Tea

The story behind your cup of tea is a fascinating one, for it is infused with art, history and dedication at every stage from hand picking the tender leaves through…

Tea has enjoyed universal appeal not just for its taste. The theatre of selecting your own porcelain, china or glass ‘teaware’, brewing your tea the right way, and then serving…

There is something more magical about Ceylon Tea than the taste .. that is its history, which is rooted in its truamatic colonial history but blossomed into an agricultural endeavour…

The June 2008 issue of ‘The Director’ Magazine of the IoD, included a well researched feature on the subject of CSR. It was to me, an informative, yet bewildering overview…

Life has become a compromise – in tea, it is a compromise (for most brand owners) between profit and quality, with quality losing out unfortunately. Ultimately though the power to…

Enter any retail store today, other than maybe a luxury boutique, and a series of ‘special offers’ compete for your attention. This was always a strange phenomenon in relation to…

There is a myth that ‘teabag tea’ – ie. dust and fannings – are bad. Many are the experts who reject teabags as being the worst of the crop. The…

Fine Tea has so many parallels with fine wine, fine cigars and other indulgences. To experience tea in the most complete and satisfying manner, one has to start well before…

Here’s where it all starts, the two tender leaves and the bud. Picking tea by  hand, as we do in Sri Lanka, ensures that we use just these two leaves…

For a really satisfying and healthy cup of tea, as important as high quality, garden fresh tea is the manner in which the tea is brewed. Tea – especially high…