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...
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...
Jun 15 , 2022
The British and European appetite for beautifully designed porcelain had been well and truly whetted, with Chinese artisans enjoying great populari...
Jun 14 , 2022
Extract taken from “The East India Company Book of Tea” by Anthony Wild. There are many legends about the discovery of tea, none of which have sol...
Jun 13 , 2022
Used since ancient times for illness and ailments, today opium provides important pain relief drugs such as morphine, but also the illegal and dest...
Jun 13 , 2022
The East India Company Collections celebrated ‘Una & the Lion’ silver and gold coin collection features designs by one of the world’s great coi...
Jun 10 , 2022
Spices and the spice trade have been an enormous influence in global political, social, and economic developments for over 1000 years. They were co...
Jun 10 , 2022
Paddington Bear and the officers of the original East India Company had one thing in common – a love of marmalade on voyage. Britain has long been ...
Jun 08 , 2022
In the early years of the 1600s, The East India Company was run out of the private residence. When East India House was opened as the new Headquart...