PG Tips

PG Tips is a popular brand of tea in the United Kingdom; its manufacturers Unilever UK Foods say that Britons drink 35 million cups of PG Tips a day.

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PG Tips was first launched by Brooke Bond in 1930; at that time it was known as Digestive. After the Second World War labelling regulations ruled out describing tea as aiding digestion, a property that tea was previously attributed, and Brooke Bond changed the brand name to PRE-GEST-TEE (Taking the main elements of PRE-diGESTive TEA). This was shortened by the van salesmen to PG, and the name stuck, eventually being changed on the cartons sold to shops, and by 1950/1 the name PG Tips was officially adopted. "Tips" refers to the fact that only the tips (the top two leaves and bud) of the tea plants are used in the blend.

Tea: Tea is a caffeine-containing beverage, an infusion made by steeping the dried leaves or buds of the shrub Camellia sinensis in hot water for a few minutes. In addition, tea may also include other herbs, spices, or fruit flavours....

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Brooke Bond: Brooke Bond was a brand name tea retailer in the UK. In the 1950s and 1960s packets of Brooke Bond tea included illustrated tea cards which were collected by many children. One of more famous illustrators of these cards was Charles Tunnicliffe the internationally aclaimed bird painter....

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