As I write, I am sitting in the cool and calm of Babington’s Tea Room in Rome.  Outside in the Piazza di Spagna, the temperature has soared to well over 30° C but inside I am quenching my thirst with a glass of refreshing iced peach tea.  I am here… read more...

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May has been a whirlwind month for me this year - two days after returning home from Las Vegas and San Diego, I flew out to Japan for a week of events in Tokyo and had a wonderful few days in some of the city’s best-known tea locations

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I am just back home after a week of travelling - five days at this year’s buzzy, exciting World Tea Expo in Las Vegas and 2 days in San Diego where I had a wonderful day at Tea Upon Chatsworth, one of the prettiest tearooms I have ever visited.Expo this year was smaller… read more...

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As I write, I am enjoying a morning cup of smooth, strong Guatemalan tea that I brought back from Los Andes tea estate where I was two weeks ago. The Hazard family, owners of the estate, had invited me to… read more...

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