How I love London in summer! The hesitant sun this year has kept temperatures… read more...
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Cup Cakes in Chelsea and High Fashion Teas in Highgate
Teas from Okayti and Thiashola
Posted by jane on Monday, August 3rd 2009 under: Brewing and serving tea, Darjeeling teas, Nilgri teas, Tea travel
Today is tasting day! I was recently sent some samples of teas made at Okayti Tea Estate in Darjeeling and at Thiashola Tea Estate in the Nilgiris and I’ve had fun brewing and tasting them.
When I visited Okayti a few years ago, I was impressed by the range of speciality teas that Antriksh Kumbat makes there - as well as the First Flush teas… read more...
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Babingtons - an English Tea Room in the heart of Rome
Just over two weeks ago, I wrote that I was enjoying the cool, calm interior of Babington’s tearoom in Rome. I first visited this peaceful, very English tearoom (here it is on the left) some 7 or 8 years ago and fell… read more...
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New Friends in Yunnan Province
Posted by jane on Friday, June 19th 2009 under: Chinese teas, Tea community, Tea travel, Uncategorized
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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