Earl Grey might be the most famous flavoured tea in the world, and yet two things about it surprise almost everyone: nobody quite agrees on where it came from, and there is no such thing as the recipe. I am Valerie, a Tea Sommelier, and over the years I have ended up making a whole small family... View Post

"Image Caption || The Cederberg, Western Cape, the only region on earth where rooibos grows. Photo: dconvertini, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0"   If you have ever picked up a caddy of rooibos and wondered what it actually is, whether it has caffeine, or if it deserves its reputation as a he... View Post

  Darjeeling has been one of my great tea obsessions since I first began studying tea seriously. In 2018 I had what I can only describe as a trip of a lifetime: visiting seven gardens across the region — including Giddapahar, Glenburn, Margaret's Hope, Makaibari, Rungeet, Kanchaan View and Rohin... View Post