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Legend: Emperor Wan Tu Discovers Tea
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...
Trade and Spice
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...
The Story of Marmalade
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 ...
Tea Breaks & Tea Ladies
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...
The Coat of Arms
Jun 08 , 2022
The original East India Company was honoured by being granted a Coat of Arms by HM Queen Elizabeth I. It was given as a symbol of her confidence in...
What caused the Boston Tea Party?
Jun 08 , 2022
The East India Company was in trouble. In the mid-18th century, the Company was in debt and sat on huge stocks of tea in London. The British Parlia...
Tiger of Mysore
Jun 08 , 2022
The loss of the colonies in America led to national self-reflection and a new feeling of intolerance to what was now perceived as corrupt practices...
Cornwallis receives The Tiger of Mysore’s Sons
Jun 08 , 2022
Robert Home’s oil painting of Lord Cornwallis, Governor General of India, receiving the Mysore hostages in 1792 reflects a new British zeitgeist in...
