Category Archives: Tea and Life

Flower Power (Devotea Origins Part IV)

Series Note: If you haven’t noticed by now, I’ve decided to write a self-indulgent series that covers all our blends Continue Reading →

Sunny Side Up

In a small coop in our backyard, we have two chickens: Lotus and Miss Moneyhenny. I say a  small coop, but Continue Reading →

Cheap and Cheerful

When people say “Cheap and…” these days, we usually expect the next word to be “nasty”. There’s an assumption that Continue Reading →

Child’s Play

There’s a cast in this post. There’s me, and Lady Devotea, whom regular readers will know and adore. There is Continue Reading →

Ding Dong, Something’s Dead

Isn’t that title a mistake? Any tea blog with above title is going to be about Dong Ding, the Taiwanese oolong, right? Wrong. As a Continue Reading →

Any Old Tea in a Storm

When one takes to the etherwaves these days, particularly on Twitter, one reads an awful lot about the weather, from exultant cries of delight to Continue Reading →

All Washed Up

This is my 150th post on this Tea Trade blog. It’s true that this is only my sesquicentennial post if you Continue Reading →

Storm In A Paper Tea Cup

I’ve just searched the Internet for instructions on brewing a particular tea. Not because I wanted to know, but just because I Continue Reading →

Under Pressure

It is only a couple of weeks until that well-known event, International Devotea Day. And this is my 148th blog post since switching to Tea Trade and abandoning my previous blog. Not Continue Reading →

Keepin’ it real

As dodgy as TV ‘reality’ singing shows like <insert your country here> Idol are, it’s still better to see great Continue Reading →

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