So spring is here and so is the first in our herbal tea range! Being tea lovers and we have sampled our own herbal blends for a while. This prompted us to experiment with a variety of herbal diffusions and finesse the ones we really like. While we love our black tea, our delicately infused herbal tea drinks are so lovely, we just had
Jasmine White London Herbal Chai tea blend, combining specially selected aromatic and healing herbal spices
to introduce them to our Jasmine White London family and fans. Not only are these an absolute delight to the palate, our herbal teas combine healing properties so one may indulge oneself and benefit from said indulgence. The beauty of our herbal tea range is that we have gone with the ones we have tried and tested and then have them blended especially for their healing properties and aroma.
If you are a tea connoisseur, you will enjoy our herbal teas starting with our Herbal Chai Tea blend. Made with a curated balance of cinnamon, ginger, cloves, cardamom and anise especially to our recipe, the Jasmine White London Herbal Chai Tea blend tastes delicious with milk or plant based milk as a Herbal Chai tea latte. Combined with black tea this makes a delicious herbal chai tea. You can sweeten this with honey or any sweetener you like.
As with all our range these make beautiful and exquisite gifts.Jasmine White London Herbal Chai tea blend, combining specially selected aromatic and healing herbal spices; brewed with black teaJasmine White London Herbal Chai Tea Blend combining specially selected aromatic and healing herbal spices Available nowJasmine White London Herbal Chai tea latte blend, combining specially selected aromatic and healing herbal spices. Herbal Chai Tea Latte can be made using dairy or plant based milk.Our recipe suggestion for a perfect cup of Herbal chai tea latte:
Take 125 ml of water, add in 125 ml of milk (or plant based alternative), add 1 teaspoon of Jasmine White London Herbal Chai Tea, and set all ingredients together to heat in a saucepan. Once the mixture has boiled, strain it using a tea strainer into a tea cup or your favourite Jasmine White London mug. Add sweetener/sugar/honey as desired. Enjoy the beautiful aroma as you sip this delicate tea. (This recipe is for one cup of tea; for more, adjust the quantities accordingly)
Since we launched our jewellery range last spring, we are thrilled to see how much it is loved. So much so that our products get picked up at every stage-whether at a photoshoot, a pre launch or through word of mouth from friends of Jasmine White London who have tried, tested and love our products.
Jasmine White London 18 carat gold vermeil leaf ringJasmine White London gold vermeil Double Band ring with crystalsJasmine White London Golden Rutile Ears studsJasmine White London Gold Vermeil Pineapple earringJasmine White London Peridot Ear StudsJasmine White London Aqua Chalcedony Round Drop earringJasmine White London Turqouise ring in Gold vermeilJasmine White London Sterling silver heart shaped ear studs.Jasmine White London Blue Chalcedony Round Drop earring
To us this is a testimony to not just the design, but also the craftsmanship, which is artisanal but with a professional finish of the highest standard in keeping with the ethos of our business. Our jewellery range is made by people who specialise in working with silver and gold jewellery, hence the beautiful product. What gives us great satisfaction is knowing that when you buy one of our pieces, it helps us provide the jewellery team with work which helps keep the art of jewellery making alive.
All our jewellery comes in branded smart packaging, making it ideal for gift giving whether at Christmas or on those special occasions when it matters.
Where requested we can make matching pendants so you have a set.
Please do contact us should you have any special requests as our artisans are happy to make a size/variation specific to your requirements (subject to bespoke charges depending on the work). Just give us enough notice as this involves time and skill!
A hearty thank you to those of you who have supported us with this range. We look forward to your continued support as we go forward with our venture into the new season!
We visited the holy town of Rishikesh in the Himalayan foothills which is spiritually tranquil and also full of visiting tourists. It has popular adventure camps and is also one of the well known destinations for Yoga in India. Being a Hatha Yoga student, this was of particular interest. The relative coolness of the weather in the Himalayas was a welcome break from the 40deg C heat earlier. Rishikesh being a spiritual destination, the prayers in the evenings on the Ghats of the river are a must see, and very inspiring.
Jewellery & decoration is an integral part of a person’s life. Across the world, jewellery is bought both as a decorative product to accentuate beauty and also as an investment. At Jasmine White London we have been selling our beautiful jewellery to our customers with success & our jewellery attracts bespoke commissions too.
Gold Vermeil Concentric Ear Studs by Jasmine White London
We have decided to launch these online this spring in keeping with our ethos of combining beauty of design with practicality of use in an ethical fashion. All our jewellery is handmade using techniques handed down through generations by skilled artisans-where possible in contemporary and wearable design. Our silver jewellery is made using .925 silver & our gold vermeil is 18 carat gold unless otherwise stated. Jasmine White jewellery is an investment for the future and as an everyday luxury. Join the growing Jasmine White London family today!
Gold vermeil ring with Turquoise by Jasmine White
We have been posting about memories the Royal Tour has been bringing back and a post on the Queen’s 90th birthday is along similar lines. It reminds us of a time when we lived in Ooty, in the Nilgiris, or Blue Mountains, in South India.
The Mountains in Ooty are not quite as high as the Himalayas, but are very pleasant and are also known for their beauty, the lake and tea estates, amongst other things.
Picking strawberries, Plums from the plum trees in the back, peaches in a friend’s garden, picnicking on the picturesque spots such as Doddabetta and Lamb’s Rock, visiting nearby elephant sanctuary in Kodaikanal, travelling up using the narrow gauge Nilgiri ‘Blue Hills’ train, and enjoying beautiful flowers including hydrangeas and morning glory in the garden is a fond memory.
