Heritance Tea Factory Hotel, Nuwara Eliya – Sri Lanka
Step back into 19th century Ceylon at this luxury hotel high up in the Sri Lankan mountains Let me share a bit more about an incredible trip to Sri Lanka,…
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Forget whisky and wine, tea pairings are the latest trend in fine dining! Here’s a beginner’s guide
Sommeliers in restaurants, as we all know, usually recommend the right whisky or wine to drink with a dish. The right pairing can summon amazing flavours, just as the wrong…
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What do you like to eat with your cup of tea?
A beginner’s guide to understanding tea and food pairing from a Dubai-based tea expert Dubai: There is more to tea than brewing it right. For example, sweet or savoury snacks…
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Toronto’s new design and bubble tea cafe hopes to build a bridge between artists in Asia to Canada. Meet Benkei Hime
Knowing the toll the pandemic has taken people worldwide, Jason Wang was inspired to create a “unique and audacious” experience for people to look forward to when restrictions eased. And…
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Exotic tea beers and fruit ales
March is ON and American craft brewers are addressing things with a full slate of new beer offerings you’re gonna want to chase down. A Fan Favorite Returns (Escondido, CA) –…
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Teemaa Teahouse—Tea-making Materials Used for Reinterpreting a Contemporary Space
The female duo Peng Luo and Xinyuan Sui, both hailing from China where they respectively received a tea education, founded Teemaa Teahouse in order to bring tea culture to Finland, a country known…
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This Nagoya cafe offers a private room to enjoy tea, meditation, and solitude in total darkness
When we tried it, we actually felt reborn! Wake up in the morning, get ready for work, eat breakfast, take a packed train to work, come home, do housework…the daily…
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A potted history of Vietnamese tea
An old Asian scholar once said: “There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.” And he was not wrong.…
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Master Mixologist: Ben Rojo and Don Papa Rum
Winter is certainly in full swing, which means it’s the perfect time to sip some tasty rum cocktails. Ben Rojo is known for seasonal libations using Don Papa Rum that highlight the…
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There is a new way to take your tea, says Douglas
The UK’s first Korean tea bar, or ‘hanok’ in Korean, is brought to you by Sooji Im, a former management consultant who found that overseeing $600m infrastructure projects was not…
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This Shizuoka glamping site has it all: gym, pool and a tea field with Mt Fuji view
This could just be one of the most complete glamping facilities in Japan A new glamping site is opening in the heart of Shizuoka, a prefecture responsible for producing up to 40…
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How samurai, statesmen, and scholars shaped the Japanese tea ceremony
The ritual of drinking tea in Japan, known as chado, evolved over centuries into a codified practice, steeped in Zen thought, mindfulness, and simplicity. The ritualized drinking of tea in…
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The Caribbean’s Newest Tea House Is in the Rainforest in Antigua
It’s a most unusual — but perhaps eminently appropriate — location for a Caribbean tea house: in the middle of the rainforest. But that’s precisely the delight of the new Antigua…
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Live: Discover mysterious Tea-Horse Road in SW China’s Pu’er City
The China-Laos Railway, which connects southwest China’s Kunming with the Lao capital Vientiane, will be officially put into operation in December. An important station on the China-Laos Railway, Pu’er City…
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Assam specialty tea auctioned for ‘record’ Rs 99,999 per kg
A specialty tea from Assam’s Dibrugarh district was on Tuesday auctioned for Rs 99,999 per kg, the “highest price” ever fetched in any tea auction in the country, an official…
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Paru brings specialty tea to La Jolla
Pretty new Girard Avenue teahouse has an answer for warm or cool days Мost afternoons, I would be disappointed to make the trek into La Jolla only to find the…
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Saicho launches new rare tea – Eight Immortals
This November, premium sparkling tea brand Saicho is set to launch a new Rare Tea Collection which will build on the brand’s exciting range of gastronomic teas. The new collection will offer tea…
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Darjeeling’s Makaibari Bungalow is your very own tea estate abode in the hills
Even before the Makaibari Bungalow—amã Stays & Trails’s latest offering in Darjeeling—opened in September, it found itself fully booked for the following two months. The overwhelming demand came as a sweet…
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The True Price of China’s Most Expensive Teas
Some of the country’s most expensive teas cost millions per kilogram. They also aren’t actually for sale. How much would you pay for a cup of tea? For most people,…
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This eco-friendly packaging design for premium chinese tea draws inspiration from the plantations!
Packaging designs that pay homage to what’s inside or the process or creating it truly tug at our heartstrings. Especially, eco-friendly packaging designs because they showcase the best of innovation and sustainability. Chatu is a…
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