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London Tea History Association

Categories: Commerce, Food & Drink, History

London Tea History Association

Founded to record and commemorate over 335 years of the World’s tea trade in London.

Feb 2018 reported that "a statue recognising the City’s pivotal position in the tea trade planned for 1 Undershaft have {sic} been shelved for fear of public backlash over its ties to colonialism."  The has images showing the statue, which is a realistic depiction of an Indian woman tea plucker with a basket full of leaves, back to back with a black London docker unloading the finished product.

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London Tea History Association

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Tea industry - Shoreditch

Now, where's the best place to attach this plaque? Oh, there's a lamppost clo...

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Tea industry - the City

Sir John Lyon House and the Tea Trade {Much of the text on this plaque is a ...

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Tea trade - St Katharine Docks

The Tea Trade at St Katharine Docks This plaque commemorates 335 years of th...

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