Tea O'Mania

If Needs Must

Verbally fighting a waitress – or at least trying to teach them how to make tea properly is not a good idea for several obvious reasons. Reason 1 is that a) she makes tea all day every day and therefore feels that she must be good at it and is very defensive and b) she makes tea so much that she honestly thinks that she must know more than anyone else who is not a waiter or waitress. Reason 2 More

Tea Club

They exist in every city, in the shadows, in the dark unlit corners of car parks where normal people would never dream of walking. They exist in groups who speak to nobody else and only to those who understand how great it is. How precious a thing it should remain. Every Saturday evening they meet, or every Friday, creeping down stairs to duel it out, to do battle with their bags: each person championing a different brand. The first rule More

Tea, Glorious Tea.

In 1773 colonists in Boston boarded 3 ships in the harbour and threw 342 chests of tea into the water to protest against unfair taxes. This was the so called Boston Tea Party which more of less sparked the American Revolution. The Americas are a country more or less defined by rejecting the British tea drinking way of life. To this day are more or less exclusive coffee drinkers… and why on earth would we want to emulate that vulgar More

There will always be tea

There’s nothing like a good cup of tea. It makes the world go round, it really does. There’s just something about cracking into a good cuppa, in almost any situation, that makes you feel immediately comfortable, and right at home. Unless it’s in one of those nasty takeaway cups you get from Starbucks and similar. Somehow that’s just not right.

A cup of tea really needs to be drunk from a solid mug. Even a china cup feels a little More

The Joys Of Sipping Tea

Tea is one beverage that is famous all over the world for its taste and aroma. The English love it and the Asians can kill for it. It is also one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world.

Tea is a refreshing drink and its aroma itself is enough to fill the senses with rejuvenation. You can enjoy a cup of tea on a cold winter night or snuggle up in bed with a warm cup of tea More

Tea in the heat!

My goodness I love tea! I love it so much that I’m prepared to swelter in the heat while sipping on a piping hot cuppa. I’ve heard people say on several occasions that drinking a hot drink cools you down by lowering your body temperature. I’m not sure if this is true or not but I’m still drinking tea throughout the heat wave! I’d drink it in the desert if necessary. This morning was a bit traumatic as I’d run More

The Tea List

People think that they know how to make a good cup of tea, that this skill is something they were born with, and that anyone currently occupying Putney flats and houses for rent surely knows how to make a decent cuppa when they invite you inside. They think that because they have been buying tea (usually PG Tips, which compares in no way to the TEA of tea’s, Yorkshire Tea – “the way it used to be” yet sadly More

Anytime is The Best time For Tea

The ancient Chinese knew it, the Japanese and Indians did too. The British have known about it for centuries, and now the rest of the world is catching on. Tea is the greatest drink known to man, and for good reason. Not only is tea surprisingly healthy considering it contains antioxidants (the new buzz word in the world of health), but unlike other drinks of the world, there is no negative side effects or health concerns for drinking mass quantities.

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The numerous types of tea

We all love a cup of tea. A hot, satisfying drink after a Full English breakfast, the ultimate caffeine fix in the afternoon, or great with scones and a Victoria Sponge during a tea party when you break out your luxury kitchen accessories. However do you know that there are so many types of tea available?

According to Tea Palace, there are four different varieties of tea:

· Black tea gets its flavour and colour due to oxidisation. More

Get healthy with a cup of tea

Whenever we think of tea the one thing that hits our mind is a hot beverage that rejuvenates us. It is a great stress releaver and reminds us to take a bit of time out for ourselves everyday, and not worry so much about the silly things at work or all the baby boys clothing that we need to wash and fold before sending the kids off to school. Not to mention the other stresses of modern day life like More