"Another Day In May" teableau for 05/02/25
None of them are guaranteed; grateful to see this one.
#Tea #Teableau #Teapot #VintageChina #BlackTea #Pottery #Ceramics #Teaware #Rhododendron #PNW #Spring #Springtime #Tetley #gardens
"Another Day In May" teableau for 05/02/25
None of them are guaranteed; grateful to see this one.
#Tea #Teableau #Teapot #VintageChina #BlackTea #Pottery #Ceramics #Teaware #Rhododendron #PNW #Spring #Springtime #Tetley #gardens
#Tetley #Dilmah #Lipton #Twinings #YorkshireTea #SriLanka
Do you know those picking our tea are living and working in same conditions they suffered under British Colonial rule?
#Fairtrade #UnfairTrade #RainforestAlliance #Greenwashing #SriLanka #Tea #ABCNews #ForeignCorrespondent #Auspol
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-05/tea-ethical-label-estates-investigation-sri-lanka/104889838
Our basic black #tea hierarchy for breakfast teabags:
#Ringtons > #Yorkshire (Red) > #Tetley
It’s surprising how big the differences are. Ringtons is great, Tetley … not so much.
(We have all three, courtesy of @ymb :)
No, that's not Tetley tea branching out into cigarettes and tobacco, but it is an interesting double fascia reveal in Barnsley...
https://www.barnsleychronicle.com/article/27557/ghost-signs-revealed-amid-major-works
Top tea firms investigate as plantation workers say they have to pick 18kg a day but still skip meals and make their children work. Some of the world’s leading tea manufacturers, including Tetley and Lipton, are examining working conditions on the plantations of its Sri Lankan suppliers, following a Guardian investigation.
Two global trade-certification schemes, Fairtrade and the Rainforest Alliance, are also conducting inquiries after it was revealed that some workers on 10 certified estates could not afford to eat and were living in squalid conditions.
There is nothing like a nice cup of tea... But have you ever thought about where your tea comes from? Workers in Assam, India, pick tea for the biggest British tea brands but are paid just £1.50 per day. It's time for change - and it starts with a simple question: 'Who picked my tea?'.