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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...
A Bottle To Keep
May 05 , 2022
Our bottle has been as carefully crafted to tell our story as the gin itself. When next taking a sip, take a moment with the bottle: The closure is...
Walking the Tightrope in Darjeeling
Apr 12 , 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 12 , 2022
Connections to royalty for The East India Company date back to Elizabethan times with the issue of a Royal Charter in 1600, but it was Charles II a...
The Good Ship Waterloo
Apr 12 , 2022
Borrowing a classic East India Company commissioned painting by William Huggins, a typically heroic image of a merchant ship Waterloo, shown off Wh...
East India Madder Red
Apr 12 , 2022
It started with the ‘Piece Trade’ - the Company’s trade in a variety of textiles from India – calicoes, ginghams, muslins, chintzes to name only a ...
Death by Chocolate
Apr 12 , 2022
An extract: “Death By Chocolate – The fanciful name of this famous chocolate cake conjures up images of an exquisite death caused by over-indulgen...
Emperor Nero’s Saffron Bathwater
Apr 12 , 2022
An extract: “Saffron was and remains, the most expensive spice in the world. Originating in the Near East, it was used by the Persian as both a fla...
