In which way to spend the most luxurious
afternoon teatime without getting wallet slim? Having Clipper’s organic apple
and elderflower infusion tea, with a vintage Lomonosov teacup, playing around
with Russian dolls from St. Petersburg, the total cost of the afternoon time is
merely less than EUR 5.
Reminiscent of a summer day, Clipper
fabulously fruity infusion tea balances the fragrant taste of elderflower with
the sweet flavor of apple. The term ‘infusion’ refers to the process of
infusing plants or frits in hot water, that the process in not derived from the
traditional way. Clipper’s Infusion collection is all organic and caffeine
free, with delicious flavor to boost a healthy and modern style of tea culture.
Besides the tea, Clipper is the first brand
becoming fair trade tea company in UK, and put efforts to use unbleached tea
bags to keep drinkers’ health. The invention of tea bag was by an American tea
merchant Thomas Sullivan in 19th century. When bagged tea goes in to
mass markets around 1970’s, the choice of paper became the main materials to
make the bags. A large quantity amount of the modern tea bags are made with
blend of wood and vegetables fibers, in order to make them more appealing, some
makers bleach the bags with mixture of chemicals. Clipper’s unbleached tea bag
is tough brown paper, made from the wood pulp in UK (FSC certified) and
cellulosic long fibers, such as abaca from the Philippines. Not only the tea
bags, even the label and string attached to the bags are made in UK with
unbleached cotton and paper.
For my photo shooting, the Russian Dolls’
exotic and reddish tone is perfect to match with Clipper tea packaging design and
Lomonosov teacup. The dolls are made of five, each individual’s facial
expression and apparel is independent yet a harmonious collection, they are one
of my favourite Russian souvenirs from parents. The first Russian doll set was carved
in 1890, inspired from Honshu Doll from Japan, by Vasily Zvyozdochkin, designed
by Sergey Malyutin who was a folk crafts painter in Russia. When the Russian
Doll earned a bronze medal at Exposition Universelle in Paris, soon after the
nesting toy were made in various places across Russia and market to the world. Also
called Martyoshka Dolls, it’s ‘object-within-similar-object’ onion metaphor,
making one doll a Russian family or a model army. The outermost is usually the
most colourful and glamorous, while the innermost is usually a baby girl, with
the most innocent eyes, from a single piece of wood. I love the theme of
traditional outfits on fairy tale characters of the artworks, my first Russian
doll has light orange hair, blue eyes and pinky cheeks, her plump curve-shape wears
a golden kerchief, with a poppy and black robe decorated of white and purple
flowers and evergreen leaves. Alongside the Lomonosov teacup, they are the best
and the cutest companion to the most luxurious British teatime indeed.
Special Thanks: Family Yuan
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