Limited Edition Boston 250th Anniversary ‘Dorchester Heights Tea’ Commemorative Tin
Description: Dorchester Heights Tea is our Boston release in the 250th Anniversary Celebration Cities series, highlighting the harbor town where protest, occupation, siege, and evacuation shaped one of the Revolution’s first major victories.
The tin design features a harbor view inspired by View of Boston / Prospect von Boston gegen der Bucht am Hafen / Vue de Boston vers le Cale du Port, an eighteenth-century engraving by Franz Xaver Habermann. The scene looks across the water toward Boston, with ships gathered in the harbor and the town rising along the waterfront. The view places the harbor at the front of the story — the same waters tied to Boston’s tea protests, British occupation, military supply, and eventual evacuation.
By the summer of 1776, Boston had already seen the Revolution move from protest to war. After the battles at Lexington and Concord in April 1775, British forces remained in Boston while colonial militia and, later, the Continental Army surrounded the town. The siege lasted for months, ending only after artillery brought from Fort Ticonderoga was placed on Dorchester Heights. From that position, Continental forces threatened the British army and fleet, forcing British troops and Loyalists to evacuate by ship on March 17, 1776. When the Declaration of Independence was read from the balcony of the Town House, now the Old State House, on July 18, Boston heard it as a town already returned to Patriot control.
Singlo tea was one of the historic Chinese green teas destroyed during the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773. East India Company records list 20 chests of Singlo aboard the Beaver, 20 aboard the Dartmouth, and 20 aboard the Eleanor, totaling 60 chests. Chosen for that direct connection, Singlo ties this commemorative tin to Boston’s earlier tea protest and to the events that helped move the town from resistance to revolution.
Ingredients: Green Tea Leaves
Size/ Type: 3 oz loose tea sealed in black commemorative tea tin
Shelf Life: 3 Years
Brewing Tips: 180° for 2-4 minutes
Hand Packaged by Oliver Pluff & Co. in Charleston, South Carolina
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