Here at the Noble Polymath we drink tea.  We have a preference for the following varieties.

Lifeboat Tea

Lifeboat is produced by the Williamson Tea Company.  Williamson has their own tea growing plantations in East Africa.  The tea is a robust red liquor with a high caffeine content.  We prepare it by steeping 5 minutes rather than the recommended 3 minutes.  We serve it with raw sugar and homogenized milk.  Purchases of Lifeboat also help support the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, which is a volunteer organization with lifeboat stations around the UK that rescue mariners in distress.

Yorkshire Gold

Yorkshire Gold is produced by Taylors of Harrogate from a blend of African and Indian teas. It is a strong tea, yet with delicate floral notes. It is high in caffeine. We brew it 3 minutes and serve with milk and sugar as well.

Royal Elixir

Royal Elixir is an Impra product.  It is Ceylon tea.  It is medium strength.  It is the tea that we have found that comes close to the tea served with breakfast at the old Yerevan Hotel in Armenia.  It goes great with an egg and crusty bread in the morning.

Our latest discovery is…

Make Mine A Builders

It takes its name from the low quality tea that laborers in the UK drank.  It is a strong tea and definitely jumpstarts your heart in the morning.  Drink it in the afternoon, you may regret the insomnia.  Brewed 3 minutes with milk and raw sugar, it is a sturdy start to your day.  The flavor is close to a more robust Twinings English Breakfast.  It is not nearly as complex as the previous, but it is rejuvenating.  I love the tag line printed on the side of the box: “Britain wasn’t built on chamomile.”