Ceylon / Sri Lanka
Assam, India
Japan
Taiwan
Nepal
China
Kenya
Egypt
South Africa
Tea Craft: How is Tea Hand Picked?
May 17 , 2022
Accuracy of the tea picking is just as important as the timing. The world’s finest teas are handpicked by experts who often tend to their own area...
Tea Craft: Where is Tea grown?
May 17 , 2022
Most tea producing countries are found in a tropical belt around the equator, the finest teas are found at altitudes between 4000 and 6000 ft [‘hig...
Tea Craft: The Tea Bush
May 17 , 2022
It all starts with an evergreen plant called Camellia Sinensis, which has 2 original subspecies, one from China and one from India. The plant will ...
The Right Type of Bag
May 17 , 2022
It was a happy accident when the customers of American Thomas Sullivan, mistakenly started to brew the tea they received still in the sample bags. ...
The Merchants Mark
May 05 , 2022
Soon after its creation, the company began to use a ‘balemark,’ which identified The Company’s products as they arrived in busy ports or were sold ...
A View of London from the Thames
May 05 , 2022
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...
Walking the Tightrope in Darjeeling
Apr 13 , 2022
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
Apr 13 , 2022
Connections to royalty for The East India Company date back to Elizabethan times with the issue of Royal Charter in 1600, but it was Charles II and...
