This is an interesting article regarding an unusual Tea Lunch menu and Teas served and aptly named “Sweet tea Lunch”. The menu is appealing and we are sure that the concept will bring about a new age pattern in Tea Culture. Ofcourse ther has been the concept of Afternoon Tea, Evening Tea but […]

Enjoy life sip by sip not gulp by gulp.
- The Minister of Leaves
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 805 A.D
A Buddhist monk returning from China in 805 A.D. brought green tea seeds to Japan. The seeds had been collected from Mt. Tiantai in the Zhejiang Province. Only the affluent could afford the beverage in the beginning. The drinking of tea soon became popular among all of the people. Japan grows green tea and […]

The first documented reference to tea came in 350 A.D. when Chinese scholar Kuo P’o wrote about “k’ut’u”, a medicinal beverage “made from the leaves by boiling”. By the fifth century A.D., tea became a major bartering tool for China.
It also became a popular social custom for China’s elite, with the Imperial House and Buddhist […]

At the Tearoom of the Ritz in London’s upper class Mayfair the watercress sandwiches must be water thin. Not because thickness has anything to do with improving gastronomic satisfaction levels but because it enhances the taste of Darjeeling finest – the outstanding orange pekoe. The service needless to say, is the best Wedge-wood can offer. […]

The processing involved in making black and green tea varieties varies rather greatly. The end result is two different kinds of tea from the exact same plant.
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