Resources for your baking
This is a list of resources that I normally share with anyone who comes along to any of my baking courses, workshops or demonstrations. You may find them helpful in your baking journey: Bien Manger: a...
View ArticleResources for your tea making, selection and enjoyment
This is a list of resources that I normally share with anyone who comes along to any of my tea workshops, tastings, courses or demonstrations. You may find them helpful in your tea journey: Pictures...
View ArticleTea Review: The Tea Makers, London
A few weeks ago I was sent a sample pack of teas to review from The Tea Makers. If you are thinking of buying anything tea-related for Christmas, their website is well worth a look – they have some...
View ArticleCaptivated by Jean-Etienne Liotard’s ‘Still Life: Tea Set’
Still Life: Tea Set, 1781-1783, Jean-Etienne Leotard (Swiss, 1702-1789), Oil on canvas mounted on board. J Paul Getty Museum, Getty Centre, Museum South Pavilion, Gallery S203. I have quite fallen...
View ArticleMiss Pusseycat’s Tea Party
Aunty Mavor’s The Cat’s Tea Party Much of the past year has been spent in the British Library for my research to answer a frequently asked question; “When did the ‘traditional, quintessentially...
View ArticleThe Bodum Assam Tea Press
A few years ago, when I was a mature student studying for my B A Illustration Degree, I wrote the following essay in 2011. Our brief was to describe a designed object in a museum collection. I chose...
View ArticleWhat is your Ultimate Scone Recipe?
This blog post is dedicated to Olga Boikess, a food journalist from the USA whom I met in May 2016. Olga came to my home and wanted “make scones the way they were made by Vanessa Bell at...
View ArticleCommemorating London’s Tea History
Board members of The London Tea History Association, 22nd November 2016, at Commodity Quay, St. Katherine Dock, London. Last November, I was invited by The London Tea History Association to the...
View ArticlePostcards from an English Tea-Room
Many of my international students have dreams of opening an English tea room. They come for my FOUR DAY TEA COURSE here in London to find out more about how they can make their tea room ‘authentic’ or...
View ArticleA Tea-drinker’s Journey through Edinburgh Tea Rooms
This week’s post is written by Guest Contributor, Marie Peeler A tea drinking journey through Edinburgh Marie Peeler “I’m what I refer to as a tea-nerd, AKA a tea-geek. Not to be confused with a...
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