3-083-010 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Advertisement for Lipton's tea, coffee and cocoa, 1895. 'GREAT PUBLIC BOON!...BUY DIRECT FROM THE GROWER. TREMENDOUS SAVING TO CONSUMERS. NO NEED NOW TO PAY THE MOST EXORBITANT PRICES HITHERTO CHARGED. COCOA AND CHOCOLATE FACTORY...specially built for his trade, and fitted up with all the latest, most modern, and Improved Machinery, whereby the fragrance and aroma of the Cocoa Beans are fully retained. Customers can always rely upon obtaining the CHOICEST COCOAS FRESHLY GROUND, thereby ensuring a cup of absolutely pure Cocoa unequalled for its richness and delicious flavour...The "CEYLON OBSERVER" says: "LIPTON [has bought] up the choicest property in the island...Karandagalla is the very best cocoa estate in the very best cocoa district in the very best cocoa-growing country in the world"...COCOA ESSENCE, THE FINEST MADE. GUARANTEED ABSOLUTELY PURE...This is the Finest and most Delicious Cocoa ever offered to the Public. ORIENTAL CHOCOLATE POWDER...This Preparation makes a most Delicious Beverage for all Meals, and has great Sustaining Properties...The Cheapest and most Economical Beverage ever offered to the Public...Tea, Coffee, and Cocoa Planter...by Special Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.