So, you’d like a new tea kettle. How about this? You can use it in the morning to make your English Breakfast. All you have to do is……
These gentlemen are on their way to afternoon tea. They are samurai. Their armor, swords and fearsome helmets are legendary. So, too, is the centrality of the tea…
Ooty, today, is an all weather destination; it’s beautiful botanical gardens besieged by millions of visitors who are wonderstruck by the sheer beauty of it. The wide expanse…
The historical figures associated with tea are mostly refined, respectable, peaceful and admirable: Jane Austen, Anton Chekhov and Leo Tolstoy among writers, for instance. How about their opposites:…
Bertie Wooster went out of his way to grow one (much to the displeasure of Jeeves, his wise butler), Salvador Dali’s pointy concoction became as iconic as Mona…
Losing your keys is a major disruption. The car, house, office and of course your tea container. You do lock up your tea bags, surely? And you carry…
To understand the social history and cultures of tea in Britain, you just need these two pictures: the cucumber sandwich and the bacon sarnie. The cucumber nibble is…
Purists beware: tea has not always been about single origin leaves. Outside, the main square of Krakow bustled with tourists although the heat of the day had become…