The Right Type of Bag

The Right Type of Bag

May 18 , 2022

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It was a happy accident when the customers of an American Thomas Sullivan, mistakenly started to brew the tea they received still in the sample bag...

Artisan Wicker Baskets

Artisan Wicker Baskets

May 18 , 2022

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Our superb hamper baskets are hand-crafted from willow by artisans in China. All the willow used to produce our basketware is coppiced from fast-gr...

The Merchant's Mark

The Merchant's Mark

May 06 , 2022

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Soon after its creation The Company began to use a ‘balemark,’ which identified its products as they arrived in busy ports or were sold on the trad...

A View of London from the Thames

A View of London from the Thames

May 05 , 2022

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For our Signature Peppermint, we've chosen a splendid illustration, a 'View of London from the Thames' by John Bluck, included in one of the 3 volu...

A Bottle To Keep

A Bottle To Keep

May 05 , 2022

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Our bottle has been as carefully crafted to tell our story as the gin itself. When next taking a sip, take a moment with the bottle: The closure is...

Walking the Tightrope in Darjeeling

Walking the Tightrope in Darjeeling

Apr 13 , 2022

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William Daniell was only 16 when he first set sail with his uncle to Calcutta in 1785. A grand adventure for a young man. Before long, he was a pai...

A Royal Breakfast Coronation

A Royal Breakfast Coronation

Apr 13 , 2022

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Connections to royalty for The East India Company date back to Elizabethan times with the issue of a Royal Charter in 1600, but it was Charles II a...

The Good Ship Waterloo

The Good Ship Waterloo

Apr 13 , 2022

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Borrowing a classic East India Company commissioned painting by William Huggins, a typically heroic image of a merchant ship Waterloo, shown off Wh...