Tea houses, cafés and festivals I’ve visited, written up once I’m back home. Some are revisited years later.
Is the Coffee and Tea Festival NYC still on? What happened to it, and to the tea booths I photographed in 2019: Mansa Tea, Ippodo, Teapasar, Teavana and more.
A hand-whisked matcha latte with vanilla and lavender at Bread Savage in downtown Visalia, and a reminder of Nohohon, my friend’s closed NYC matcha shop.
A spontaneous stop in Williamsburg led me to discover Puerh Brooklyn, a calm and thoughtfully curated tea shop with an excellent puerh and maté selection.
Discover Le Comptoir Florian (La Maison du Thé) in Brussels; a charming, old-world Belgian tea house full of thoughtful teas.
Finding Space for Tea During the Workday When I had to commute to office to work, one of the first things I did was build a small tea setup at work. Now, I use a portable one on days I commute which are much less often. At this point, I probably have an entire drawer…
My current list of where to buy genuine Japanese matcha online
Matcha in NYC has changed dramatically since 2015. A 10-year field review of cafés, closures, new openings, matcha quality, sourcing, and the rise of wellness culture in New York City.
How I started tea blogging. From working at a Chinese Television to Tea Blogging
Learn what matcha is, how to identify high-quality matcha, its health benefits, caffeine effects, and where to find authentic Japanese matcha.
The Sacher Blend is a bergamot-scented black tea made by Demmers Teehaus for Vienna’s Hotel Sacher since 1981. Its story, ingredients and taste.
Five books on tea history, from Lu Yu’s 8th-century Classic of Tea to modern histories of Darjeeling and the tea trade, with a note on where to start.
I am not sure why I am into modern designs lately. You might have seen my recent post about the Tea Calendar designed by a German agency. I asked around and most people liked the idea but weren’t convinced by the execution. Here’s another tea product in stage of the development: The Hourglass shaped tea steeper. It’s actually…