Yesterday saw my husband and I heading into the South Melbourne Market, to attend a workshop on how to make a chai blend! The workshop was an event at the Melbourne Tea Fair which was being held at the market. At 11am, we fronted up to the LG Kitchen, ready to start learning all about […]
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Eating Out – All Things English
By Sarah in Eating Out, Tea Tags: All Things English, brunch, dairy free, eating out, Mornington, tea, Yorkshire Gold, Yorkshire Tea
All Things English is located in Mornington, and last Saturday was the perfect day to grab a table outside in the sunshine, and indulge in some British fair! We actually noticed this cafe not long after it opened, and made a note to come back to try it out….and last weekend, we finally made it […]
Impala & Peacock Tea House
By Sarah in Eating Out, Tea, What I am Loving! Tags: chai, darjeerling, Impala & Peacock, Melbourne, puerh, silver needles, tea, tea house
After a late night at the football, we were in need of some good tea….so we made the trip across town to check out the latest new tea house in Melbourne…Impala & Peacock! Impala & Peacock has only been open for about 6 weeks, but I have been seeing their gorgeous photos on Instagram, so […]
Happy First Birthday to the Travelling Samovar Tea House!
By Sarah in Eating Out, Tea Tags: chai, dairy free, oolong, tea, tea house, Travelling Samovar
We first discovered the Travelling Samovar back in February, and it has become one of our favourite destinations when we are in need of a real tea experience! Bec, Pascale and Adam are always welcoming, and we have spent more than a few hours enjoying some amazing tea….plus some yummy dairy free treats! And this […]
Mysterious Pu-erh
By Sarah in Tea Tags: beeng cha, pu-erh, puerh tea, Sheng, Shou, tea, Travelling Samovar
Despite being an avid tea drinker, I had never heard of Pu-erh until it was mentioned at the Tea 101 course with Sarah from Teasense which we did last November! Since then, we have been lucky enough to try some at both Storm in a Teacup and Travelling Samovar, and loved it…and wanted to know […]
Tlicious – A Tea Emporium in Brisbane!
By Sarah in Tea 1 Comment Tags: Brisbane, chai, Darjeeling, Southbank, tea, Tlicious
UPDATE 18th OCT 2014 – Tlicious is closing on the 5th Nov…however, the good news is they are just moving from Southbank and will re-open at a new location…stay tuned! My husband and I are always on the look out of where to find a properly made cup of tea…so we were very happy to […]
Monthly Rewind – March 2014
By Sarah in General Tags: bag, blogging, brunch, chai tea, Liver Transplant, March, month in review, monthly rewind, shopping, sunglasses, tea, teapots, thyroid
As I blog every day, I thought it would be good to do a recap of what I have written about over the previous month…just in case you might have missed anything! So make yourself comfortable, make a cuppa, and read on about where Zinc Moon went in March….I certainly enjoyed the ride! My husband […]
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 […]