A tea chest is a type of wooden case originally produced and used to ship tea to the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. The conventional tea chest is a case with riveted metal edges, of approximate size 500 by 500 by 750 millimetres (20 by 20 by 30 in).
Modern tea chests (2023) are made of plywood with metal corners and lined with aluminium foil and parchment paper to provide aroma-proof packaging. They are generally shipped in shipping containers, so modern tea chests are commonly dimensioned to fit in standard shipping containers.[1]
The term is now used widely to indicate similarly sized cases, including corrugated boxes, produced for various home and commercial uses.
Wooden tea caddies are also occasionally referred to as "tea chests".
A tea chest holds 42 to 58 kilograms of tea;[2] the size depends on the origin and client. Sizes vary from 400×400×620 to 500×500×750 mm.
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i'm bruce richardson, tea master for the boston tea party ships and museum. by now many of you already know that over 300 chests of tea were thrown overboard in boston harbor in 1773 but what exactly is a chest of tea well for centuries tea has been brought from the east to the west contained in wooden boxes lined with tin or lead the very first advertisement for tea appeared in london newspaper in 1658 "that excellent and by all positions approved china drink called by the chineans, tcha by other nations tee alias tea, is sold at the sultanefs-head a coffeehouse in swedish rents by the royal exchange, london." this causes us to remember that shakespeare who died in 1616 never had an opportunity to taste tea. can you imagine what a great writer he might have become if only he had the chance to set one of his plays in a real tea house well by the 19th and 20th centuries, londoners were once again transporting tea in wooden chests not the large wooden chest you kind of ships but in small replicas that were used to transport tea home from tea purveyors like fortnum and mason in london or from the twinings family. now the twinings shop still stands on the strand in london. you can visit today you would go in and fill up your recyclable tea chest take it home empty this tea into a tea caddy or into ceramic tea chest your pantry and dispense your tea directly from there to your tea pot one of the exciting experiences you will have the boston tea party ships and museum is the experience of seeing one of the only two remaining tea chests from the original boston tea party can you imagine? standing there next one of america's great iconic treasures well until we see you in boston go forth and make good tea
History
The traditional construction was of very thin wood held at the edges with metal edges, riveted to the sheets. Internally, tea chests were often lined with metal foil, and strengthened with inch-by-inch boards at the edges.
The foil was stated as lead in a Bushell's 1925 advertisement[3] but later changed to aluminium foil.
Tea chests were only used to carry tea once, so they were generally sold for non-food use. They would often be subsequently used for domestic goods storage and house contents moving as they were low cost, light weight, robust and clean.
During the 1950s throughout the UK, tea chests began to be used as basic basses in skiffle groups, such as the Quarrymen.[4]
Due to containerisation of shipping and the availability of dry vented containers, the use of tea chests for shipping tea declined in the late 20th century. By the second decade of the 21st century, although tea chests were still used in some cases, tea is most commonly transported in sacks, either polyethylene or multi layer paper, stacked on pallets and packed into clean dry vented shipping containers.[5][6]
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References
- ^ "German Insurance Association: Transportation information Service: Tea". Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ The Economist, (UK Magazine) (1994). Desk Companion. London: Penguin. p. 31. ISBN 0-241-00265-6.
- ^ "Bushells Blue Label Tea: Bushells Tea Factory". National Film and Sound Archive. 1925. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ "the Quarrymen's Official Website:Len Garry tea chest bass". Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ "Vollers Tea logistics: Warehousing and transport". Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ "BMT CargoHandbook.com Tea". Retrieved 8 February 2023.
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