I had a bit of thinking about where this post needed to go.
Not on my tea blog, as even a master of tea placement like myself can’t pretend it’s about tea. In fact, tea will only turn up once within this story. […]

There’s bad tea – it’s always cheap.

Although if you buy it in certain circumstances – such as in a bus-shaped tin with “Souvenir of London” in it, then it’s not.

OK,  so bad tea isn’t always […]

The Fourth of July is special to many of my American friends. Sure, it maybe should have been the 2nd of July, sometimes it’s called Independence Day and the declaration of Independence was probably actually […]

I’m drinking Rose Blush as I write this. Of course I won’t be reviewing it as it’s one of The Devotea blends: that would be a little self-indulgent.
It’s rose and vanilla and black tea. In order to make sure it […]

Since arriving in the USA, it was pretty clear what the final post was going to be.

It would see me sitting on a plane over the Pacific Ocean, with a tea glass of 1910 beside me, musing over all that happened […]

On board an Amtrak train, knowing that the only way to get good tea is to boil the kettle we have concealed under the table using their free electricity and then using our travel teapot, I’m pondering two things […]

Lady Devotea and I recently spent a couple of days with @jackie and @peter from Tea Trade.

It was almost a 100% perfect experience.  It was good company and good tea, plenty of both. It was amazingly hospitable […]