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Roses SuppliersBelow are some of our suppliers for you to see and appreciate the craft, skill and passion that they put into everything they make for your enjoyment. We are adding to this list all the time so keep checking back!Appleby's Free Range EggsGreen house farm, Greasby, Wirral, Tel 0151 677 1615Appleby's very special eggs from very special hens. All our hens are allowed to roam free on permanent pasture and scratch in deep straw litter. They are fed on a non GM diet with no artificial additives. Eggs are delivered the day after they were laid so freshness is guaranteed. We are a local family farm where we have produced eggs for 40 years and look after our customers almost as well as we look after our hens. Bowland Outdoor Reared Pork, Lamb and Beefwww.bowlandpork.co.ukSituated in the Forest Of Bowland, an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Bowland Outdoor Reared Pork, Beef & Lamb, is a small family run business who pride ourselves on providing excellent produce. Our livestock roam free on the rich, unspoilt pastures of the Forest Of Bowland ensuring Pork, Beef and Lamb of the highest quality. Our pigs are a Large White cross Landrace breed coming from our 40 strong herd of Landrace sows sired to a Large White boar. Once weaned at 8 weeks of age the piglets are reared extensively in outdoor straw bedded kennels, fed on a natural cereal based diet and organic cheese whey. Our Beef is mainly Aberdeen Angus cross cattle which share the grazing of our pastures with a small flock of hill sheep, producing "texel" lambs. These both are also reared extensively in a slower traditional way and eat mainly lush grass with a cereal and hay diet throughout the winter. All our animals are then taken to a small local abattoir, then all meat is cut and packed professionally here on our farm. This ensures everything we sell can be traced back to its origins so that the Pork, Beef and Lamb products reach you in prefect condition. Testament to this quality of meat production is the amount of awards we have won. These include Northwest Fine Food's 'Producer of the Year', 'Best Pork' and 'Best Overall Sausage' Awards in 2004 and 'Best Pork Category' for our Stuffed Pork Fillet in 2003. Café direct / cocoa directwww.cafedirect.co.ukBecause we're 100% dedicated to investing in our growers' businesses, they're 100% committed to providing us with coffees, teas and hot chocolate that are simply delicious. Working in partnership with small-scale growers around the world gives us the pick of every crop and our growers a fair price for their harvest. So, we can produce coffee, tea and hot chocolate of the very highest quality. Our involvement doesn't stop there. Between 2003-6 we also invested on average 60% of our profits locally to help build a better future for growers' families and communities. Cocoa direct drinking chocolate.We felt there was something missing in our lives so, in 2002, we added a creamy, luxurious hot chocolate to our range. The recipe took a fair bit of crafting, but we found a high cocoa content mixed with some good cane sugar (all sourced from our grower partners in Latin America and the Caribbean) did the trick. Clippys' appleswww.clippys.comWelcome to Clippy's Apple preserves, the home of lip-smacking apple based jams, jellies & chutneys. Clippy's are dedicated to British apples & soft fruits. We believe in using only the finest locally sourced ingredients. Each batch of Clippy's preservements are lovingly handmade in small batches to retain their true flavour, with no added nasties Classic preserves.www.classicpreserves.co.ukProducers of outstanding handmade sweet and savoury products in "The Garden Of England". Bursting with flavour from the whole Kent fruit we use and by adding the minimum cane sugar. Our products contain NO artificial colours, additives or preservatives. Suitable for vegetarians, vegans & gluten free. Cheshire farm ice creamwww.cheshirefarmicecream.co.ukIn 1986 Tom and Margaret Fell decided to add value to the milk produced by their 300 cows. As lovers of ice cream and with the limited supply of Luxury Ice Cream available at that time the decision was made to make a high quality affordable ice cream using fresh whole milk and fresh cream. In July 1986 the ice cream parlour opened to the public which was an instant success. Now visitor numbers exceed 250,000 a year. The Cheese Shop - one of Chester's finest gemsJust inside one of Chester's main city gates you will find The Cheese Shop, run by Carole Faulkner. With its cheery blue and white striped blind, it