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It is best to transfer both loose tea and teabags from a cardboard or paper packet or tub into an air-tight container. Tins and caddies with tight fitting lids are good as they can keep […]

Did you know that Charles 11’s Portuguese queen, Catherine Braganza, had grown up with a taste for tea, so it became fashionable in Britain. This was made possible by the East India Company, which, in […]

Lunch time tea in Sri Lanka with ‘hoppers’ is a traditional institution. Hoppers is a type of pancake made with rice flour, coconut milk, sugar, salt and yeast and cooked in a special pan to […]

I bet you didn’t know that sipping a cup of green tea could actually stop you going senile. Scientists at Newcastle University have discovered that green tea can protect your brain. It’s rich in polyphenois, […]

With Valentines Day just around the corner I thought these unique personalised blue-and-white striped ceramics were a brilliant idea as a gift. Cornish-ware has been around since the 1920s, but now you can personalise the […]