We believe that summer should be vibrant, colourful and full of flavour. Leisurely afternoon picnics in the park, seaside adventures, sunset garden parties and summer day trips deserve the best summer drinks recipes: honourable cocktails, mocktails, iced teas, perfect punches, and sundaes.
Introduced to England in the mid-17th century, London’s chocolate houses quickly became haunts of intrigue, gossip, and indulgence. Rediscover chocolate’s earliest hold on our senses through The East India Company’s wickedly enchanting chocolate selection.
Before the British arrived, ‘Kadha’ was the ayurverdic drink of the day, piping hot water with fragrant spices, like cardamon, cinnamon and ginger. The British arrived. Tea leaves were added. Chai was born…
Chocolate made it to London nearly 500 years ago. It was all things to all people, including to Samuel Pepys, a hangover cure. London Chocolate Houses also became THE fashionable meeting places for the elite of London society, as well as being dens of iniquity for the more colourful characters…