Twinings Tea

This is the flagship store of Twinings Tea. This is the Original shop which was started in 1706 by Thomas Twining. You can buy all the varieties they offer,plus pots,Tea cozys,cups ,everything you need to brew the perfect cuppa.There’s even a small museum charting the history of tea & this company. I love the figures of the China men over the front entrance. They don’t make signs that this anymore! On Plaque Outside The Shop:: “Thomas Twining (1675-1741) founded the House of Twining by purchasing the original Toms Coffee House at the back of this site in 1706, where he introduced tea. In 1717 he opened the Golden Lyon here as a shop to sell tea and coffee.
In 1787 his grandson Richard Twining (1749-1824) built the handsome doorway incorporating his Grandfather’s Golden Lyon symbol and two Chinese figures. Twinings is believed to be the oldest company to have traded continuously on the same site with the same family since its foundation.”