Fury as village bakery selling mince pies for £25

Pump Street Bakery is selling mince pies astatine £25 for 6. (Image: Getty)

A tiny bakery successful the picturesque colony of Orford, Suffolk, has sparked outrage by charging £25 for a container of six mince pies this Christmas.

Each pastry costs an eye-watering £4.16, acold pricier than offerings from higher-end retailers similar Marks & Spencer and Waitrose.

Pump Street Bakery, known for its artisanal approach, defended the hefty terms tag, claiming their pies are crafted with attraction utilizing premium ingredients.

The bakery’s recipe includes in-house-made mincemeat featuring caller apples from High House Farm successful Woodbridge, Vostizza currants, raisins, sultanas, citrus peel, spices, and brandy.

The pies are shaped utilizing pastel de nata moulds, giving them a unsocial twist.

Pump Street Bakery defended their prices. (Image: Pump Street Bakery)

This year’s terms marks a important summation from past December erstwhile the aforesaid mince pies were sold for £18 per box, representing a 38.8% rise.

For those opting for delivery, the full outgo climbs to £33, including an £8 overnight courier fee.

The bakery has assured customers that the pies, champion served lukewarm with treble pick oregon clotted cream, volition past up to 5 days astatine country somesthesia oregon “much longer” if frozen.

However, not everyone is convinced that the luxury comes with capable justification and, contempt their gourmet claims, Pump Street’s mince pies haven’t wowed each critics.

Time Out mag awarded them a humble 3 retired of 5 stars, describing the pastry arsenic “too short” and lamenting its “extreme crumbliness.”

Meanwhile, a user sheet assembled by Which? recovered that much affordable options, specified arsenic Waitrose’s No.1 Brown Butter Mince Pies with Cognac, provided superior worth and taste.

However, Tesco's Finest All Butter Pastry Mince Pies and Asda's Exceptional Luxury Mince Pies failed to impress.

Consumers person expressed outrage online, with galore questioning whether the luxury ingredients warrant the price.

One commenter said: “At £4.16 a pie, they’d amended beryllium sprinkled with golden dust!”

The bakery, founded successful 2010 by father-and-daughter squad Chris and Joanna Brennan, operates retired of a charming 15th-century gathering successful Orford’s Market Square.

Its babe pinkish storefront has go a section landmark, but the pricing of its seasonal treats has divided opinions.