The Duchess' 50 Tea Recipes - Ch. 23

[Mck26]

Them B*#*HS are BUSTED!!!

 

[LauSaVal25]

Lottery 😆
Gives hope but never win in this kind of thing (for me)
Well, the problem is solved kinda fast.. with extra profits too

 

[ShadowWalker]

Hehehe...the MC has allowed lady luck to take center stage...

 

[Ashbell]

@scripted So a bit of history. Aside from being the biggest TEA producers in the world at the time (which is probably why Chloe knows the story), Thomas Lipton was known for his various unconventional advertising stunts, such as parading two pigs around town to advertise his family's grocery store. In 1881, one of his most renowned stunts was purchasing a 11 foot in diameter, 3500 lb wheel of cheese from America and shipping it overseas back to the UK (I think I've read somewhere that he actually bought 2 of them at once).
Upon arriving at the shores in the UK, Lipton invited newspapers to come see him slice into the nearly 2 ton block of cheese on Christmas Eve. On the day of the celebration, the crowd was dumbfounded to see that gold coins had been inserted inside the newly dubbed "Jumbo", and the 3500 lb golden giant was sold out within 2 hours. Considering that customers could only buy 0.5-4.0 lb of cheese each, that's around a thousand customers in 2 hours. The event was such good advertising that Lipton made it a Christmas tradition and had each Lipton store carve a "Golden Cheese" the following Christmas.

Some side notes, the "gold coins" that Lipton inserted into his cheese were Sovereign and Half-Sovereign british pounds, which at today's value would be about $122 and $61 USD per coin, respectively, purely from inflation (an actual 1881 gold Sovereign would sell for $660 USD at face value).

Also, Thomas Lipton was known somewhat as a cheese fanatic, and while his annual 2 ton "Golden Jumbo" cheese events are probably the most well-known, Lipton did once purchase a 14 month old Canadian cheese weighing 12 TONS that was being put on display throughout North America (which inevitable went bad before he could do something crazy with it).

https://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/41/Thomas-J-Lipton-Company.html
Books: "The Lipton Story: A Centennial Biography" and "A Full Cup: Sir Thomas Lipton's Extraordinary Life and His Quest for the America's Cup"

 

[scripted]

@Ashbell I am enlightened
Thank you for sharing his history and damn boy he did amazing what an entrepreneur would do.

 

[roxanneayy]

Dang, thanks for the history lesson, @Ashbell ! That's some next-level entrepreneurship. Things to know about tea... This gives me a different view of Chloe. She is really a tea-enthusiast.

 

[LaDeeDah]

Glad she has a secret stash. If things go south at least she won't be broke lol

 

[Galaxymilkduds]

Ahhh is so happy way to go chloe

 

[densie]

You go girl!!
Independent woman

 

[RalekTheOne]

"10% net profit"
bitch what

 

[RalekTheOne]

seriously? putting money inside food? out of all the ideas she just had to pick the silliest

 

[RalekTheOne]

its hard to read now, I was just reading because I like tea but they just abandon that and now they're doing silly feudal house drama and taking advantage of "modern business strategies" which in reality are extremely situational but somehow here it works on a super-global scale.

 

[Huapollon]

*hak hak* I accidentally got a gold coin down my throat, how do the shop plan to reimburse me for the medical cost?!

 

[Suckerforshipping]

👌👏

 

[beatrix_]

Seeing the phrase "Budget Management Rights" surrounded by a profusion of flowers and sparkles... yes. Yes.

:')

 

[frenchfry]

Still low key salty that Jacklyn never got that apology

 

[Wizard_Howl]

😫😫But arent gold coins dirty 😫 haaaa my thoughts as a germaphobe 😫

Yessss girlie get those rights 🤩

 

[KhalE]

Are we supposed to forget who sabotaged the letter?

 

[Streaz]

YES!!! GOOOO CHLOE! CONGRATZ!
Im so happy for her, wow, she's truly leaving everyone in shock while gaining the respect, trust and admiration she deserves, finally!

 

[jdexo1]

so we're not gonna talk about the nigga who literally committed high treason? alright then