Launched October 1970

Date confirmed via Goblin Leatherhead records. At this time the 815, 833 and 834 were still in production.

The rotary switch with 'Tea Now' was patented on the 8th June 1969 as was the fitted tray. The purpose of the neon light was to indicate that 'Tea Now' had been selected. It was soon realised that this was unnecessary and the feature was dropped on the b and c models.

This model, built in Leatherhead, retained but modernised the side lights and tray of the D25 series.

Doug sent me these photos of his 835. He writes:

"My favourite traditional Teasmade. Has three features dropped on later models. Sweep second hand, buzzer control & neon lamp.

"On my second visit to a Boot Fair I spotted a forlorn Goblin Teasmade with no tray or kettle. On asking the price I was told £2 - I said 'I don't suppose you have the  kettle?' the seller looked around saying 'Well, it was here earlier on, if you still want it give us a quid.' So I bought an 835 in dirty but good condition with stain -free teapot. On getting it home I cleaned it up, used my 855 kettle & tray and tested it - works perfectly - what a bargain. Pity about the kettle, just have to keep looking.

"It has a neon light which illuminates when the alarm sounds but is completely superfluous,  what with buzzers, side lights and boiling water. However I have long thought that a useful addition to any teawaker would be a tell-tale light to prove the kettle circuit had been switched in, so I intend to rewire it to do just that. A de-luxe model indeed."