The Celebrated Five Shilling Tea Shop.
£125.00 GBP • Used
Handbill, 215 x 140 mm. Tea was, and remains, extremely popular in Britain, and at this time a great deal of inferior tea was being sold, “.during the last year 55,000,000 lbs of Tea has bee...
Handbill, 215 x 140 mm. Tea was, and remains, extremely popular in Britain, and at this time a great deal of inferior tea was being sold, “.during the last year 55,000,000 lbs of Tea has been Imported, and that about 40,000,000 lbs of this is of the most Inferior Quality, and a very large portion of it is not Tea, that it consist of Leaves, manufactured by the skilful Chinese Chemists, to imitate Tea. The whole kingdom is inundated with this Stuff.” “In June 1842, we opened this Shop for the purpose of selling the best black tea that can be had at five shillings per pound.”
Product Info
Publisher: W.H. Cox, printer, [1842]
Type: Used
Binding: Softcover
Seller Info
MichaelKempBookseller
Address: 19 Adelaide Gardens Sheeness, Kent
Website: https://michaelkemp.co.uk
Country: United Kingdom
