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J Sainsbury’s Pure Teas

Tea was sold in brown paper packets. You could tell what type of tea was in the packet by the colour of the label.

There were four kinds, Blue Label, Brown Label, Green Label and Red Label.

Red Label tea is still sold today, but the packaging is now very different.

See what Red Label tea packet looked like

Download your own Red Label tea packet to colour in! (PDF 128kb)

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Close up of tea on display in a shop


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