Fine Tea Tips

We have a wonderful set of tea gifts this Christmas, that any tea lover would be overjoyed to receive!
Choose from our tea gift sets or our tea ware gift sets.  All of our gift sets come in our luxury embossed boxes.  These look absolutely fantastic.  You won't want to throw the box away they look [...]

We are always trying new tea whilst on our travels, and we are delighted bring to you a collection of fine Nepali Teas.  These Nepali teas have been selected by us from the Ilam Estate in Nepal, this is the most famous of the tea plantations and the first one to be established.

Himalayas - home [...]

Our first food festival, Ludlow Spring Festival, was a great success! The best thing about the festival, for us was being able to enjoy chatting to people and sharing our enthusiasm about the love for tea, and answer peoples questions about different types of tea. Most people needed a couple of cups of tea to [...]

All types of oolong, black, and pu’erh tea are usually brewed in a teapot.  The teapot seems to have its beginnings in the porcelain centre of China, Jingdezhen and was first seen around 1426-1432.  At this time, it became fashionable to dry tea leaves and then steep them in hot or boiling water.  A vessel [...]

Tea tasting classes: It's time to try something new.
The world of tea is a pretty large one. Every nation has their favourites and dare we say, every individual. Tea shop provides you with the chance to try something new and take up tea tasting classes.
For many of us, the thought of purchasing a load of [...]

Endurance running comes with it’s own unique challenges and stresses on our bodies.  We are continually looking for food and drinks that will help us to run further without fatigue, recover faster, and prepare our bodies for that big event.  One drink that might help you with all three is green tea.  There have been [...]

Big Red Robe
Tea, produced from the camellia sinensis plant, can be divided into 6 different types depending upon the processing and degree of fermentation of the freshly picked leaf.  Oolong teas lie in the middle of the spectrum, being partly fermented.  They are somewhere between a green tea, and a fully fermented black tea. Oolong [...]

Health Benefits of Green Tea
When it was first discovered, tea was used medicinally before it came to be known as a social and refreshing drink. However, in modern day, there are still many claims that tea can be beneficial to our health. It is sometimes hard to separate out the fact from the urban legend [...]

Lu Yu - The Tea 'Saint'
 
In terms of the volume of liquid consumed by the world population, tea is second in popularity only to water. Tea is believed to have been discovered by Shen Nong, who tested herbs for their medicinal properties. The legend holds that Shen Nong was tired and thirsty after a long [...]

We're all aware of the finer things in life and how they impact greatly on our mood. Of course, tea and its properties do so more than most. Great quality tea is a pleasure in short, though sometimes it can take a little searching for the perfect cup.
We all have a preferred flavour of tea [...]