Nice cup of tea....and a bit of cake
By the somewhat circuitous route of South Africa's Independent Online we hear that officials in Assam are searching for the descendents of Robert and Charles Bruce - the Scots credited with "discovering" Assam tea 180 years ago. The discovering bit involved some of the local population showing them where the bushes were - so we're not talking Indiana Jones action here!
"In the early 1830s, Charles Bruce set up the first tea plantation in eastern Assam's Sadiya town and shipped 12 chests of manufactured tea to London in 1838." About 450 million Kilos are now produced each year. The Indian Tea Association would like to invite any relatives of the Bruce Brothers round for a cuppa to say thanks.
They might even get a bit of Dundee Cake which the Dalai Lama is apparently mad for.
posted by Digbeth D'Marriotti at 2:11 PM
2 Comments:
I'm impressed. However did you find that piece of news about the Dalai Lama?
I was impressed with this whole piece - not only was it vaguely educational but I also managed to bang the whole thing out without any swearing in it. Surely a first.
As to my sources - you must realise that they can never be revealed!
Oh, alright it was that Scooter chap fae the White House.
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