A strong and medium bodied black tea, based on the original varieties thrown overboard during the Boston Tea Party. Boston Tea Party tea recalls events on December 16, 1773, when, after officials in Boston refused to return three East India Company shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and threw the tea into Boston Harbour. Colonists objected to the Tea Act because they believed that it violated their right to be taxed only by their own elected representatives. The East India Company’s Boston Tea Party blend has been re-created to depict the actual tea varieties believed to have been thrown overboard at that time. This tea is sourced from tea estates certified by The Ethical Tea Partnership. Ingredient: Black Tea from India and China