Theme Coffee/Tea Greeting Card
18 items found in Theme Coffee/Tea Greeting Card
My cup of tea : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: Tea is an integral part of British culture, and ‘My cup of tea’ is just one of the many tea-related phrases commonly used in the UK. Other phrases also exist: ‘Not for all the tea in China’, ‘I could murder a cup of tea’, ‘More tea vicar?’, ‘Tea and sympathy’, ‘Rosie Lee...
Tea and books (Pack of 8 cards)
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Text on the reverse side: “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) Novelist and scholar A6 size (148mm x 105mm) Luxury pearlescent eco-certified paper Produced in our London studio Trivia fact on the reverse GS1 barcode for POS Biod...
Morning coffee
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Text on the reverse side: An impressive 65 percent of coffee drinks are consumed at breakfast, and what better way to start the day? A6 size (148mm x 105mm) Luxury pearlescent eco-certified paper Produced in our London studio Trivia fact on the reverse GS1 barcode for POS Biodegradable cello ba...
Slice of birthday book (Pack of 8 cards)
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Text on the reverse side: The oldest known confection in the world is the Linzer Torte, a tart with jam and a lattice pasty top, which shows up not only in a 1696 recipe, but in a Veronese manuscript dating back to 1653. The recipe was only discovered in 2005 in the Admont Abbey in Austria. A6 ...
Tea comfort (Pack of 8 cards)
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Text on the reverse side: By the middle of the 18th century, tea had replaced ale and gin as the drink of the masses and had become Britain’s most popular beverage. Today, the UK imports and consumes 140 thousand tonnes of tea per year - enjoying 165 million cups of tea per day. A6 size (148mm ...
You are teariffic : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: People were using ceramic teapots 11,000 ago in Asia and the Middle East. This custom didn't reach the West until much later, as tea didn’t reach most Europeans until the late 16th century. A6 size (148mm x 105mm) Luxury pearlescent eco-certified paper Produced in our ...
Pouring birthday tea : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: Tea bags were invented in the United States back in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan who created small silk bags for giving samples of tea to his customers. Some of them, like a metal infuser, placed the bags directly in the tea pot - and so by accident, the tea bag was created. ...
Patent of teapot (1889) (Pack of 8 cards)
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Text on the reverse side: There are a variety of teapots of varying size and shapes, nurturing collectors around the world. What is said to be the largest collection in the world was recorded in 2007, owned by Tang Yu from Quanzhou in China, with a proud collection totaling around 30,000 teapots....
Patent of individual tea bag (1928) (Pack of 8 cards)
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Text on the reverse side: Tea was popular in the seventeenth century, however, the brewing required pots and tea strainers. Small bags were created by Tom Sullivan, a tea merchant. In the 1900s, he packaged small samples for prospective clients who used the bag as a strainer. This accidental crea...
Patent of cup or bowl (1898) (Pack of 8 cards)
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Text on the reverse side: Black, green, white, and oolong teas, all come from the same plant, Camellia sinensis. The oxidation, processing, and other factors give their distinctive characteristics. Other teas, are more correctly named tisanes. These include the herbal type (chamomile, peppermint,...
Patent of pre-gummed tea bag (1979) (Pack of 8 cards)
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Text on the reverse side: Tea was popular in the seventeenth century, however, the brewing required pots and tea strainers. Small bags were created by Tom Sullivan, a tea merchant. In the 1900s, he packaged small samples for prospective clients who used the bag as a strainer. This accidental crea...
Patent of fork (1884) (Pack of 8 cards)
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Text on the reverse side: Early forks were used in the royal courts of the Middle East going as far back as the 7th Century. By the end of the 1600s, forks in Europe had evolved to become a utensil used at meals. A6 size (148mm x 105mm) Luxury pearlescent eco-certified paper Produced in our Lon...
Patent of coffee brewing apparatus (1967) (Pack of 8 cards)
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Text on the reverse side: Coffee is the second most traded product in the world after petroleum. The Grand Café, in Oxford, is the site where England’s first coffeehouse was established in 1652. A6 size (148mm x 105mm) Luxury pearlescent eco-certified paper Produced in our London studio Trivia ...
Patent of spoon (1895) (Pack of 8 cards)
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Text on the reverse side: Ancient civilisations made spoons from materials including wood, bone, rock, gold, silver and ivory. Today, stainless steel is the most common material used. A6 size (148mm x 105mm) Luxury pearlescent eco-certified paper Produced in our London studio Trivia fact on the...
Patent of tea bags (1934) (Pack of 8 cards)
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Text on the reverse side: Early tea bags were hand-sewn fabric bags, with patents dating as early as 1903 with their first commercial appearance around 1904. Traditional English Afternoon Tea is usually served from 3pm to 6pm, after which it is known as High Tea upon which more substantial food i...
British afternoon tea (Pack of 8 cards)
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Text on the reverse side: Two meals a day, breakfast and dinner, was the norm in the early 19th C. The 7th Duchess of Bedford is said to have complained of “having that sinking feeling” during the late afternoon, so demanded a pot tea and a light snack in the afternoon - which became a tradition...
Coffee and book (Pack of 8 cards)
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Text on the reverse side: When drinking coffee, caffeine stimulant travels to the brain leading to an enhanced firing of neurones resulting in improved energy levels, mood and brain functions. A6 size (148mm x 105mm) Luxury pearlescent eco-certified paper Produced in our London studio Trivia f...
Coffee O’clock (Pack of 8 cards)
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Text on the reverse side: It was by accident that a 9th century Ethiopian goat herder discovered coffee when he noticed how crazy the beans were making his goats. A6 size (148mm x 105mm) Luxury pearlescent eco-certified paper Produced in our London studio Trivia fact on the reverse GS1 barcode...