In Japan tea is a religion, philosophy, elixir and an art form. You can distinguished a Japanese green tea from any other tea by the suffix cha. Cha is tea in Japanese and most Japanese teas end with cha; matcha, genmaicha, hoijicha, bancha and on…Only the most supreme of all Japanese green tea, Gyokuro […]

I was wrong about two things in my last blog. Tea culture is alive and well in Britain and I did not buy all the sugar tongs and caddy spoons at the Portobello Market yesterday - I cleaned the entire market out of tea accessories today.
The Daily Telegraph had an Afternoon Tea insert […]

Following the informative Tea in the City Guide London by Jane Pettigrew, I took her advice of where to have afternoon tea. Day after day, I filled myself with pot after pot of tea, finger sandwiches, scones, petite fours, and everything else that was placed in front of me.
Tea is an everyday, all […]