3-086-090 - 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...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 - £50,513 11 5 represents Duty on over 1300 Tons of Tea, and is the amount of THE WORLD'S RECORD DUTY CHEQUE for TEA, Paid to Her Majesty's Customs, London, By LIPTON, FOR HIS WEEK'S CLEARANCE. This speaks for itself, and represents considerably more than half the entire quantity of Tea used per week in the whole of Great Britain. 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.