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Oolong Tea – Between a Black and a Green Tea
Jun 08 , 2022
Just like all the other teas [apart from White Tea], it starts with a small ‘just-plucked’ green tea leaf, usually about 5 cm long. The pickers del...
White Whiskers, White Tea
Jun 08 , 2022
It doesn’t get much more simple that processing white tea. White tea is named after the tiny white or silver hairs that cover the new bud on a tea ...
Flowering Teas: Beauty & Taste Combined
Jun 08 , 2022
We use the word ‘artisan’ to describe someone who learns their trade over a lifetime and handcrafts beautiful items to be admired or treasured. Und...
Darjeeling Tea - How it all started
Jun 08 , 2022
The British needed tea from an alternative source to China. They achieved this, to Darjeeling's benefit, thanks to 2 officers of The East India Com...
Citrus fruit, The East India Company & the Sicilian Mafia
Jun 08 , 2022
The need for citrus fruit on the ocean voyages of The East India Company fleet and its competitors generated a surge in demand for citrus fruit, wh...
A Gift to a King
Jun 08 , 2022
Business for The East India Company was growing fast by the middle of the 17th century and a key factor was the continual renewal of the Royal Char...
10 Great Facts About Chocolate
Jun 07 , 2022
1. Chocolate was first drunk by the Aztecs, Montezuma was a 50-cup a day fan. 2. 1000 cacao beans are needed to make a 1 kg of chocolate. 3. Never ...
A Cordial Affair
Jun 07 , 2022
A cordial was once rather different to how we know it today. It was a medicine with an alcoholic base, made in Italian apothecaries in the 15th and...
