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Through a series of blogs based around the recent visit of our friend & partner Philip from Taiwan [which was fabulous and we are so grateful for] we are excited to share more about our collection of Taiwanese teas.  In this 3rd blog [you can find the first blog on white tea here & you can read the second blog on green tea here] we are taking a closer look at one of some of the most intriguing teas in our collection : Taiwanese Oolong Tea.Our aim, as was Philip's in making his visit to us, is to bring Taiwanese tea to the world, make the teas, their stories & the island more well known & of course encourage...

Through a series of blogs based around the recent visit of our friend & partner Philip from Taiwan [which was fabulous and we are so grateful for] we are excited to share more about our collection of Taiwanese teas.  In this 2nd blog [you can find the first blog here] we are taking a closer look at one of our favourite Taiwanese green teas : Taiwan Bi Luo Chun.  .Our aim, as was Philip's in making his visit to us, is to bring Taiwanese tea to the world, make the teas, their stories & the island more well known & of course encourage you to explore!  You won't be...

Through a series of blogs based around the recent visit of our friend & partner Philip from Taiwan [which was fabulous and we are so grateful for] we are excited to share more about our collection of Taiwanese teas.  In this blog and those that follow we will share information about some of our most popular teas intertwined with stories about the magnificent island & people they originate from.  Our aim, as was Philip's in making his visit to us, is to bring Taiwanese tea to the world, make the teas, their stories & the island more well known & of course encourage you to explore!  You won't be...

Welcome to the fourth in a series of blogs from our Spring/Summer trip to Darjeeling : you can find the first three here : Blog 1 :  'A new side to Darjeeling : Tunglabong' and Blog 2 : 'The rise of a new generation : Burbung Busty'; Blog 3 : Darjeeling 2022 : Onwards to Poobong & the sweetest green tea . This blog finds us at Nuxalbari Tea Estate in the Dooars a place Michelle last visited in 2018.  We have shared stories from Nuxalbari before in our book and also on the blog.  For this blog we are specifically looking at the...

This is the third in a series of blogs from our Spring/Summer trip to Darjeeling : you can find the first two here : Blog 1 :  'A new side to Darjeeling : Tunglabong' and Blog 2 : 'The rise of a new generation : Burbung Busty'  . This blog finds us leaving Burbung Busty and heading down into the misty landscape of Poobong just below Ghoom.  This is an area we were to revisit later in the trip but for now we were here to meet Ashweta who is not only a wonderful human and tea maker but also a partner of...