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Our Eco Journey
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Eco Packaging
We are constantly on the lookout for environmentally friendly packaging. We use Biopak because they sell a clam-shell made from sugar-cane pulp (a waste by-product of the sugar-refining industry) and the cups have a bio-plastic lid and lining made from plants and not oil. The Deluxe and Family tea boxes are from Purple Planet Supplies with vegetable see-through tops and compostable cardboard. Our compostable napkins are from Bookers eco range and the wooden cutlery and the wood is from FSC approved manufacturers. Our aim is to leave each event with less than one bag of land-fill waste. Ideally, we want to be able to compost all used packaging and left over food apart from milk-products. We reuse the tiny jars for jam and refill them our own jams. These are cleaned at high temperatures prior to being refilled to ensure that there is no cross-contamination.
Ingredients
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We are committed to buying Surrey-made ingredients wherever possible. We love to get to know the owners and find out about where the food is produced. We make our own jams as much as possible and reuse the jars. We are still looking for a raw milk supplier to make our own clotted cream but in the meantime buy large tubs of clotted cream and then reuse the tubs for storage. We already make our own vegan cashew cream to go with our vegan cream tea. This has significantly reduced our carbon footprint. We have found a brilliant small business, Tealicious, for ordering our tea leaves. They source the tea leaves ethically by getting to know the farmers and they deliver the tea leaves in plastic-free packaging. Our coffee beans come from Bell's Beans a local coffee roaster. Finally, we are on the look out for for locally produced cheese and milk for our tea boxes. We get our milk from Milk and More in glass bottles but, so far, have not managed to find plastic-free cheese. Every now and then we find cucumbers that are not covered in plastic but unfortunately it is a rare find. If you have any suggestions, please do let us know.
Customers
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You may have noticed that we do not sell water in plastic bottles. We do, however, have access to water and will supply water while we have it if you have a refillable container. We always encourage our customers to bring their own containers and drinking cups to further reduce the need for single-use packaging. It's a long journey to waste-free living and, while many customers do not currently bring their own containers, we will keep making an effort to spread the word.
