Electronic Bench Timer - a bench top electronic timer with large digital display of elapsed time. Has two easy to set modes - count up (23 hours 59 minutes and 59 seconds) or count down, and has penetrating alarm in count down mode. Ideal for tea room use as the required liquoring time can be entered into the countdown memory and used repeatedly. Batteries supplied.
Order Code:
Electronic Bench Timer TIM-01
Electronic Tea scales - now weigh out your tea samples quickly and accurately with a portable electronic scale readable to one tenth of a gram. This speeds up tea sample weighing and is far more accurate than brass hand scales. The full subtractive tare facility allows a sample container to be used for weighing. Maximum capacity 200 grams. Scale may be user calibrated with check weight (optional). Battery supplied. Auto power off after five minutes idle to save battery life, or the optional AC adaptor can be used (order separately).
Order Codes:
Electronic tea scales LS-01 with Optional mains power adaptor (240 VAC to 9 VDC)
Miniature Electronic Tea Scale - a pocket sized precision scale only 140 x 80 x 20 mm that allows you to take it to where the tea is. Ideal for weighing out tasting samples, its range is up to 100 grams by one tenth of a gram. Tare facility over the whole range. Bright LCD display with large digits and function indicators. User calibration via supplied weight. With full instructions for use and batteries.
Order Code:
Miniature electronic tea scales LS-05
Heat sealer - portable bench mounted impulse heat sealers (240 VAC 50 Hz) for closing sample bags or for making up bags from layflat tubing. Suitable for polyethylene, paper/plastic or foil/plastic laminates. No warm up delay, heat timer control adjusts for material type and thickness. Three sizes are available, 200, 305 and 400 mm sealing width models, all with integral cutter. The cutter is used for making bags from layflat tubing - one reel will make 1,500 polythene bags of 100 mm length. All sealers are supplied complete with two spare elements and two Teflon tape element covers.
Tea Tasting Crockery - the International Standard ISO 3103-1980 defines the exact shapes and dimensions of the tea tasting crockery used throughout the world.
We offer particularly well made thin walled white porcelain crockery, which fully meets the ISO standards for dimensions, weights and volumes. This thin porcelain will never discolour or craze like the old thick walled earthenware does, and with its inbuilt strength will grace your tea-room for many years to come. Available in full sized sets for liquoring 285 ml samples, or half sized sets for liquoring 140 ml samples, each set comprising one mug with lid, and one bowl. Available with small teeth for CTC teas or large teeth for Orthodox leaf grades.
Order Codes:
Tasting Crockery Set, half size TX-01
Tasting Crockery Set, full size TX-02
Tea tasting crockery can also be manufactured to order featuring your company logo or with custom decoration free of charge (one colour) for a minimum order of 500 sets.
Kettles- water for the liquoring of tea should be brought swiftly to the boil and used immediately. The ideal equipment tea tasting use is a large volume electric kettle (240 VAC 50 Hz) made in food grade stainless steel. For safety, and to ensure that the water is not overboiled, we recommend a kettle that automatically turns off when boiling point is reached. Our three litre capacity kettle is sufficient to liquor 12 full sized tasting sets.
Order Code:
Stainless steel 3 litre Kettle KT-02
Spittons - a traditional design wheeled tasting room spittoon made in stainless steel with cone and removable bucket for easy emptying.
Order Code:
Stainless steel Spittoon ST-01
Crockery Trays - stainless steel trays (72 x 24 x 2 cm) specially made to hold five sets of full size tasting crockery.
Order Code:
Stainless steel tray TT-01
Felts - high quality felt mats used for keeping liquored teas in bowls warm. Our standard size is 72 x 15 cm to fit full size tasting bowls on tray Code TT-01, but we will cut felts to your own size if required (minimum order for non-standard felts is 10)
Order Code:
Felt mat FS-01
Tasting Spoons -traditional pattern (Fiddle) tasting spoon in heavy gauge silver plate made in Sheffield, England.
Order Code:
Silver plate Tasting Spoon SN-01
Meteorological Equipment Given the increasing influence of global warming it may be time to update and renovate your estate office weather station. We provide a full range of Met Office standard equipment - from the simplest manual reading instruments through to automatic weather stations downloading data by satellite link.
The most popular items we sell are Kew pattern Mason's hygrometers (wet and dry) for air humidity; rain gauges; maximum and minimum thermometers; Stevensons screens; wind speed and direction indicators; barometers and altimeters; and evaporimeters.
Prices depend entirely on the quality and accuracy of measurement required. Contact us for a full list showing options and prices.