has become a much loved feature of the city for both residents and tourists alike, who Carole has been supplying with some of the finest cheese in the world for nearly 20 years now.The shop has a cellar underneath which gives Carole the advantage of being able to mature cheese on site. It is wonderful to browse in; every cheese is carefully flagged with a good description of its flavour as well as details of its maker, and tasters are cheerfully given to curious customers. While it is crammed full with over 100 British cheeses, Carole gives pride of place to those from the North of England. "Up here, they like white cheese best" says Carole, "and they're very particular about their Cheshires and Lancashires". She stocks a buttery 15 month old Appleby's and two pasteurised versions - a crumbly Bournes and a creamy Windsors. All of Butler's hard rinded cheeses including Carole's favourite - the wonderfully tangy Trotter Hill Tasty Lancashire - are a permanent feature. She is also a big fan of Butler's Ravens Oak briestyle cheeses, in particular Burland Green and Swanley - all of which are made just down the road in Nantwich. Cotswold teaswww.cotswoldtea.comCotswold Tea returns tea back to the days before blends and brands . Our tea leaves no after taste and leaves your cup so clean you can put it away unwashed We are passionate about trade justice and sustainable development We provide for our customers a simply unbeatable selection of tea. Our Motto; 'Discover your tastes in tea' sums up what we do. Where we find great products, however packaged, we list them and add to our range. We have an extensive range of both tea and herbal products. Many customers buy across the range and keep a tea collection at home or at work to suit their mood. Our philosophy is based upon tolerance and dialogue. We respect and listen to the opinions of the tea growers with whom we work. Frankly they will forget more about tea than any tea merchant will ever know. To work with these guys in their remote misty tea gardens is a real privilege. Little else beats picking leaves at 5am to produce Whyte tea or warming your hands on the coal fire that powers the dryer. We understand their world and hope you love their products. Similarly we understand your world and the products that work here. Our teas reflect your lifestyle. Exchange coffeewww.caffeine-rush.co.ukThe secret of good coffee is its freshness. From a number of locations in East Lancashire and Yorkshire it offers "The finest cup of coffee in the world" in it's Coffee Houses and Cappuccino Bars, complimented by the sale of the freshest roasted beans straight from the roaster for the customer to take home. Exchange Coffee Company supplies some of the country's finest restaurants and hotels from it's self contained wholesale roasting warehouse. Green & Blacks organic hot chocolatewww.greenandblacks.comTo make our hot chocolate we blend our dark chocolate with raw cane sugar and cocoa powder pressed from the same cocoa beans as the chocolate to add extra intensity. When added to hot, fresh milk the result is a cocoa-rich chocolate drink with a creamy froth, a rounded flavour provided by the chocolate and a balanced sweetness. Innocent smoothieswww.innicentdrinks.co.ukWe sure aren't perfect, but we're trying to do the right thing. It all sounds a bit Miss World, but we want to leave things a little bit better than we find them. Our strategy for doing so is simple - firstly, only ever make 100% natural products that are 100% good for people. Secondly, procure our ingredients ethically. Thirdly, use ecologically sound packaging materials. Fourthly, reduce and offset our carbon emissions across our entire business system. Fifthly, lead by example at Fruit Towers by doing good things. And finally, give 10% of our profits each year to charities in the countries where our fruit comes from. If you're interested, you can find out a bit more about each below. Smoothies We use 100% pure and fresh fruit in all of our smoothies. Nothing else. No sugar. No water. No concentrates. Fresh baked bread or floppy white sliced? The choice is yours. And each innocent smoothie contains over three-quarters of a pound of fruit. Which is quite a lot - your recommended daily intake, in fact. Childrens' Smoothies We've been making healthy stuff for grown ups for a while now, and we thought it was about time that kids got something too. So we asked kids what they liked and they came up with these recipes, packed full of their favourite fruits and juices. What's more, we've made sure the parents amongst you will like them too, by leaving out the rubbish.
