The best place to take tea is often in your own parlour, with friends.

Despite this, few modern homes have a parlour. And you have to ask why. Or not merely ask, but demand to know.

There are rooms for […]

As I write this, I am seated at my desk and Jango.com is providing “We Are The Champions” for my listening pleasure- and indeed, what a pleasure it is.

As Lady Devotea, both Devotea Juniors, and others who kn […]

Once again, I have to answer the questions that the mainstream media deliberately ignores.

This week, NASA (the USA’s National Aeronautical and Space Administration) confirmed its belief that there is flowing […]

I’m not one for band wagons. so when I started seeing posts and pictures about ‘tea pets’, I just ignored what is, on the face of it, a silly idea.

They are basically little ornamental creatures that lay about […]

Something has got up my nose.

Not exactly a new thing, really: Over the years, I’ve endlessly ranted about various things, and this is just the latest. Not the least, not the greatest, just one more way the w […]

The Chinese economy has been in the news of late. It’s been a bit unimpressive.

‘Unimpressive’ in recent Chinese terms, that is. Sectors like manufacturing are dropping from four or five times as busy as most […]

Yesterday, I wasn’t feeling so well.

Upon my arising, I boiled the kettle and reached for the Doke Silver Needle (see previous article on teas to drink when you are unwell).

After I added on teaspoon to my […]

There aren’t enough posts on this subject.

“But hang on…” I hear you say. “That’s nuts. You can barely move on the internet for articles about tea doing this or that for your health. There are experts lining […]