Last Saturday, I had the opportunity to attend a tea pairing workshop at the Parchmen Academy of Coffee and Tea. I’ve never been to a workshop like this before (the one at Tea Chapter was my first tea workshop) so I was a little bit nervous. I mean, I’m sure it’s not like school but… Read More Theanine! Tea Pairing Workshop
We had our second Dayre Tea ParTEA yesterday! The tea parTEA (really loving the pun here so sorry for the overuse) started off as a way to meet online friends and enjoy tea at the same time. And of course, some of us were also hoping that by bringing our teas to the parTEA, we… Read More 2nd Dayre Tea ParTEA
I’m not quite sure how I found this book but it was a pleasant and surprisingly comprehensive quick read. Like the title says, Tea: A Global History is about the history of tea, with a few recipes at the end. Most tea histories that I’ve seen focus on the West, despite tea’s origins and long… Read More Tea: A Global History by Helen Saberi
I was originally going to do a review of the two sakura teas I had, but like I mentioned earlier, one of them went missing before I had the chance to try them. It’s a mysteary and a source of sadness (okay, I exaggerate. Somewhat) for me but at least I still have this left!… Read More Lupicia’s Sakura and Berry Tea
On Sunday, I went for the Tea Chapter Tea Appreciation workshop! They have a tea appreciation course, but that takes place over a few days and costs about $200, so we went for the one-day course, well it was an hour or two but you get time to drink the teas so it took us… Read More Tea Chapter’s Tea Workshop
Apart from the Teapig’s Snooze tea, I also picked up Harada’s Yabukita Blend teas at Cafe Asia. To be honest, a large part of why I bought the teas was because the people selling them were Japanese and it was fun to speak to them. That and at $5 a box, the teas were reasonably… Read More Harada’s Yabukita Blend Teas
Just a random post today. So I have a decent collection of tea. My dad would say I have too much tea but I know people with more so I’ll stick to ‘decent’. Most of it is on a counter in the kitchen while the rest is in one cupboard. That should make it easy… Read More A MysTEAry
I haven’t been posting this week because I started part-time work and have been drinking the same few teas (since I haven’t figured out how to brew loose leaf tea in the office). But, I did pick up a new tea at Cafe Asia 2018 last week and managed to try it! The Teapigs Booth:… Read More Teapigs’ Snooze Tea
When I was searching about places to go in Stratford upon Avon (apart from the Shakespeare-related places), I found Benson’s House of Tea! I was immediately interested because: 1. The name is “house of tea” 2. They have £5 breakfasts with bottomless tea (or coffee, if you prefer that) Since they’re located just opposite Shakespeare’s… Read More Benson’s House of Tea: English Breakfast + Stratford All Day Blend
For my third post in this series, I thought of tackling a fairly big topic: tea bags vs loose leaf, and getting all the info ended up taking longer than I expected. I tried to find out more about the humble tea bag, the difference the tea bags and loose leaf teas, and if it… Read More Tea 101: Tea Bags vs Loose Leaf
