I’ve enjoyed a week of tasting some really amazing teas!  Various friends have given me samples of unusual and rather special leaves to try and I

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The fashion for enjoying cakes with comforting cups of tea to raise funds for charity is spreading fast.  After the success of the London Cake Committee (see my earlier blog, 9th September 2009), new ‘Slices’ of

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While I was in Cape Town last month, I was lucky enough to spend some time with my new tea friend Hajira Khalfe who owns the city’s first speciality tea room, Tea Emporium.  With a background in health and nutrition, Hajira has cleverly taken the theme… read more...

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After our few days in Clanwilliam learning about the cultivation of rooibos, Arend Redelinghuys of Rooibos Ltd drove Pearl Dexter and myself right across the southern tip of the country to the Cape Mountains that stretch across the border between the Western Cape and the Eastern Cape province. 

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