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     How is it all going? Gravy? Swimmingly? We hope so. 

                  Here is a little insight into the QB logo. It may be of some interest to those who like wanky drivel about something that should not be that drivel worthy. 

   So here it is. The offishul logo.

     

There are a few things to explain, i reckon. First of all Quilliam is a Manx name. Our parents are Manx. It derives from MacWilliam. Olde Scots for 'son of William'. Manx means you are from the Isle of Man. The Isle of Man is in the middle of the Irish Sea. It's very nice. Sometimes. There are castles, and stunning coast, ice cream, lovely beaches, quaint villages/towns, too few surnames, cats with no tails, BASKING SHARKS and other incredible marine life, expensive petrol, online casino HQs, cheap tax (hence the online casino HQs), beautiful walks and countryside in general, kippers, boats, knobs, yessirs and this, the manx flag.

     It is a triskelion, 'The Three Legs of Mann'.  

So we began.

Here you can see we have dragged the three legs, kicking and screaming, into the beginnings of a logo of some sort. Actually make that kicking and kicking. And kicking. 

Here there's some additional awful stuff happening. 

The bottom bit is meant to be a tea plant (Camellia Sinensis) top two leaves and a bud. 

The perfect pick for fine tea.

It is also meant to look like a q and a b. But it's so horrible. 

Again, truly terrible stuff.

And now we decided to try and incorporate a rubiks cube. Purely because we like rubiks cubes. 

Thankfully we threw that idea out.

This was a pivotal moment. This is when the logo turned circular. 

Many cafe chains do it. For some reason the circle is the cafe logo shape. St*rb*cks, n*ro, c*sta, c*ntral bean, etc etc. 

Anyhoo, from then on, we tried to make a cube into a circle -

Not Just Tea! Also awful logos with naff slogans!

There are those bloody leaves again. 

This one is curvaceous, and i like it. More in keeping with the Celtic triskelions (triskelia????). 

More bollocks. 

Until at last we arrived at this.

It is a lot harder to draw than it looks. There is compromise throughout. The spaces in between the shin bones (below the knee) are smaller that the shin bone itself, so making it into a circle is hard. So hard that it is impossible. So what you see is a very uncleverly manipulated circle that isnt infact a circle. And the text took ages. And deciding what went in the middle middle as standard took ages. The middle middle circle is open to meddle with though. We pop all sorts of stuff in there. 

Now lets get deep and meaningful. Why were we so hell bent on ramming three legs into a cube into a circle? 

First of all if you say QB it sounds kinda cubey. But that may have been a happy coincidence. 

There is the Quilliam/Manx connection with the legs, as discussed. 

There are three brothers who are doing this. The legs, i suppose, might, kind of, a little bit represent us. The Manx motto, to which the three legs relate or vicaversa, is 'whithersoever you throw it, it will stand'. A motto of strength and unity. Perfect for a sibling run business. Perhaps. Perhaps it could mean that if one of us is unable to cope, the other 2 will always be there to support them. Perhaps. 

And a cube has six sides, for sure. There are 6 members of the immediate Quilliam family. Us three, a sister, a mum and a dad. We wouldn't be here without the other 3, supporting and inspiring us. So, although not directly involved in the teahouse, they are there, and the teahouse would not be without them. So, there are 3 sides to the cube visible, but 6 in total. 

We also tried to make the thing look a little nice and floral. Perhaps like a Camellia Sinensis flower?????!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!OMG!!!!!!!???!?!?!?

Well that was disgustingly up its own arse. But it's nice to share. Isn't it?

Isn't it?

 LOOK I'M SORRY RIGHT?

NIGHT NIGHT x

PS, this was all done in Darjeeling, whilst sampling some of the teas we now ship in for your enjoyment.