National Week
REAL BREAD MAKER WEEK…
Real Bread Maker Week – 11th – 17th May 2013 Real Bread Maker Week was launched by the Real Bread Campaign in 2009, Real Bread Maker Week is BritainÂ’s biggest annual, national celebration of Real […]
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Tea History
BRIEF HISTORY ON TEA DURING 1101-1125
  During 1101-1125 the Chinese Emperor Hui Tsung became very obsessed with tea and wrote about the best tea-whisking methods. He then started holding tea-tasting tournaments in the court. In fact apparently he was […]
Tea History
MORE ON THE HISTORY OF TEA…
During the years of 648-749 the Japanese monk Gyoki planted the first tea bushes in 49 Buddhist temple gardens. Tea in Japan during that time was rare and expensive, enjoyed mostly by high priests and […]
Tea History
THE HISTORY OF TEA IN 960 – 1280
During this time Chinese tea drinking was on the rise, as were elegant teahouses and teacups carefully crafted from porcelain and pottery. Also at this time drinking powdered and frothed tea or tea scented with […]
National Month
JUNE IS ‘WORLD TEA MONTH’ in LAS VEGAS…
According to Mayor Carolyn G-Goodman, June is ‘World Tea Month’ in Las Vegas. During June 1st – 3rd the largest global event for the tea industry is held in Las Vegas, ‘The World Tea Expo’, […]
Tea History
HISTORY OF TEA MOVING ON FROM CHINA…
They think that around the 2nd or 3rd Century AD, the Mongolians and Tibetans learned to drink tea from the Chinese. Compressed cakes of dried tea from China were transported by camel and the drink […]