I got a box of Clipper teas around the end of last year and I’m actually finishing the box right now, so I thought it would be fun to just write quick reviews of each tea! I remember liking Clipper teas when I first started getting into teas, so I thought this would be a… Read More Quick Tea Reviews: A Fabulous Selection Infusions & Thés Bio by Clipper Teas
It’s always gratifying to see your country in a book, especially since Singapore is so small! But it also makes sense that in a book about how English as a language is changing, Singlish (Singapore English) appears as a case study (although, sadly, Abley missed the chance to talk about Phua Chu Kang, a local… Read More Book Review: The Prodigal Tongue by Mark Abley
I recently read this blog post about the readymade desserts that you can find in French supermarkets, and it not only inspired me to try the desserts in the post, but it also inspired me to write about my three favourite snacks that I’ve discovered since I moved to Nice! I don’t actually know if… Read More My 3 Favourite French Supermarket Snacks
I can’t remember where I first heard about this book and that’s a real pity because I really enjoyed this and would want to message/comment on that person’s post to tell them thank you! And also that the book scared me so much. Also, I started typing out this review and realised that I spoiled… Read More Book Review: The Whisper Man by Alex North [Spoilers]
Hi friends! I’m finally here with another instalment in the SustainabiliTEA series! This profile is different from the rest because for the first time, I’m focusing on a person rather than a farm. I reached out to Rajah Banerjee, who pioneered the organic movement in Darjeeling and since he has experience with two farms, I… Read More SustainabiliTEA: Rajah Banerjee
I’ve had this book on my Overdrive wishlist for a while, but I didn’t really think about reading it until I had to prepare a talk about tea and remembered that a few farms have talked to me about the dangers of monocultural crops, and suddenly, Never Out of Season seemed really relevant. Never Out… Read More Book Review: Never Out of Season by Rob Dunn
Remember how I did a small series of reviews on courses I took last year? Well, I forgot to include this one, because it’s not really a course but a collection of courses. The easiest way for me to describe Wondrium, formerly known as The Great Courses Plus, is that it’s like Coursera but without… Read More Wondrium Review
I can’t quite remember how I found this book, but it was in my overdrive wishlist and I was looking for a fantasy to read so I decided to pick it. What I found was a French-inspired fantasy full of friendship and learning how to put broken things back together. The Castle Behind Thorns starts… Read More Book Review: The Castle Behind Thorns by Merrie Haskell
Hello my tea friends! We are back with a new cultivar to look into – and it’s a very interesting one today. What is the Gokoh Cultivar? I say the Gokoh cultivar is interesting because all these teas that I’m drinking are sencha (steamed green tea, which is different from Chinese green teas which tend… Read More Tea 101: The Gokoh Cultivar
I’ve had Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead (can I call it DYPOTBOTD because that is a loooong title) on my TBR list for a while because it seemed to be fairly divisive. I’m pretty sure that I’ve heard both really good and bad things about this book and it made me… Read More Book Review: Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
