Forgive the fact that this blog actually follows on from the one I will probably write next. I’ve been working a new one up all day in my head, and then inspiration strikes and these words and thoughts come tumbling out. There’s a reason for that. And as the old saying goes, it’s in the […]
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 […]
Radhika doesn’t really have time to enjoy the first rays of the watery sun. It will be baking hot soon enough. She reaches into the first Camellia Sinensis var. Assamica shrub of the many she will confront over the coming hours, and expertly picks the top two leaves, with a central bud, and drops them into the basket slung around her shoulder. Ranjiv’s hands fly as […]
I’ve got the uncomfortable feeling I should be writing something. Can’t think what. So I’ve been drinking tea and blogging about writing. Which is like writing to avoid writing. It’s like I’m trying to drink myself sober. So, let’s talk about style. Remember this from The King James Bible: ..and the Devil spake unto them, […]
When you’re a tea blender and a writer, the two concepts just seem to go together. I suppose most of us know the story of the origin of tea. Here it is from Wikipedia: According to legend, tea was first discovered by the Chinese emperor and inventor Shennong in 2737 BCE. It is said that […]
“fun can be added to every cup”