[PW] Blue Ribbon Tea company (Canada)

[Jeanne Schramm]

CORRECTION!!   It looks as though the Brooke Bond Co. distributed Red Rose
TEA and Blue Ribbon COFFEE.


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> One of our regulars has given us a puzzler - because I think we should
> have found the information but do not know why we haven't.
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> When his mother was still going back and forth to Canada, every
> Christmas she would return with several one-pound tins of Blue Ribbon
> Tea for the family. He remembers the tea being a very delightful brew.
> Now he would like to know 2 things -
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> 1. What was the tea itself - what kind was it?
> 2. Whatever became of the company who packaged/marketed it?
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> Our Kovel's and Warman's guides do not mention the tea tins, but do
> mention the Blue Ribbon sports cards.
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> My Google and Dogpile searches kept bringing up the Blue Ribbon Tea
> Company Band.
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