A week or so ago, we heard some sad news…one of our favourite tea houses in Melbourne was closing it’s doors. We discovered Storm in a Teacup back in 2013, and have been regular visitors there since…and we always have some Storm tea stocked in our pantry. So as the closing date of 31st May […]
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Storm in a Teacup…now also in Richmond!
By Sarah in Eating Out Tags: Richmond, Storm in a Teacup, Swan Street Chamber of Commerce, tea
One of our favourite tea bars has opened in a second location…the funky Swan Street Chamber of Commerce in Richmond! It is a former bank building that has been converted a retail/food precinct, and has a number of residents, including coffee roasters Will & C, Pressed Juices, Living Frames, My Two Mums (ice cream sandwiches!) […]
Eating Out – Martha Ray’s
By Sarah in Eating Out, General, Tea Tags: brunch, Brunswich Street, dairy free, eating out, Fitzroy, Martha Ray's, Storm in a Teacup
After enjoying what has become a Saturday morning ritual of having tea at Storm in a Teacup in Collingwood, we decided to see if we could hunt down somewhere nearby to have brunch! We wandered down Gertrude Street, and by luck, turned right into Brunswick Street and discovered Martha Ray’s…in fact, it must have been […]
Why is it so hard to get a good cup of tea?
By Sarah in Eating Out, Tea 1 Comment Tags: chai tea, making tea, Storm in a Teacup, tea, teapot, Travelling Samovar
As you can probably tell from posts on this blog, we like to “brunch”…and we love tea…proper tea! However, we are constantly amazed at how many places do not know how to make a cup of tea that is actually enjoyable to drink…right to the last drop! Melbourne is definitely a coffee city…there are coffee […]
Time for Tea
By Sarah in Eating Out, Tea 1 Comment Tags: Ancient Bi Lo Chun, Dong Ding, pu-erh, rice cream. dairy free, Storm in a Teacup, tea
After not doing much over the last few weeks because of the heat…and because we both weren’t feeling the best…we decided we needed some “tea time” and headed to one of our favourite tea destinations…Storm in a Teacup in Collingwood. Had heard that they had just received a delivery of a pu erh tea…so that […]
Tea Flight…to Japan!
By Sarah in General, Tea, What I am Loving! Tags: Fukamushi Sencha, houjicha, japan, Japanese tea, matcha, sencha, Storm in a Teacup, tea
We are kind of lucky that Storm in a Teacup isn’t local for us…otherwise we would spend far too much time and money working our way through the long list of teas available! It would be worth it though! But we do like to visit as often as we can, and have even attended a […]