Advantages: price, staff, atmosphere, quality. Disadvantages: none, its too lovely
I visited this Museum during a recent trip to London with my friend. We both share an obsession with all things tea related so this was definitely on our list of places to visit!
The museum is situated on Southwark Street which is on the south bank of the Thames. It is easy to reach by tube and only 2 minutes way from London Bridge train station. We were on one of those open top tour buses and got off at Southwark Bridge and walked down to it.
... ...tea room, we went in and discovered that the museum part is situated around the corner at the back. **MUSEUM**
The first part is dedicated to tea, it is very informative and you can find out about how tea is grown, the different types of tea and the journey of how it is exported around the world to name a few things. There is also an extremely impressive collection of fine china and teapots including the largest teapot in the world. The second part ...
darkness_daisy 16.07.2007 (28.06.2007)
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Advantages: Specialised. Great for history, Fine Porcelain collection Disadvantages: Not so interesting for those who dont like tea or coffee
Bramah Tea & Coffee Museum,one of London's specialist Museums, is located in Butlers Wharf,an appropriate spot,since that was where the wonderful old tea clippers used to be berthed in the hey day of the British Empire. Their precious cargoes being unloaded on to the various wharves that lined the River Thames.
To get there take the tube to Tower Hill tube station or alternatively go by bus or taxi,.
The Museum is open daily from 10.00 am to 6 ... ...a fascinating one and the Bramah gives you a wonderful insight into that intriguing history,which has been so important for Britain.
Strongly associated with tea are elegant,fragile,decorative, dainty,porecelain and bone china tea cups- the sort that you will see elderly ladies sipping Darjeeling tea from in up-market tea rooms and hotels such as the Ritz,Browns and Claridges.Well the Bramah has a marvellous collection of porcelain-so you do not ...
ashford 25.01.2001 (07.07.2001)
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