In message <022201c467e1$e3858f20$49f83d18@ne1.client2.attbi.com>, Betty <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> writes If you want to know more of the LIPTON history you should look to UNILEVER - a major foods/soaps/detergents conglomerate who as part of their empire sell Lipton's tea. They are normally very helpful about sending on historical information about the company. (Many years ago I used to work for them) John >Hello, > >We are tea drinkers, and I like to use different brands of tea for >variety. Yesterday >I went to open a box of Salada tea and noticed a bit of history of the >Salada Tea Company. The first corporate headquarters and packaging >plant was opened in Boston, MA, in 1917. And, the Salada Tea >Building still exists.* > >I did a search for the history of Lipton Tea, and came across this web >site. It mentions the life of .. Thomas LIPTON .. who "was the son >of poor Irish immigrants" who "grew up in the slums of Glasgow." He >was b.1850, and at Age 10 ... "went to America." > >http://www.geocities.com/lgol27/HistoryTeaCeylon.htm > > >I also looked for the history of Red Rose Tea, and discovered that >company began in .. Canada, and involves the ESTABROOKS name in 1899 in >New Brunswick. > > >Hope people find this interesting. > >Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > >FYI: Here is something I found by accident - a timeline for >popular food and kitchen items .. when they were introduced to the >world. > >http://www.geocities.com/foodedge/timeline.htm > > >*If you do a Google search for either "tea history" or "Salada tea" or >"Salada history," you will find many web sites discussing the history >of tea, and when "tea" was first used and why, and telling about a tea >museum in Taiwan. > >______________________________ -- John Gibson Chalmers - john@dgnscrn.demon.co.uk ... also at john.chalmers@us.abb.com Homepages ... http://www.dgnscrn.demon.co.uk/ and ... http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~chalmers/