Afternoon Cuppa at The Bramah Tea and Coffee Museum

The museum is the first of its kind in the world which just shows how much we adore tea in London. It's tucked away near to Borough Market. At first glance it does just look like an uninviting cafe. Don't worry, Glitterbitch will always persevere in search of a decent cuppa so in she went.

The real treasure is at the back of the cafe. It's very hidden away but that's just part of it's charm. The fact that it's only £3 to have a look around just adds to this. The museum is a little rough around the edges and not very well displayed, but there are so many gorgeous little treasures in here that doesn't seem to matter.

We learnt about espresso becoming all the rage in Soho in 1952 and read about Bramah coming to London to learn all about tea and coffee. You can still buy a copy of his Tea & Coffee in London book in the shop. It's actually pretty good and you'll find out lots of interesting tea facts.

The photo is of the world's biggest teapot. It was made to celebrate everyone who had an influence in the tea world. Just to put into context how big it is, you can make 800 cups with it. 800? Even Glitterbitch couldn't get through all that on her own. She'd need to buy a lot of biscuits too. Preferably Bourbon ones.

But the museum tells us about that too. Apparently biscuits were invented before tea, but we thing the two go best together. Especially when London started going crazy about afternoon tea. We're still a huge fan of this so it's great to get a little bit of an idea of the history behind it.

It's not a very big museum. And the display of cute miniature teapots doesn't take up much room. This means that you can look round for a little while and then go back to the cafe for some tea yourself. Annoyingly, Glitterbitch actually did spend so much time looking at coffee pots that all the cake had gone by the time we left.

Not to worry, we'll be back to the museum for a spot of tea before the week is out. Hopefully we'll spot Johnny Depp in here too as he's quite a fan. But now, we're off to get another cuppa.

The Bramah Tea and Coffee museum is at 40 Southwark Street. It's a short walk from London Bridge Station. They open at 8am to 6pm. If you want tea, we suggest you go before 4pm as they stop serving at 5pm. Their website is being reconstructed. We'll update you when it's back online.