Picturesque Emerald Lake
As children we were intrigued with the Queen’s head being featured on British stamps, (as most other stamps we came across were pretty varied)-the only difference appeared to be the colours of the stamps. These consistently appeared from time to time as and when new stamps were issued. Quite similar to those stamps, the quiet dignity with which Her Majesty carries on with her duties year after year (several of them in any given day), almost seems to tie in with consistent regularity of the appearance of those stamps.
Having seen the Royal family constantly equated to ‘any other family’ and knowing that a lot more is expected of them despite this ‘equation’, we would like to mark the Queen’s 90th birthday with sincere congratulations.
As quoted by someone quite rightly on being the longest reigning Monarch, the Queen has had ‘a singular reign, and a singularly successful reign at that’. And we think it is fitting that we use the image that made the stamps from our childhood in the Nilgiri Hills so intriguing and unwaveringly constant. Happy birthday, Your Majesty! (All images of the queen Courtesy Twitter; images of Ooty, Courtesy Wikipedia)
As the Royals visit the mountain Kingdom of Bhutan, it reminds us of an idyllic childhood spent for a while in the mountains in India, just on the other side in equally beautiful Arunachal Pradesh. The mountains we looked onto towards the west were the kingdom of Bhutan. The beauty of the mountains, pristine streams flowing through the valleys, children and people wearing Baku (traditional dress) all reminds us of the beauty of untouched nature we grew up with there which continues to inspire us.
Bhutan is well known for being a very friendly neighbour to India and we are pleased that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are visiting the country. It is naturally protected by the Himalayan moutons which form its boundary.
We recall the pretty traditional clothes and patterns that the locals wear which brightens the atmosphere up, despite the weather being increasingly cold with altitude. We also love the beautiful weaves that that the traditional shawls are made of. These are very special and as with all artisanal products, are handwoven and labour intensive.
We drank yaks milk, as there are no cows here and there is not a rickshaw to be seen. Single file traffic crawling up the mountains due to the incline is often in convoys and quite restricted. Hence our fascination for rickshaws, trucks and autos (tuk tuks) as we had never seen them in the mountains before. It used to take us all day to start from the plains all the way up to the high mountains where we lived in a beautiful valley high up in the mountains. This part of India is called Arunachal Pradesh, and this means ‘Land of the Rising Sun’. (All photos are courtesy of Arunachal Tourism and The Duke and Duchess’ photos are from Tatler.) The untouched beauty of the mountains was brought home by the Royal Tour, and we are pleased the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have experienced this part of the world as well.
Hopefully the Royal couple will go back inspired from the mountains as well. This is a nostalgic post, but tells you a little bit about some of our inspiration that derives from the Himalayan mountains.
Its lovely to see the Royal Tourof India going so well-it looks like it is with sheer delight that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have taken to the bright and beautiful country that is India if the images on BBC News/Daily Mail/Hello Magazine/NDTV/Tatler are anything to go by!
We love this picture of the Duchess in the hand block print dress in Tatler the best! (Photos of the Duchess Courtesy Tatler)
You can see more pictures of their tour on BBC News here
The first day of the Royals Tour in India didn’t just involve floral garlands and meeting celebrities from Bollywood, but also visiting the site of the Mumbai attacks in 2008 including the famous Taj Mahal Hotel.
What caught our eye most, and we can’t help it, is the beautiful array of dresses worn by the Duchess, including the lovely hand block printed dress which we think is very elegant. Its in keeping with our ethos of an ‘artisanal chic‘ lifestyle-which is true of Jasmine White London product ranges-both homeware and attire which promotes ethical production values and allows rural communities to survive. We recently launched new designs in Ikat and Hand Block prints, the Gaia, Freya and Laxmi range and are delighted to see some similar designs on the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton.
Our hand block print range is coming soon…so email us if you would like to reserve any items before they arrive on enquiries@jasminewhitelondon.com
As you all know, our design range called Indian Street is inspired by traffic on the streets in India. It carries motifs of tuk tuks and trucks and a variety of symbols found on the high street in India, including the famous sign ‘Horn Please’ imploring all traffic to blow their horns! Here’s a photo of a table cloth and double oven gloves in this range.
We were fascinated to find an interesting piece of news on the BBC news website which relates to just this issue of Indian Street traffic and a race between a Tuk Tuk and an Uber driver to see who would win, the uber equipped with a SatNav to guide it of course! Read here to find out who won http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-35976128
“Horn Please!” from Indian Street by Jasmine White LondonIndian Street Design cushion by Jasmine White London.
Its Holi, Festival of colours in India, so we thought we would blog a little about this. It is said that on Holi, people come together to celebrate by throwing colour, playing with family and friends, and of course spreading good cheer all around.
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This year, PrinceHarry celebrated it in Nepal too!
Holi, like many festivals around the world at this time of year, is a celebration of the onset of spring. This is where it runs parallels with Easter which also signifies the onset of Spring. Blossom on trees, hatching chicks and Easter bunnies all signify the abundance of life around us.
Easter eggsJasmine White London hand painted easter egg decorations
You can celebrate the arrival of Spring with our colourful collection of enamelware and matching textile designs, Bright Red Floral Splash and Duck Egg Iris. #Happy Holi! #Happy Easter! #Happy Celebrations!Bright Red Floral Splash CushionDuck Egg Iris Pom Pom Cushion
