The ship made only eight voyages to China in the tea trade, as steam ships replaced sail on the high seas. Measuring 85 metres in length, the ship's main mast soared 46 metres above the main deck.

The world’s last surviving tea clipper, the Cutty Sark, is set to reopen this week following an extensive restoration after a devastating fire gutted the ship in 2007.

Now, 25 years later, Clipper is the world’s largest buyer of Fairtrade tea, supporting over 114,000 producers and their families around the globe.

Clipper has become the latest tea brand to splash out on a major advertising campaign amid a wider move towards own label in the category. It has invested £800k into a new ‘Make it Better’ campaign, ...