tea bricks/blocks

[jendobyns]

Just came across an interesting letter from a UK Tea company theorising on what Tea Bartholemew Roberts would have been drinking:

http://www.bartholomewroberts.com/

image link near the bottom of the page

Yep, bohea and hyson would be right for the period. I do wonder at lumping the hyson and gunpowder together, as I understand them to be separate types of green tea. You can get all 3 from Debprah Peterson.