[PW] Blue Ribbon tea

[Fuller, Thomas (US - Washington D.C.)]

According to several articles on NEXIS, Brooke Bond made both Blue
Ribbon tea and Blue Ribbon coffee.

It appears to have been orange pekoe;  an advertisement in the July 18,
1962 issue of the REGINA LEADER-POST (Canada) has:

<Blue ribbon orange pekoe tea bags. 60 orange pekoe tea bags in a new
recipe package. Boxes of tea now include helpful hints, cookbook coupons
and wild flower picture cards. Enjoy the fine quality tea, specially
blended to suit the taste of Western Canadians. Blue Ribbon Tea -- a
favourite since 1882.>

According to a 1998 in the Vancouver Sun, Blue Ribbon Tea advertised
that it was packed "by white hands only" -- welcome to racism.

The company also issued Canadian Football League cards.  Wrote the
Vancouver Sun in 1994:

<The most collectable CFL cards were issued by Blue Ribbon Tea in 1954.

"They're fabulous, some of the most beautiful cards ever produced," says
Rob Nicholls of Golden Age Collectables in Vancouver. "It's the Cadillac
of CFL sets, and costs about $ 10,000 in near mint condition.">

In 1984, Brooke Bond, based in Toronto, redeemed all of its publicly
traded stock and de-listed itself from the Toronto Stock Exchange.  The
common stock was owned by another Brooke Bond company in London.

Don't know if any of this helps, but it appears that the Brooke Bond
product is what you're looking for.

-- Tom 

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