The original full bodied English breakfast tea bags blended to provide a rich, robust tea that compliments a hearty English breakfast, but why call it Royal? It was customary for the East India Company to bring gifts on returning ships for the Sovereign. In 1664, the Company was distressed to find that no provision of a gift for King Charles II had been made. Accordingly, two pounds of tea found on board were presented to the King, and so began a long Royal tradition of tea drinking.