Museum celebrating the history of two great brews. Exhibits cover the period 1650-1950 and describe the trade's involvement with the ceramics industry, smugglers, tea and coffee auctions, the Boston Tea Party, opium, tea Clipper ships and the development of the Indian, Ceylon and British tea companies. There's also a display of novelty teapots. The shop stocks a wide range of teas and coffees, and visitors can enjoy afternoon and cream teas (£7/£9) in the café.
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3 comments
Went past last week on a bus, and sadly,the museum has vanished. There seems to be a wholesale paint shop in its place.
I made an order of a few packets of tea and coffee from their website and although my money has been taken, the products have not arrived. I doubt whether I will get my money back although I have raised this issue as a dispute with PayPal. They do have a responsibility to close down their website and their account with PayPal, as many others will also be ripped off like this.
We went today (June 08) and the museum seems to have gone bankrupt (despite the website saying it's open 7 days a week), we found it all shut down and 'limited opening due to refurbishment' signs but didn't look like anyone has worked there in a while...apparently the tea shop opens every so often but I wouldn't bother making the trip specially, if you want afternoon tea I'd stick to the big central hotels.