"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

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

#ghostsigns #ghostsign #barnsley #tetley

#KimCattrall for #Tetley Tea
#ActorsInCommercials #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬

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.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/may/23/we-give-our-blood-so-they-live-comfortably-sri-lankas-tea-pickers-say-they-go-hungry-and-live-in-squalor

#labour #tea #fairtrade #rainforestalliance #lipton #tetley

I've asked the big tea brands (Talking to you: #PGTips, #Twinings, #Typhoo, #YorkshireTea, #Tetley and #Clipper) #WhoPickedMyTea? because I want to know that the people behind my #tea are paid a decent wage and are treated with respect. Will you join me? https://action.traidcraft.org.uk/who-picked-my-tea-freedom
via #TraidCraftExch
#solidarity #India #workersrights 🙆