It’s been a bit quiet around here lately - mainly because I’ve been travelling a fair bit. First Australia, then 10 days in Wallis & Futuna (I went there to work, if you can believe that!). But now I’ve truly arrived back in Christchurch and am trying to get on top of things. Answering to […]
It is funny how encounters often happen at specific moments. An encounter last week reminded me of a plan I had a while ago but forgotten all about.
One day last week, someone contacted me to purchase some blooming teas. When he came round to pick up his assortment of blooming teas, he mentioned that his […]
I prepared this dish for a friend’s house warming recently and since they turned out very yummy, I thought they would make a perfect addition to our Cooking with Tea series. It is a very flavourful twist on the old time party favourite, deviled eggs.
Visually, these marbled tea eggs are stunning with brown veins running […]
As you might have already heard, Christchurch was rattled again by two large earthquakes this afternoon (the first one at magnitude 5.5, the second one at 6.0).
Lost a few (fortunately almost empty) tea containers again, but apart from that (and a small amount of liquefaction), we’re alright. I actually wanted to write about more exciting […]
My post on recent pu-erh arrivals has inspired quite a few of my customers to email me about these and pu-erh in general. Especially one person who appreciates a good cup of tea asked me for a recommendation for an introduction to pu-erh.
While I was thinking about which tea to recommend to him, it dawned […]