Tea? (Part 1)

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tdr1nka

Taking the biscuit
That is the teapot of the lord, surely?
 

Baggy

Cake connoisseur
I have some sad news for the world of tea. Apparently the Bramah Tea and Coffee Museum in Southwark has closed down after Edward Bramah passed away earlier this year :sad:.

He had many fine teapots and was completely eccentric. I wonder what happened to the collection...
 

Mr Phoebus

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wafflycat said:
Did someone mention tea? Yes, I'd love a cup. Woke up this morning to the water softener having flooded the downstairs loo floor. Que sera.

You have your bog water softened? How posh is that!

So 'Neptune's Kiss' is even more softer when you're getting rid of ballast? :sad:
 

tdr1nka

Taking the biscuit
Baggy said:
I have some sad news for the world of tea. Apparently the Bramah Tea and Coffee Museum in Southwark has closed down after Edward Bramah passed away earlier this year :sad:.

He had many fine teapots and was completely eccentric. I wonder what happened to the collection...

Dammit, I'm just down the road and I never knew it was there!:rolleyes:
 

Mr Phoebus

New Member
Speicher said:
Mr Phoebus, I believe I may once have lived just down the road from you,(admittedly a very very long road) just off Fletchamstead Highway in Coventry?

It's not that far away as I do a lot of riding around Meriden and Balsall Common.
 

Baggy

Cake connoisseur
tdr1nka said:
Dammit, I'm just down the road and I never knew it was there!:smile:
It used to be at Butler's Wharf, and it moved to Southwark Street a few years ago. It was quite interesting, but if Mr.Bramah himself gave you a tour you'd be in there a long time :rolleyes:.

He was a true tea and coffee purist. A colleague of mine once suggested he tried to make the museum more commercially viable by having a Cadbury's Drinking Chocolate corner. He went mad at her :sad:.
 

Baggy

Cake connoisseur
Speicher said:
Yes, it was, I remember that one, because there is a pudding I like called Betty, (caramel apple Betty). I did wonder why there were so many teapots on there. :smile::rolleyes::sad:

Ah, phew, I've just had a quick look at the ebay Brown Bettys and they are all new so it's not any of them. It was labelled as "an unusually large" teapot and was ginormous - it held about 40 cups.
 
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