World Record Teabag Day
We did not just beat the World Record - we obliterated it. The American record stood at 68.5kg. The new British record, that we set this afternoon, is now 120kg.
So why did we bother?
Tea is a product that typifies the British way of life. I wanted to create an opportunity to showcase tea, and to tell people that the tea the drink every day can be so much better than they realise. Tea in the supermarkets has declined in quality year by year. My goal is to play my small part in reversing that trend.
Portsmouth is a city with a great maritime and naval history. HMS Warrior typifies that history, and she provides an excellent location in the Historic Dockyard where people can look out and see the ships coming in and out of the harbour, as they have done for hundreds of years.
Not many people know that tea first came into Britain through Portsmouth. Catherine of Braganza brought it here. So you can see that HMS Warrior, in Portsmouth Harbour, is the best possible place to launch Portsmouth Tea upon an exultant public.