Tea O'Mania

Tools Of Tea

Every trade has its tools. The mechanic has his spanners, the doctor his condescending nature towards what’s painful and what isn’t, and the hair-dresser has the cut-throat razor (which isn’t actually as dangerous as everyone says, providing the hair-dresser doesn’t sneeze–). Now, I know that strictly speaking tea-making isn’t generally a trade, but I’m loathed to call it a ‘hobby’ or a ‘pleasant thing to do’. Tea-making is so much greater than that. And the tea-makers tools are the mug More

My Mug.

Don’t you just love a good, strong cuppa? I do. But a decent brew isn’t just to do with the actual tea bag…

We all have our favourite cups, don’t we? And some drinks just taste wrong if you prepare them in an alien vessel (I am talking about an out of the ordinary mug, not an intergalactic spaceship full of blood-sucking, tentacle-faced Martians you understand). When it comes to using the right cup, I think tea is the More

4 Factors for the perfect cup of tea

I just had the best cup of tea I’ve had all year and I had to share the joy! At first I wasn’t sure why I enjoyed it quite so much but actually I think it was down to the absolute perfect combination of essential factors. I’ve tried to break it down so here goes!

1) Mood of the tea drinker.

I was feeling pretty chilled out happy having had quite a productive day, but I was chilled out veering More

My Cup Runneth Over.

I totally adore tea!

If I’d had a daughter, then her name would have been Rosie Lee. And if the beverage had harmful effects attached to it then I would be long dead by now. I don’t know exactly how many cups of the browny-orange nectar I indulge in each day, but it certainly runs into double figures. As far as I am concerned, tea is the way forward. People have tried to get me into coffee on several More