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Caffeine-Free
Jun 08 , 2022
Caffeine-free - it’s a key reason why the western world drinks infusions. But what is caffeine and why should we be caffeine-free sometimes instead...
10 Amazing Tea facts
Jun 08 , 2022
1) The global tea market value is more than $250,000,000,000 [a quarter of a trillion dollars!] 2) Tea was first drunk in China more than 5000 year...
James Taylor, the Father of Ceylon Tea
Jun 08 , 2022
James Taylor was a 17-year Scott when he left London in 1851, landing in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, and sent to work on a coffee estate near Kandy. Cof...
St Helena and Napolean’s Coffee
Jun 08 , 2022
Far out in the South Atlantic, 1700 miles north-east of Cape Town, lies the tiny Island of St Helena. Discovered by the Portuguese, it was a perfec...
Still dunking after all these years
Jun 08 , 2022
There has always been a good reason to dunk a biscuit. The Romans dunked their bis-coctum [twice-baked] biscuits in wine to make them edible. Later...
The Story of the French Press or Cafetiere
Jun 08 , 2022
A little like the tea bag, what came to be known as the French Press was probably invented by accident. Legend has it that an unnamed Frenchmen was...
Tea Sold “by the Candle"
Jun 08 , 2022
The Romans and Chinese were making candles more than two millennia ago – candles have come a long way from being just sources of light made from an...
The Beauty of Tea
Jun 08 , 2022
Given that all tea comes from the same green leaf from the same small plant, it’s amazing how different tea can look in the cup. It’s a real colour...
