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Looking back over the last year, we’ve done features on tea,
coffee and chocolate – daily staples for many of us. Like
anything else we eat or drink, they might affect our blood
sugar levels. This little lot is a selection of items newly
available as part of this year’s Christmas collections.
DARK A compLETE cADDy
pRomISES From the divine to the slightly more ridiculous (in terms of cost), Christmas gifts from The
East India Company are reviving a distinctly British tradition via their range of beautiful
tea caddies. In the 1700s, tea was a rare and expensive commodity. Too expensive to
risk leaving in the presence of servants, it would be stored in a Tea Caddy (derived from
the Malay word ‘kati’, which was the unit of weight by which tea was sold). Kept under
lock and key, usually in the drawing room, the Tea Caddy became an important and
fashionable accessory for the home. The East India Company brought tea to Britain and
was therefore instrumental in popularising tea in this country.
This Christmas you can get an The East India Company Tea Caddy, though prices
start from £150, however they are beautifully presented in either Leather or Burr Walnut
Chocolate producers Divine have
and hold either one or two of The East India Company’s signature tea caddies.
introduced some new products for
The Admiral’s Trunk (from £100) is a leather trunk can be filled with an array of fine teas
Christmas this year. They’ve done little
as well as coffee, chocolate, condiments, sauces, biscuits and chutneys. The Tea Caddy
Christmas trees in dark, white and milk
Cases come in either a red lacquer or wooden finish and house six of The East India
chocolate choices. Their Dark Chocolate
Company’s signature
Ginger Thins are a gift option for those
tea caddies. Choose
who like a bit of ginger zing made up of
between teas such as
chocolate squares with a soft ginger filling
Assam, Royal Breakfast
and made with Divine’s award-winning
and Earl Grey; a case
dark chocolate. Weight 200g; RRP
of the best green teas
£3.50; available from Waitrose, Oxfam
such as Directors
and Divine’s online shop. All Divine’s
Green Tea, Gunpowder
Christmas products are free from artificial
Green Tea or Earl Grey
flavourings, colourings and preservatives
Green Tea; or mix and
and are suitable for vegetarians.
match to create your
www.divinechocolate.com/shop.
own case of tip-top
teas.
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