London and tea have a rich history together. Sipping on an afternoon tea has been the local tradition for centuries. We found, where you should buy the best tea in London. From traditional luxury parlours to contemporary tea boutiques and corners.
Tea Sommelier is an aesthetic meditation on tea, its history, tea culture and customs, some harnessing a ritual character, while others are purely practical. The book is well organised by […]
The Erawan Tea Room serves traditional Thai cuisine and Afternoon tea with a subtle contemporary twist. Its convenient location makes Erawan one of the most popular hangouts of the high heeled Thai society.
Alongside the increasing marketing power of the Far East, patience has been brewing on the tea neglected New York scene. The trendy Manhattan tea shops now offer enough quality and Instagram […]
Ippodo is one of the oldest and most known tea brands in Japan. Their expanding tea houses specialise in Japanese green tea grown around Kyoto. Various grades of matcha, gyokuro, sencha […]
La maison OGATA Paris is the epitome of wabi rusticity where perfect simple lines of beauty merge with the old spirit of the Marais artistic zeal. There is nothing of […]
For over three centuries it has served as a Post Office, grocery store, supplier for the British soldiers and for the expeditions to the Everest. Since 2008 this eponymous department […]
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.
The East India Company was once the biggest company in the world with a monopoly in foreign trade across all the British colonies (in the East from India to Singapore […]
Hong Kong is known for its eclectic mix of an East-meets-West tea scene. Rather then being a destination for buying tea, the city has been mostly associated with its British-influenced […]