3-085-640 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Advertisement for Lipton's Teas, 1898. 'DIRECT FROM THE GARDENS - NOTE THE PRICES. FINEST THE WORLD CAN PRODUCE. 1/7 Per lb. NO HIGHER PRICE. RICH, PURE, AND FRAGRANT Per 1/- and 1/4 lb. Millions of people are daily drinking and enjoying these delicious Teas, fresh from the sweet-scented Island of Ceylon. Lipton is sole owner of some of the most famous estates in Ceylon, which cover thousands of acres of the best tea-growing land. Ceylon Offices and Shipping Warehouses: PRINCE STREET, & MADDEMA MILLS, CINNAMON GARDENS, COLOMBO. [Map showing tea estates] Visitors to this beautiful Island are cordially invited to call and see over Lipton's Tea and Coffee Warehouses...Those desirous of going up country are also welcome to visit Lipton's Tea, Coffee, and Cocoa Estates, situate high in the hills, where some of the finest Tea can be seen. BUY from the GROWER. TEA MERCHANT BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. The LARGEST SALE in the WORLD...Indian Offices & Shipping Warehouses: Hare St., Calcutta. TEA, COFFEE, & COCOA PLANTER, CEYLON. Branches and Agencies throughout the World. Chief Offices 2 CITY ROAD, LONDON, E.C.' From "Illustrated London News", 1898.