Japanese tea house in the heart of Monaco
Treasured inside the Japanese garden, built as a homage to the late Princess Grace of Monaco, and baptised as "The Garden of Grace" after her, the Japanese tea house ...
Ippodo: once tea for Japanese emperors today caters from Kyoto to modern New York
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 ...
Jugetsudo: seaweed and tea transplanting Japanese health from Tokyo to Paris
Jugetsudo was founded by the Maruyama family, that has been originally sourcing best seaweed in Japan since late 19th century. Its location at the famous Tsukiji Chuo-ku fish market in Tokyo, did ...
Eye-catching Tea Ware by Hong Kong potters
The Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware in Hong Kong annually organises an open competition for talented local potters. Unique tea vessels are created ...
Higashiya Ginza: tea sanctuary in the midst of bustling shoppers' paradise
Higashiya Ginza is one of the top tea houses in Tokyo serving Japanese afternoon tea consisting of the in-house made sweets, Japanese pickles and small rice-based savoury snacks. For any visor sitting ...
Learning about tea at Mariage Frères in Paris
Learn more about tea with Mariage Frères at its nostalgia-evoking 17th century residence in the Saint Germain or Marais district of Paris. The first is located on the corner of the narrow Rue ...
Yauatcha: Osmathus Oolong
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 ...
Yauatcha: High Mountain Oolong
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 ...
Fortnum and Mason: heritage of catering to tea-refined British palates
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 ...
