Year: 2020
Niroula’s Tea Farm
Situated around 10 km from Ghoom railway station, surrounded by a beautiful tea garden in the south and a magnificent reserve forest area with diverse flora and fauna towards the north, NIROULA’S TEA FARM, is presently a micro tea processing unit of organic Darjeeling tea initiated to deliver quality and healthy orthodox tea to tea lovers looking for the right blend of taste and health.
Continue reading Niroula’s Tea FarmCaddy Spoon tells a Story
Wilson’s were a well known coffee and tea merchant in Croydon, a city South of London, through the wars and into the 1950s. To find out more about them follow this link to a Francis Firth photographer’s page .
If you are interested in caddy spoons, visit the web page for the Society of Caddy Spoon Collectors.
Last Brew At Syd’s Coffee Stall
From www.spitalfieldslife.com:
“After he was gassed in the trenches of World War I, Syd senior used his compensation money to open the stall. In spite of being a Coffee Stall, Syd only sold tea and beef extract – adopting the description ‘Coffee Stall’ to impart aspiration to his endeavour. When World War II came along, the stall operated twenty-four hours during the London Blitz, serving refreshments to the firemen and auxiliary workers. At the time of the Coronation, Syd junior launched ‘Hillary Caterers’ in honour of Sir Edmund Hillary’s conquest of Everest. As the first and only caterer ever licensed to serve food on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral, Syd became a Freeman of the City of London…”
Tea Break – Between Silk and Cyanide – A Code Maker’s War 1941-45
An excerpt from Between Silk and Cyanide – A Code Maker’s War 1941-45, Leo Marks recounts his time in SOE, a branch of British Intelligence. A gripping read for those who enjoy learning about code-breaking during World War II.
Continue reading Tea Break – Between Silk and Cyanide – A Code Maker’s War 1941-45
A Nation of Tea-Drinkers
A great post on www.spitalfieldslife.com, written by Markman Ellis.
“Britain has been celebrated as ‘a tea-drinking nation’ since at least the late eighteenth century and a nice cup of tea remains one of life’s most comforting rituals. Tea-drinking has associations with hearth and home, and is emblematic of wider British ideas of both polite society and humble domesticity. How did this little leaf, a migrant from half-way round the world, come to such prominence in Britain?”
Continue reading A Nation of Tea-DrinkersHornsea Contrast – A Pattern of the 70s
Still in use today, this tea pot was part of a set I bought in the mid 70s, the eclectic pattern being widely purchased to accompany the bright kitchenware, modernist chairs and paper lampshades available at the time.
Continue reading Hornsea Contrast – A Pattern of the 70sPromoting Tea to Australian Tourists
Captain Forbes Saves the Day
By May 1839, ahead of the Opium War, trading houses in Canton had been evacuated following a proclamation by Commissioner Lin that prohibited the import of opium into the city. For the year, the captain ensured that China tea reached its destinations throughout the world : Continue reading Captain Forbes Saves the Day
