You may not know this, but a group of the world’s best tea bloggers have a secret form of communication. It’s quite like the secret Masonic handshake, except it involves Facebook messenger. Via this method, the […]

It seems these days, you can’t go anywhere without smart people pairing tea and food.
Well, when I say “anywhere” and “smart people”, I am specifically excluding the somewheres where dumb people think serving a […]

One thing tea has in common with all other agricultural products is that each season produces a crop that is subtly different from all others.

In most agricultural settings, variance is to be avoided. […]

The storm before the storm:
The internet has been losing it’s mind.

Well, my version of it, anyway. Over the last 20 hours my feeds in Twitter and Facebook, as well as my inbox, have been full of messages […]

As a blogger, I get contacted a lot by tea vendors.

“Please review our tea” they say. “We’ll send you some, and you can write lovely things about it”.

This is often a very bad idea. If you’re a tea vendor, […]

Every so often, I find in response to a picture that I or someone else posts there is criticism of the drinker or the server in relation to the drinking vessel.

Opinions as to what type of cups one should, or […]

Last week, Lady Devotea and I found ourselves at an afternoon tea. Not a big surprise, it’s somewhat of an occupational hazard for us.
We were surrounded by members of The Bonnet Squad.
Now, it is traditional […]

When you have been involved in tea for any length of time, you’ll see the same old quotes come up time and time again. And they are usually from authors.

Have you ever wondered: Who ARE these people? In what […]

I have, at times, consented to share my wisdom with the world. This is one of those times.
Young Geoffrey, of Portland, USA, writes:

Dear Lord Devotea, why do people buy and consume terrible tea? In bags? […]

Regular readers will be familiar with my complete hatred of teab*gs, and usually, I mention that it’s the things they add: paper, plastic (usually described as ‘silken’ or silky to fool you into thinking it’s […]

Having a delightful afternoon tea with friends is of course, the ultimate way of enjoying a Sunday.

Of course, some people might say “But Lord Devotea, my idea of enjoying a Sunday is on a motorbike driving […]