The economic problems have had some seriously dire consequences but possibly one of the worst I’ve seen so far is the cutting of tea at IBM’s many international offices.
It seems IBM are too poor to afford to pay for staff to drink this most essential of refreshments.
More at the Australian Business.
I swear it wasn’t this cold when I went to bed but tea in the morning is perfect at warming you up enough to cope with the rigors of the outside world.
Apologies for the delay in posting recently but I went away to Barcelona for a few days. I had a fantastic time but I’m really happy to be back where they make proper tea!!
I knew I was in a tea-hostile country when I received my tea in the form of a cup of luke warm water with a folorn tea bag floating in the top. Te con leche was most definitely not the same tea with milk I was used to in the UK.
Other than that Barcelona was a beautiful city and I’ll be going back as soon as I get the opportunity.
Normal posting shall resume with vigour over the next day or so.
Thanks for your patience. 
Its the truth! Down in the Cornwall countryside they happen to grow tea on a small pocket of plantations. It was started in 1999 and has gone form strength to strength. Its thought the climate is perfect for the tea bush and its already hugely popular in the London high society. Fortnum and Masons anyone?
The key advantage the producers are touting is the freshness of the crops. Evelyn Boscawen (son of Lord Falmouth) says that the teas in most peoples home’s are upto 12months old by the time they’re drunk. Whereas the Cornwall crop is weeks at most.
The last time anything like this was attempted was during WWII when the countries leaders feared the loss of tea supplies could plunge the country into an abyss of misery and woe far greater than the falling bombs ever could!
Due to the small size of the plantation the tea is quite expensive compared to the usual tea choices but if you’re interested in getting hold of this quite rare breed then you can visit the Tregothnantea site for a look.
I couldn’t believe this when I saw it but a young British-Indian woman in Kensworth, Bedfordshire (UK) was about to take a sip of tea in her shop when two robbers burst in wielding 10 inch blades demanding cash and lottery tickets.
In a flash of incredible bravery the young woman – who stands at only 5ft – launched her hot cup of tea into the face of one attacker and the mug was thrown at the second.
They were so shocked they fled with only a box of easily-cancelled lottery scratch-cards.
Here’s the CCTV of the incident.
Tea fights crime too!
A new film has been released to DVD and independent theatres in the US. It travels around 8 countries of the world documenting the huge influence of tea. It interviews people in the tea trade seeing how tea has influenced culture and civilisation throughout human history.
The film proudly states that “After water the most popular drink in the entire world is tea”.
Stating the obvious 
But the film looks promising and it has a companion book to go with it. If you’re interested in seeing the trailer then visit the site: The Meaning of Tea
I found this cute and funny tea commercial on Youtube that you may all like to see…
I’m not sure whether tea was popular during Second World War Germany but you’d never think of tea as being the kind of drink to stir ideals of facism and totalitarianism. However, just that is stirring over at a shop called Tea Cosy in Brighton. You can read more about it at the Telegraph website: Tea Cosy Facist Nightmare.
Like a phoenix form the ashes this tea blog has been reborn. I have no idea how long for but like tea itself it never truly dies – merely hibernates. Much like my fondness for the beverage. Which has been quite dead lately until recently when I had a good cup of Yorkshire Gold Tea. It was a great awakening.
Now onto the important stuff. TEA! It’s nice to see some sites out there haven’t yet lost their faith in this blog and so for my first new post I’ll be doing a rundown of some great tea sites on the net:
I’m sorry if I’ve missed you off my list of great tea sites but I’m always open to hear of great suggestions form people. If you’ve got a site you think I may be interested in then let me know – thank you.
