Fine Black Tea Expertly Blended to Deliver a Mild Tea with Smooth Taste and Mellow Aroma. Light Tea Strength. Individually Wrapped Tea Bags. A fine black tea expertly blended to deliver a smooth taste and mellow aroma. This exquisite tea was originally specially blended by Twinings for HRH The Prince of Wales in 1921, who later became King Edward VIII. He kindly gave Twinings permission to sell this wonderful tea. Classics Traditional Style Black Teas. For over 300 years, Twinings has been sourcing and blending the finest, high-quality teas from around the globe to ensure that your tea has the perfect balanced of tea taste, flavour and aroma. Twinings blends to perfection the finest black teas to give you a line of great-tasting teas with an enticing flavour, fresh taste and invigorating aroma. The Twinings Story. In 1706 Thomas Twining began selling fine tea from an English storefront in the Strand, London. Today, Twinings still sells some of the world’s best teas from the original store and in more than 100 countries throughout the world.