In those days the price of a pound of tea ranged from 16 shillings to 50 shillings (before decimal currency, ￡ 1 was equivalent to 20 shillings), which was as much as a craftsman earned in a fortnight to a month.
當時一磅茶葉的售價從十六先令到五十先令（英鎊舊制廿先令為一鎊），足當一名精熟藝匠半個月到一個月的薪水。