I love tea and I love reading, so I get a little excited when I find books that combine these two loves. I found this particular book on a recent visit to T2 at the Emporium…A Tea Reader by Katrina Avila Munichiello. Now I need to tell you that this is not a book about […]
Continuing on with my educational tea posts…this week’s My Friday Five looks at some myths about tea! Tea comes in many varieties False…tea all comes from one plant, the camellia sinesis plant. A little while ago, I wrote about the different types of tea…but they all come from that one same plant! The difference is […]
We always love discovering new places to indulge in a properly made cup of tea or two, and Assembly has been on my list for a while. On Saturday, we found ourselves in Carlton, so dropped in to check it out…it is located just off the popular Lygon Street shopping strip. Assembly is a similar […]
I have always been a tea drinker…tried drinking coffee but it always seems to disagree with me! But when I was younger, tea consisted of a good old fashioned tea bag with a dash of milk. I always loved the idea of brewing tea in a beautiful teapot, but didn’t even really do that until […]
Last week, I wrote about using a timer when making tea…today, I am going to talk about water temperature and the importance of getting it just right! I have always liked my tea hot…can’t stand cold tea…but as I learned more about the complexities of tea brewing, I realised that temperature plays a big role […]
Ever had tea that was so strong, it could have melted a hole in your cup? Or taken a mouthful to find it too bitter to drink? Or discovering there is no real flavour? The likely cause is because the tea has not been brewed for the correct amount of time…too long, and the tea […]
I love Fridays! I particularly love Fridays when they are attached to a long weekend…like this one! So for this week’s edition of My Friday Five, I have put together some things to do in this wonderful city of ours! 1. Shifting Gear Exhibition This exhibition is currently on at the Ian Potter Centre in […]
Dear Cafe Owners, My husband and I are regular brunchers…we love to head out into this city of ours over the weekend and discover new places to indulge in a brunch…and a cup or two of good tea. But we are finding that the art of making a drinkable cup of real tea is often […]