From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Paul Muldoon and Stephen Colbert read TEA

June 19, 2009

Poet Paul Muldoon and Stephen Colbert read his poem “Tea” on the Colbert Report last night, making it the number one poem in America. In Canada you can see it here. In US it is here.

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Promoting Tea Culture

June 15, 2009

Last week we met to begin discussing our new tea group, founded to promote tea culture in Vancouver. Karen Duffield from Ooh Cha, Fionna Du from Aura Teas, and Liz Bandelin, from Tega Teas smiled quickly for my camera just as they were leaving. We had sat up on the roof, sipping honeybush/rooibos that Liz [...]

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Art + Tea

June 15, 2009

Kim Lear told me about the wonderful world of the Art Farm, on Vancouver Island. Last year they held an Art + Tea event that I really hope they will repeat this year – at a time that I can attend. Their report on last year’s event is here, at their blog. Looks fabulous, doesn’t [...]

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Loose Tea on the Patio in Field BC

June 7, 2009

Travelling back to Vancouver we stopped at Chercher la Vache, now one of our favourite spots to eat in Field, BC. The mountain sunshine took us to their patio, where I had a lovely cup of Earl Grey tea, with floral qualities that were outstanding. Food was good too, but the tea was such a [...]

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