Apr
29
2006 Sunbeam Zarafina TH1000
The Sunbeam Zarafina is a compact two cup tea maker which was internationally available from 2006.
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Models
Every teasmade model in date order.
Jan
01
1891 Charles Walker's Early Riser's Friend
The first known teasmade was invented by Charles Maynard Walker. It predates Rowbottom’s invention by a matter of months.
11 min read
Jan
01
1891 Samuel Rowbottom's Gas Teamaker
On 17 December 1891 Samuel Rowbottom applied for a patent for his Automatic Tea Making Apparatus. The patent is for
1 min read
Jan
01
1893 James Greenhalgh's Gas Tea Maker
On 17th August 1893 two men from Salford, Lancaster, patented a gas-powered teasmade. James Alfred Greenhalgh and his neighbour, John
1 min read
Jan
01
1898 James Perry's Combined Alarm, Clock, and Water Heating Apparatus
James Perry, a watchmaker of 54 Rugby Place, Brighton, applied for a patent for a ‘Combined Alarm, Clock, and Water
1 min read
Jan
01
1903 Time Water Heater and Alarm
On 21st Feb 1903 George William Richardson, engineer’s fitter, and Henry James Sams, commercial traveller, submitted their application GB190304109DA
1 min read
Jan
01
1904 Richardson's Clock that Makes the Tea
This tea making machine was invented by Albert Edward Richardson. Unlike Rowbottom’s earlier invention, Albert’s teasmade relied upon
3 min read
Jan
01
1910 Manners-Smith's Means for Boiling Water
On 3rd December 1910 John Alexander Manners-Smith submitted an application for a patent for ‘An Improved Means for Boiling Water
Jan
01
1911 Josiah Wilkins Tea Maker
On March 27 1911 Josiah Wilkins, an engineer from Blackburn, submitted a patent application for an automatic tea making appliance,
2 min read
Jan
01
1912 The Early Morning Waiter
An Australian, a man named in the Adelaide Advertiser as Mr W Maggin (sic) of Kurralta Park, Adelaide, South Australia,
2 min read