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High Tea Tweetup at the Secret Garden

April 22, 2009

It was a lovely Easter Sunday afternoon high tea in Vancouver: an event beautifully tweeted-up by Karen from Tiny Bites. Here’s some very casual video of the occasion, our party of 8 (with only one man.) NEWS FLASH: Here’s the FULL Report with lots of pix and desc. at Tiny Bites.

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Matcha at Ooh Cha Teahouse

April 10, 2009

A couple of weekends ago, I went with a local meetup group to taste tea at Ooh Cha Teahouse on Kingsway, here in Vancouver. We settled in as proprietor Karen Duffield took us on a beautiful and informative tour of teas. Karen is an independent owner and tea lover who spent many years in Japan, [...]

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An Afternoon at Steeps

March 27, 2009

Conversation and lingering seems to be encouraged at Steeps Tea Lounge, where a friend and I sat for a couple of hours discussing metaphysics, her trip to London, and, of course, tea. Surrounded by tea paraphernalia, all for sale, and with other tea aficionados coming, going, or staying to drink tea and read a good [...]

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Tea: The New Coffee

March 20, 2009

Outside of Blenz on Richard’s and Hastings in Vancouver, employees are giving out samples of “London Fog”, their new tea blend featuring Earl Grey tea, milk and sugar in a chai-like blend. It’s quite yummy, and I used my 2 for 1 card for it that day. We’ve all seen the new posters at coffee [...]

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The Wonderful World of Farfalla

March 10, 2009

Whenever possible I like to meet friends and clients at Farfalla on Cordova Street. In the old Koret building in Gastown, Farfalla is a delightful teashop serving fine French teas, and also representing Kusmi Russian teas too. The presentation is lovely, in clear glass cups with clear glass teapots, on glass tables with warmed milk [...]

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Getting Used to Tea at Murchie’s

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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Tea at the Blogger Meetup

February 28, 2009

While almost everyone else had a beer, I just automatically ordered my restaurant staple, Earl Grey tea. Imagine my pleasant surprise when my tea, from a teabag and unknown source, was so sharply flavourful! This wasn’t any tired old Earl Grey – it had zing and scent and flavour. Mmmm. Perfect on a rain-sleety evening [...]

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Good Morning, English Breakfast

February 10, 2009

It’s become a bit of a morning habit of mine to have Twinings English Breakfast tea, steeped in my little green iron pot, and taken with milk. I was happy to find the loose tea packed in the bright red tin on the tea shelf at Famous Foods in East Vancouver, and ever since I’ve [...]

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Ranier Open House: Circus, Tea and Cupcakes

February 4, 2009

Today the Ranier Hotel on Carrall opened its doors with a party and celebration. Highlights included a circus theme, Sybil Thrasher singing, Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and BC Minister of Housing Rich Coleman speaking. The event theme was feminine, and also featured hairdos and manicures. The formal part of the event ended with a group [...]

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Twinings Earl Grey

February 4, 2009

I always have a box of Earl Grey tea on hand – standard Twinings teabags. Doesn’t everybody? I’m not too happy with their packaging of the teabags. Once the box is unwrapped and opened, the individual bags need to be put into another container to maintain freshness. But then this is a problem with many [...]

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