Update: Dylan & Marlon of Chanteas kindly sent us a couple of tea samples today. I’ve just tried the Tie Guan Yin (lightly oxidized) that sparked off this blog post. It is delicious! Truly lovely. I’m on my second cup as I’m writing this. Pete is sitting next to me enjoying it as much as […]

This is a wonderful post, well written, amusing, kind & heart warming. It’s nice that I know all the names of the people you mention. All but one, have to check with you who you mean. Your early morning routine reminds me a lot of mine. Switching on the kettle is the very first thing […]

Thanks Dylan & Marlon for replying, it was nice hearing from you. Dylan: I prefer a goddess of compassion over a goddess of mercy too..As to his/her gender usually this bodhisattva is represented as a female. It’s interesting that the name means “observing the Sounds (or cries) of the World”. Either way lightly oxidized Oolong […]

I don’t use Foursquare but you do make it sound useful! Loved following you on your trip here, what a lot of interesting places you went to. As to the tea bag laziness – that may be true, yes – but I also think that very likely those proprietors don’t actually drink the tea they […]

Rachel, Time will fly and before you know it, your child will be off to school and you’ll have far more chances to have those 15 minute me-time moments 🙂 I drink tea both ways: fast on the go & sometimes slow..It just depends. I don’t miss out on my tea, even if there’s a […]