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Bewley’s Ireland’s Leading Tea Company
Every year more than 600 million cups of Bewley’s fabulous teas and coffees are
enjoyed worldwide, inspiring endless conversations and enriching countless of us
here at Bewley’s, welcome to their world…
In 1835 Samuel Bewley and his son Charles dared to break the East India
Company’s monopoly by importing 2,099 chests of tea on board the clipper ship
The Hellas, the first ship chartered directly from Canton in China to Dublin.
Remember, at this time, Ireland had yet to develop its thirst for tea.
Thankfully, the venture paid off handsomely and turned out to be more successful
than either man could possibly have imagined, changing the taste of a nation and
making Bewley’s a household name in Ireland.
From its origins in the tea trade the Bewley’s business, based in Sycamore Alley
near the Olympia Theatre in Dublin, expanded into coffee importation, roasting
and distribution and the operation of coffee shops, most notably the legendary
Grafton Street Café, which was opened by Ernest Bewley in 1927 and continues to
flourish to this day.
