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The Piece Trade Saves The East India Company
Jun 22 , 2022
The East India Company trade in the bewildering variety of textiles from India became collectively known as the ‘Piece Trade,’ and included familia...
The Birth of Singapore
Jun 21 , 2022
Singapore, now with a population of nearly 6 million and one of the most densely populated city-states of the world, was created as a trading post ...
The Art of Coin Making
Jun 21 , 2022
The art of coin making is believed to be over 2,500 years old. From the first hammered coins with their intrinsic metal value to the coins we use e...
Tea Craft: From Planting to Picking
Jun 21 , 2022
The Tea Bush It all starts with an evergreen plant called Camellia Sinensis, which has two original subspecies, one from China and one from India. ...
What are Enrobed Chocolates?
Jun 20 , 2022
Simply put: layers of chocolate smothering something special inside. The enrobing process is actually quite technically complex and an art. Using t...
From Chatni to Chutney
Jun 20 , 2022
Chutneys and pickles took root in Europe in the late 1600s with the arrival of preserved foods, like mangoes and tamarinds, brought back to Britain...
The London Chocolate Houses
Jun 20 , 2022
Cocoa was drunk as a beverage over 2000 years ago by the Mayans, who, like the later Aztecs, used cocoa on special occasions to reward brave warrio...
Porcelain: From Chinoiserie to Brown Betty
Jun 15 , 2022
The British and European appetite for beautifully designed porcelain had been well and truly whetted, with Chinese artisans enjoying great populari...
