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I have no recollection of how I came by this, but discovered that it had held Earl Grey tea bags. It’s one of life’s little pleasures to use attractive things on a daily basis, so I may start using it for our tea leaves. It’s quite tall, so not the easiest container to work with, and it will require a long-handled spoon.
The Williamson Tea company has been growing and harvesting tea since 1869 on four individual farms in Kenya. The tea bushes are grown without herbicides or pesticides.
The Williamson Tea Foundation supports the local communities with education and healthcare and employment opportunities. It also supports smallholders, and has provided three and a half million tea bushes to them in the last decade.
It is committed to maintaining and protecting wildlife habitats and primaeval forest, and has created ‘monkey corridors’ to allow safe passage of wild animals.
The company has an online shop offering a variety of teas, a few biscuits, and a couple of iconic enamel cups. It is an interesting site, full of information.
Oooooh. Very nice. I must say that I do not find attractive things stuffed away at the back of my cupboard!
ReplyDeleteI really should clear out my cupboards more frequently. Who knows what else might be lurking in them?
DeleteLove the decanter and love earl grey tea.
ReplyDeleteI like Early Grey with lemon. Some people have it with milk and some drink it with lemon and milk! I wonder that the milk doesn't curdle.
Delete*Earl* 🤣
Delete"not the easiest container to work with" might explain why it has been left empty for so long. I don't think I've ever tried Earl Grey tea, my usual is English Breakfast.
ReplyDeleteI think it has herbal tea bags in it - no doubt out of date now.
DeleteWow - that is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you. 😀
DeleteThat's lovely
ReplyDeleteThank you. 😀
DeleteNice tea caddy - even better with a happy back story.
ReplyDeleteThere's a tale to be told at every juncture.
DeleteWhat a beautiful container. If it turns out to be inconvenient to use for tea I would certainly find another use for it.
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering what else I could use it for - the possibilities are endless.
DeleteI would leave it in the centre of the kitchen table. It is too impressive to hide in a cupboard.
ReplyDeleteBut using the elephant for tea bags will keep the tea fresher than filling the caddy with loose tea leaves. And tea bags won't require a long spoon.
A kitchen table would be nice, but there's no room in my kitchen.
DeleteThat is certainly an unusual tea caddy. It would be a shame to hide it away in a cupboard again. Do you have space in your kitchen to put it out on display?
ReplyDelete'On display' is a very loose term, particularly as I have given up putting things away because they mysteriously materialise again 'because I use them all the time,' he says . . . Give me strength!
DeleteNo use for it in our house, I only drink black filtered coffee, it is pretty enough I would find a spot and keep it.
ReplyDeleteIt will find its spot, eventually . . . probably back in the cupboard. 🤣
DeleteNot keen on earl grey. Current brews are jasmine and English breakfast
ReplyDeleteI only drink Early Grey now, and that rarely.
DeleteThe kind of enterprise we should support. Unfortunately I only like very ordinary tea.
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong with ordinary tea - we all have our favourites.
DeleteBeautiful tea container. I have not heard of this brand and I find that it sounds very interesting way of growing food and saving wildlife. I will go to the website.
ReplyDeleteI hope you find the site interesting.
DeleteIt's a lovely looking caddy, and the history of Williamson's in Kenya is interesting. Tea and coffee from Kenya, "I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills".
ReplyDeleteI thought it might be 'Out of Africa' . . . and it was.
DeleteI thought a monkey corridor was one that led from prep school to Eton to Oxford to Westminster... or is that a toad corridor?
ReplyDeleteI think it's a rat run.
DeleteWhat a nice find in your cupboard.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what else I might find? I shall have to go on a journey of discovery one day - we've lived in this house for a very long time!
Deleteit is really to beautiful to hide in a closet, it should be out and be seen, and what better than storing tea in an elephant that is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI shall find a place for it, and maybe a long-handled spoon!
DeletePretty things can suit us to a T.
ReplyDeletePleasant things to look at please the eye and the mind.
DeleteI do love that caddy!
ReplyDeleteHave a look on the site - you may find one you like better.
DeleteThat is one awesome tea caddy
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely, isn't it?
DeleteThat is a unique tea caddy. Maybe it's hard to use, but it is so attractive. I hope you can find a more viewable place for it - it deserves it.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to find a special place.
DeleteWhat a unique tea caddy! Definitely you need to use it or at least display it!
ReplyDeleteI agree. 😀
DeleteI love Earl Grey tea. That is a cute tea caddy.
ReplyDeleteEarl Grey is very refreshing, especially on a hot day.
DeleteWow, what an amazing find. Surely it's too gorgeous to be hidden away in a kitchen cupboard! xxx
ReplyDeleteI think so, too.
DeleteWhat an interesting read. I personally love Oolong from High Mountains in Taiwan
ReplyDeleteThere is such a wide variety of teas, isn't there?
DeleteThat does look nice ... surely too nice to be kept in a cupboard!?
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
I think you're right.
ReplyDeleteThe Williamson Tea Company sounds very responsible for our environment. You have the prettiest things.
ReplyDeleteI clicked on the site and was soooo tempted by so many things. It also reminded me of my late mother. She collected elephant figurines and she would have adored those tins. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteWonderful to see ... I look forward to more treasures from the chests of your long-lived in home ... in due course, I realise that's not an option in the immediate future - cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteThat is a very attractive tea caddy although I'm not a big tea drinker myself. You should definitely have it on display and hopefully be able to make practical use of it as well.
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