I have been talking with the Official Teemeister of All Germany, Ken (@lahikmajoe), about his travails in a tea shop in Berlin. Via email, tweet, his blog, storify and live. It’s been big. Basically, to boil it down, he found a teashop operated by a complete nutjob. Amongst other things this wingnut believes, he believes he has the right to add […]
I spent the afternoon yesterday in The Oriental Tea House on Little Collins Street, Melbourne. I had a jasmine lychee tea ball with two steepings, and then a Long Jing. I’d spent two hours immediately previously at the Hopetoun Tea Rooms where I’d consumed a Bard’s Tempest and a Congo Bongo: the latter because it’s a favourite, the former because my friend Verity (@joiedetea) urged me […]
Those of you who awaited each day’s gripping recounting of my search for decent tea in Thailand last June might well expect similar tales of deprivation and heroism whenever I travel, and as we’ve slipped away to Melbourne for a few days, you may be breathlessly awaiting the sequel to those heady days. An earlier […]
I’ve just sent off a stinging rebuke via twitter. I do that a bit. When customer service lets me down, I like to have a good whinge about it. But not today. Today I will be singing some praises. I’ve been considering this post for about two weeks after I got fantastic service. I actually decided to do another complete order just […]
I am boiling mad, because some people I’ve never met didn’t get to have the cup of tea I wanted them to have on the other side of the globe. And I feel I’ve let them down. I’ve just looked back over the tweets where I’ve got stuck into any organisation for a lack of service. And whilst not a big […]
Whilst on this sojourn; I have probably decided to blog more than my “once a week”, twice if I feel like it” usual regime. If limited connectivity allows me to. That’s because I hope I have new things to say, and like all my blog entries; they have a connection to tea. Luckily, tea in […]
I guess my post of a week or so ago (Cafe Quackery) and then the follow-up have now become a trilogy with this one. So, here’s a bit of storytelling. And pay attention, there’s a question at the end. We visited Melbourne over three days and did plenty. We shopped, we had a party to […]