March 6, 2009
I’m getting used to having tea at Murchie’s on Pender in Vancouver. It’s a combination teashop and cafe, and although at first I was put off by the teabags (rather than loose tea), along with the standard coffee shop cream/sugar table, I’m used to it now. Having had a couple of great tea conversations there, [...]
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February 8, 2009
A colleague and I went to Murchies’ for afternoon tea. Murchies’ is a Canadian institution, and like many Canadian institutions finds itself struggling to survive in the modern world. The store has an old-fashioned feel, from its vast selection of aesthetically neutral tea cozies to its displays of expensive tea pots over-decorated with the floral [...]
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