James White juiceswww.jameswhite.co.ukthe makers of probably the finest collection of freshly pressed apple juices anywhere in the world, as well as Big Tom spicy Tomato Juice and the Great Uncle Cornelius collection of traditional non-alcoholic drinks. Mawsons traditional drinkswww.mawsonstraditionaldrinks.co.ukWinners of 'producer of the year' at the Manchester food and drink awards! Morecambe bay potted shrimpsWe pride ourselves in not only offering a first class mail order service but also only using the finest produce available and also sourcing products locally. We offer a number of local suppliers' quality produce:Patchwork pateswww.patchwork-pate.co.ukImagination and care are the qualities that distinguish Patchwork's traditional foods. Small batches ensure attention to flavour and texture, each product being prepared and cooked on a scale reminiscent of the dinner parties at Faraway. The fresh ingredients are all prepared by hand and each dish is individually cooked to perfection. From the pâté, quiche and pie, all with generous, wholesome ingredients, through to a range of delicious chocolate terrines, Patchwork's home-style foods would grace any table. Once sampled, we feel sure our flavours will do the rest, the taste of tradition speaks for itself. Rococo drinking chocolatewww.rococochocolates.comRococo Chocolates are delighted to have been awarded a gold medal for the Organic Drinking Chocolate at the Academy of Chocolate 2006 awards. At Rococo, we want to share our knowledge and passion for fine and organic chocolate. We aim to give you a chocolate experience that is positively healthy, fun and guilt free. Go to their web site and read about their campaign for real chocolate under 'philosophy' Tracklementswww.tracklements.co.ukSince 1970, in the heart of the Wiltshire countryside, William Tullberg, his son Guy and his growing family of co-workers have been making outstanding products. They are driven by the twin aims of producing the best on the market, tasting as good as the best home-made, and of making it traditionally, in small batches, without artificial preservatives, colourings or thickeners Tregothnan English estate teawww.tregothnan.co.ukTregothnan has been home to the Boscawen family since 1335. The Estate, in Kent and Cornwall, is internationally known for its fine 'English Estate' products grown and produced with a sustained passion on Tregothnan land. Tea was first mentioned in British literature in 1615. The British took it to Africa and India, in fact wherever in the Empire it might be grown. Tregothnan has a history of botanical firsts and is home to original introductions of Magnolia and rarities from Darjeeling. These Magnolias now tower to 60ft and are among the worlds largest in cultivation. Tea comes from a special form of Camellia sinensis: Tregothnan was also first to grow Camellia ornamentally outdoors 200 years ago. The belief in doing things well has persevered at Tregothnan: the Estate has stayed within the same family since 1335. Seven years of trials have been undertaken to achieve these fine teas that really deserve the accolade 'English Tea'! Creating Tregothnan Tea The search for the perfect tea was intensified when it was proven that high quality tea does well on the Estate in Cornwall. From tea bush to tea cup: the first fresh leaves are plucked at dawn by hand. The 2 leaves and a bud are quickly taken to the withering racks where they are usually laid, supported by bamboo. They leaves are gently withered to allow softening. Rolling then takes place if we are processing black tea. This can be literally rolling the leaves between two surfaces, traditionally by hand. Oxidation is then allowed by spreading on a surface at a controlled temperature- this stage is also known as fermentation. As the natural liquid in the cells interact the colour changes from green to brown. The final stage is then to dry the leaves to 2% moisture. Green tea varies from the above in that oxidation is replaced by steaming, this retains the green leaf colour. All processes are entirely free of chemicals and have been sustainable for 4 millennia! 36 hours after plucking the fresh leaves the tea is ready for drinking. We hope you enjoy the results of our passionate work with tea. Tyrells crisps (served with sandwiches and light meals)www.tyrells.co.uk |
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