The Downton Abbey Tea Truck: TIME’s Taste Test

Our staffers sample the official tea of the Dowager Countess

  • Share
  • Read Later

TIME’s resident TV fans put themselves in the line — literally — of bananas earlier this year, trying out the Bluth banana stand that came to our neighborhood to promote the return of Arrested Development. So, when we heard that Downton Abbey would be sending a tea truck around to do a similar promotion, we selflessly volunteered to give the official Downton Abbey tea a whirl.

(MORE: How Americans Almost Missed Out on Downton Abbey)