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single estate marque

English translation: tea grown on a single tea estate


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13:04 Jan 17, 2012
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English term or phrase: single estate marque
single estate marque tea, what is the meaning of "single estate marque"?
Yulian Wang
China
Local time: 09:12
English translation:tea grown on a single tea estate
Explanation:
I'm thinking marque is a mistake and means mark (as in brand)

Like this one:
http://makaibari.com/
that sells its own single estate brand

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Note added at 15 mins (2012-01-17 13:19:10 GMT)
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see also
PG Tips - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PG_Tips
The tea used in PG Tips is imported in bulk as single estate teas from around the world ... tea bags in 1996 (PG Tips Pyramid Bags is a registered trademark). ...

Dilmah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilmah
Products, Ceylon Tea, Flavoured Tea, Green Tea, Speciality Tea, herbal infusions, ... Tea www.teatimerocks.com, Watte Single Estate Tea www.watteseries.com, White ... Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., ...

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Note added at 16 mins (2012-01-17 13:20:17 GMT)
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TeaTrends: Companies
www.teatrends.com/article.html?category=Companies
Dilmah, the world's largest purveyor of single origin Ceylon tea, is moving .... the freshest, most unique selection of single estate full-leaf teas to connoisseurs. ..... in the US, whereas Tata operates under Tetley Tea and several other marques. ...
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Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Local time: 03:12
Grading comment
Thanks for all your kind help. Your comments perfect the solution:) Today is the first day of the Dradgon year at my end. May the ancient Chinese new year bring you good luck!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +6tea grown on a single tea estateShera Lyn Parpia
4 +2sourced from one estatekmtext


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
sourced from one estate


Explanation:
The tea is all sourced from one estate rather than made up of a blend of teas from different estates.

kmtext
Local time: 02:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GaelicGaelic
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for your kind help, I regret only one most helpful answer can be selected. May my best wishes to you:)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis
6 mins

agree  gallagy2: who was first?
4 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
tea grown on a single tea estate


Explanation:
I'm thinking marque is a mistake and means mark (as in brand)

Like this one:
http://makaibari.com/
that sells its own single estate brand

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Note added at 15 mins (2012-01-17 13:19:10 GMT)
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see also
PG Tips - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PG_Tips
The tea used in PG Tips is imported in bulk as single estate teas from around the world ... tea bags in 1996 (PG Tips Pyramid Bags is a registered trademark). ...

Dilmah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilmah
Products, Ceylon Tea, Flavoured Tea, Green Tea, Speciality Tea, herbal infusions, ... Tea www.teatimerocks.com, Watte Single Estate Tea www.watteseries.com, White ... Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., ...

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Note added at 16 mins (2012-01-17 13:20:17 GMT)
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TeaTrends: Companies
www.teatrends.com/article.html?category=Companies
Dilmah, the world's largest purveyor of single origin Ceylon tea, is moving .... the freshest, most unique selection of single estate full-leaf teas to connoisseurs. ..... in the US, whereas Tata operates under Tetley Tea and several other marques. ...

Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Local time: 03:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks for all your kind help. Your comments perfect the solution:) Today is the first day of the Dradgon year at my end. May the ancient Chinese new year bring you good luck!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  kmtext: Marque isn't a mistake. It's the correct spelling when used to denote a brand.
2 mins
  -> I stand corrected! Thanks.

agree  Charles Davis: Yes, "marque" is correct.
7 mins
  -> Thank you.

agree  Jack Doughty
13 mins
  -> Thanks :)

agree  Veronika McLaren: marque (Fr.) generally accepted to mean "brand"
56 mins
  -> Thanks :)

agree  gallagy2: with others about "marque" though these days imo more often used in relation to brands/types of cars
4 hrs
  -> Thanks. And I believe I was first, as I didn't see the other answer until I submitted additional comments.

agree  AllegroTrans
5 hrs
  -> Thank you.

agree  Phong Le
2 days3 hrs
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