date:Jun 17, 2015
throughout the Napoleonic wars, along with other home comforts including spirits and spices.
Fortnum's tea was a familiar sight on the battlefields; easy to carry in a knapsack and a source of companionship, nourishment and warmth during long marches and the interminable wait for dawn's light and the commencement of firing. At battle's end, it provided cheer for the victorious survivors of what Wellington himself described as 'a damn'd close thing.
Fortnum's 2015 Gunpowder Blend has distincti