Recipes

‘Ti Kuan Yin’ oolong tea is probably the best known of China oolongs. It is an aromatic and elegant tea from central Fujian province. Legend has that a tea grower in the area would walk […]

One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating. ~Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright, Pavarotti

‘Phoenix Supreme’ Oolong tea is picked from bushes that grow on the Wudong peak of Phoenix Mountain in Guarngdong Province, China. It is made in small batches by and expert tea master and gathered twice […]

crumbsfeedyourfamily.blogspot.com – this is a family food blog, written by working mums Lucy McDonald and her sister Claire, was instantly popular with mummy colleagues. Lucy and Claire ‘work, have friends, love food and want children […]

With so much being written about how tea is good for so many things, now they are saying that coffee also is good for you. They say that, according to a Greek study, one cup […]

Tea with Mrs Simkins: Delicious Recipes for Making a Meal Out of Tea-time: Cakes, Pastries, Biscuits and Savouries… This book is a fantastic collection of recipes, hints and tips for every kind of tea you […]

It was sad to read in www.yorkshirepost.co.uk that after 92 years of service, a cake shop, called ‘Sterchi’s’ in Filey, North Yorkshire is about to close. It’s heyday, it said, was in the 1930’s when […]