The Tea Palace, a popular shop in London’s West End, opened its doors in 1880. Nowadays over an estimated one million consumers pass through its doors every year. The shop, commonly known as ‘the palace’, imports products from all over the world. A major attraction for tourists, ‘the palace’ has continued to make tea in the same way since opening. Large ladles of dried tea leaves are placed in metal cauldrons over the fires of the open kitchen; customers are able to see this process and the tea, in traditional pots, is then brought to the table. Many customers take pictures of this process and like to pose for pictures in front of the shop’s world-famous front door.