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How to cold brew tea. Definitive guide and recipes
First of all, I have to have a quick rant. I have seen these iced tea bags and teas popping up all over. Boy, do I have good news. You can cold brew ANY tea!!!! Japanese, green, fruit, herbal, oolong, chai, black, earl grey…yep. Mango black tea cold-brewed...
A guide to breakfast teas
As our selection of breakfast teas grows we often get asked what the difference is between them all. So we have put together a definitive guide. As always, there is no right or wrong answer when it comes to your cup of tea, one is not inherently better....
Afternoon tea traditions and etiquette
For those that don't know, afternoon tea first rose to popularity in the 1840s thanks to Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford and friend of Queen Victoria. Due to the invention of gas lighting, dinner at this time was served fashionably late, often as...
My Love Affair with Tea
I was young when my love affair began, not even walking. I used to sit on my father’s lap and steal the dregs of his tea. At the time he drank a strong brew with 4 sugars that we used to affectionately call a “squaddie”. I am pretty sure in hindsight...