3-078-106 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Advertisement for United Kingdom Tea Company, Limited, 1890. 'TEA FIRST HAND. USED ALL OVER THE WORLD! NOTHING LIKE THEM ANYWHERE!! DIRECT from the MINCING LANE MARKET. DELIVERED TO ANY ADDRESS CARRIAGE PAID. 1/-, 1/3, 1/6, & 1/9 a lb. *CHOICEST CEYLON and FINEST DARJEELING, 2/- a lb. This Mixture is of SUPERB QUALITY and is highly recommended as a MOST DELICIOUS TEA. *SUPPLIED TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS...The Directors...distinctly affirm that the Company's system of FIRST HAND TRADING enables Consumers to be absolutely independent of the MIDDLEMAN. By dealing with the UNITED KINGDOM TEA COMPANY, anyone throughout the Kingdom can obtain Teas of the very choicest quality, FIRST HAND, direct from the Mincing Lane Market, at lowest Market Quotations, thus avoiding all intermediate profits. Delivered at Customers' own Doors, anywhere, CARRIAGE PAID. A RIGHT ROYAL BOON!!! PROPRIETORS of HOTELS and MANAGERS of LARGE INSTITUTIONS will find it MOST ADVANTAGEOUS using these TEAS in their ESTABLISHMENTS. United Kingdom Tea Company will forward Samples Free, and respectfully ask the Public to Taste and Judge for themselves. UNITED KINGDOM TEA COMPANY, Limited, Offices - 21, MINCING LANE, LONDON. Duty Paid Stores - IMPERIAL WAREHOUSE, LEMAN STREET, LONDON'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.