A customer of Starbucks in the US is suing the chain for providing her with “unreasonably hot tea”. This is ridiculous in more ways than one:
NAAFI (Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes) tea was first on sale to the servicemen and women of Britain’s military in 1921. NAAFI have been responsible for feeding and watering the armed forces for the past 100 years and their NAAFI tea has only been available to service people until now.
It recently went on sale in Spar shops (a UK convenience store) up and down the country. The NAAFI is a non-profit organisation and 50p of every box sold will go to the Help for Heroes charity for UK servicemen injured in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Check out Jing Teas Pu Erh tea series of blog posts at there site. Its a great introduction to this type of tea and also a good way to explore some fo their range!
Looks like Jing Tea (UK tea merchant) have recently released a new tea infuser mug.
Tea Infuser Mug
Here’s what Jing have to say:
The Infuser Mug is a three piece mug with a removable infuser basket. After infusing the tea, you simply remove the infuser and place it on the upturned lid, leaving you with a full mug of perfectly infused tea.
Brooke Bond Choicest
Its been quite some time since my last posting and indeed – my last review. In that time I’ve switched jobs, Christmas has been and gone and its a brand new year.
I’ve decided to hit the ground running though and start the year off with a tea review of Brooke Bond Choicest Blend. I found this quite difficult to get hold of after a friend recommended it some weeks back but during a trip to London I managed to pick some up in an old tea shop with some out of date merchandise!
Brooke Bond Choicest Blend is a well balanced blend of the traditional English breakfast tea. It has a full bodied flavour without being too bitter and with a little milk is the perfect start to a busy day.
The company that bought the Choicest Blend brand of tea from Brooke Bond had a major accident in 2005 making this tea very hard to get hold of. If you do manage to get hold of it though then you’re holding onto something quite valuable!
The UK tea merchant Nothing But Tea is having their 7th birthday celebrations starting this week until Friday. What does that mean? Well they’re now offering the following discounts across the range:
If you’re in the UK its worth mentioning also that the VAT rate is going back up to 17.5% on January 1st so its worth getting all your gift buying in before as the usual January ’sales’ won’t be quite so cut price as normal.
It’s not often I point out good sites but after trying some nice organic food from an online caterer I thought I’d share my experiences.
Normally I don’t go in for organic but a friend decided to have a dinner party (with plenty of tea) from Healthy Chef Creations. It’s all part of a new years resolution diet I plan on starting – early but I start as I mean to go on!
I wasn’t expecting great things as I rarely use online caterers, but – woah. It was nice! When I say nice that’s an understatement. Considering this food was delivered it was incredibly fresh and tasty. We had cups of green and black tea on hand to wash it all down with as we tucked into our meals.
What I also like about them is that all the food is healthy and organic. So if you’re planning on a natural weight loss diet then this could be the magic bullet. They know their food and their nutrition so you won’t be forced to eat rabbit food or plastic just to achieve natural weight loss.
A resounding 5/5.
Just a quick message: A couple of new tea merchants have been added to the UK tea merchants list. If you’re a tea merchant based in the UK get in touch and I’ll be happy to add you to the list.
Adagio teas is one of the biggest (and best imho) tea merchants in the US. You can now get a $5 discount when you follow them on Twitter!
Simply visit Adagio Teas
and click the link for Twitter and fill in your username.
