look, heightened security and larger tea photographs. Thank you to our loyal customers who have shared their feedback with us in recent weeks. We quickly added additional functionality; including the ability to review order history, new sort functions, increased visibility of tea descriptions and out of stock teas as well as an improved FAQ page. We are working hard to add more features in the coming months, such as a Loyalty Program for our long-time customers, a library of newsletter articles, and a Tea Education section. Some of the website feedback we’ve received has been about logging into the website for the first time. During your first visit to our new website, you will need to Sign Up for a new account. We encourage our existing customers to use the same e-mail address as before so that your order history will be available in your new account. Please note that our password require- ments have changed for added security. We are happy to assist you with setting up your new account. Please call (800)234-8327 (M-F, 9a-5p ET) or e-mail [email protected]. As always, our commitment is to remain loyal to our Upton Tea traditions and values. We invite you to come visit our new website and check out our 60 new teas, introduced in this newslet- ter! Thank you for your support. Happy tea drinking.... ...The Staff at Upton Tea Imports (800)234-8327 www.uptontea.com © 2017 Upton Tea Imports, LLC. All rights reserved. Page 4 Upton Tea Quarterly Winter, 2017 DIGITAL POCKET TEA SCALE Premium teas come in a wide range of leaf styles, varying from fine CTC grades to ultra bold-leaf white teas. This tremendous range of leaf style makes measuring tea by volume imprecise. Our digital tea scale solves this problem in a unique way, by introducing a special Cupweight mode. In this mode, the scale displays the precise number of cups that a portion of tea will yield, based on the industry standard of 2.25 grams per 6-ounce cup. Note Scale in Cupwt mode weighs in that this scale will also weigh in grams, ounces and pennyweight (dwt cup units, equal to 2.25 grams. mode). SPECIFICATIONS www.uptontea.com Capacity: 200g / 7.05 oz / 128.6 dwt / 88.88 Cupwt Readability: 0.05g / 0.001 oz / 0.05 dwt / 0.01 ozt / 0.05 Cupwt Auto shutoff (default): 60 seconds off Operating temperature: 10-30°C (50-86°F) Battery: Four (4) AAA Alkaline batteries (not included) Capacity: 200g Graduation: 0.05g Display: Backlit LCD 5 digits with 2 or 3 decimal places Dimensions: 128x77x19mm, 5x3x0.75 inches (hinged cover closed) Weight: 134g with batteries Each scale is precisely calibrated at the factory. For those who wish to Detail of Backlit Display periodically calibrate their scale according to the instruction manual, we offer a 200-gram calibration weight. To test calibration, place a dime on the scale platform. A dime will weigh approximately 2.25 grams (1.00 cupwt), depending on wear and condition. Variation from 2.25 grams by more than 0.05 gram may indicate a need for calibration. Made in China. Item AR44: Digital Tea Scale Price: $26.75 (MA price $28.42) (MA price includes Item AR45: 200-gram calibration weight Price: $4.75 (MA price $5.05) 6¼% sales tax) TEA THERMOMETER Using the right water temperature is very important when preparing a cup of tea.