The Tea Companion: Jane Pettigrew
A sip of history, a gist of tea production and a miniguide of teaware, give any beginner or a serious tea connoisseur a great foundation for his/her journey towards mastery of tea appreciation.
A sip of history, a gist of tea production and a miniguide of teaware, give any beginner or a serious tea connoisseur a great foundation for his/her journey towards mastery of tea appreciation.
Of all teas, green tea is perhaps the most misunderstood.
My nickname for this oolong tea is “brain tea” because of the leafs appearance – they form a small shrunk bunches shaped like a human brain. As the Chinese often […]
You taste a flower garden on your palate with this scented oolong tea. The tiny, cute osmanthus flowers shine between the tea leafs add lovely colour to this tea. Shake […]
Like fashion, food and wine, tea is also submissive to by consumers driven trends. Although certain traditional popular tea styles such as the milky black Hong Kong tea, Chinese and […]
Mast Brothers, originally established in Brooklyn, need to brace the brand’s reputation after the PR-faulted scandal of their misinformed bean-to-bar “craftsmanship” broke recently in the US. Rick and Michael Mast might […]
Britain’s infatuation with chocolate is swirling into a delectable contagion now infecting millions of local and visiting passionate cocoa lovers. Finding the best London chocolate shops was a ‘sugarific’ detective work […]
It is a regular weekend in the Borough of Southwark, South of the Thames, and the attention of London turns to delectable cravings. As the liberated clock of the weekend […]
Embracing the outside world is the new Parisian attitude. At least in culinary terms. This means being influenced by global cuisines of the chef’s travels while using local, superb ingredients. Not […]
I have practiced ikebana for eight years now. Starting at my first apartment in the Mediterranean, well before traveling to Japan, I adopted my own, personal style. As a creative […]