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Tea News Blog
26 weeks 16 hours ago
The inside story of the day that Guinness World Records came to HMS Warrior in Portsmouth and confirmed that we had smashed the World Record for the largest teabag ever made.
26 weeks 1 day ago
We have made the largest teabag ever created. Today, we tested it on board HMS Warrior. A few snags came up, but nothing major, and we sorted them all out, thanks to some amazing people helping us. Here is the story so far - what we have done, why we have done it, and what happens next.
43 weeks 2 days ago
Hopes of lasting peace in Darjeeling are high. An historic deal today creates a new administrative region for the Gorkha tribes. Protests, sometimes violent, have been continuing in the region since the 1980s and caused great damage to the tea and tourist industries.
46 weeks 5 days ago
Radio Solent reporter Imogen visited All About Tea in Portsmouth today to find out more about the firm and how we won the prestigious Cannes Lions GOLD award.
46 weeks 6 days ago
The Cannes Lions awards are the most prestigious global design awards in the world. Gold in Consumer Products for All About Tea is a wonderful accolade. Congratulations to our extraordinary agency, Moving Brands.
1 year 8 weeks ago
Rituals, tribes, insularity and newly-conservative values as features of Revivalism. They are a response to the recession, "a stress too far". People are taking comfort in the familiar. They are putting down roots, and actively seeking local identity and recognition. Austerity has become the new badge of cool, but there is more to it than cutting costs. There is a right way and a wrong way to do austerity.
1 year 9 weeks ago
The first theme of the Future Laboratory presentation was The Anarconomy Decade. There are important considerations here for the Tea Trade. Here are some personal observations.
The economy has become characterised by chaos. Information and the means to transmit it has become a disruptive force in the hands of today's change-makers. Oil prices are rising. From this year on, oil availability will decline. Food costs, including tea, will rise. Climate change will cause chaotic changes in supply patterns, and great pain in some regions. Climate is already affecting the tea trade. All these factors and others make this a highly interesting and challenging period for our trade.
1 year 9 weeks ago
A good cup of tea is the result of following a few simple rules. Follow them, and you will be sure of an excellent cup of tea every time.
A good cup of tea begins with your tea merchant. You can ruin a good tea with bad brewing, but no amount of good brewing can improve a bad tea. Use a tea merchant that you trust. A good tea blender will be able to provide you with a good cup of tea no matter what the growing conditions and the state of the tea market.
2 years 3 weeks ago
One of our favourite customers, Dartmoor Tearooms, has what it takes! They’ve just won the prestigious “Award of Excellence” from the Tea Guild.
This is a landmark achievement, as the Tea Guild doesn’t give these out very often. They are considered the “Michelin Stars” of the tea world.
2 years 10 weeks ago
A top executive has been sacked as Australian police uncover an alleged kickback scam in tea and coffee buying at Woolworths.
2 years 12 weeks ago
Substances found in green tea could help fight eye disease, according to authors of the latest research from the University of Hong Kong.
2 years 12 weeks ago
A strike over pay, last week, saw African tea prices fall as shipments were disrupted by workers picketing warehouses.
2 years 12 weeks ago
In today’s modern world we take our health seriously; watch our weight, blood pressure, alcohol intake and try to exercise regularly. Diets, gym memberships and all sorts of things from books to TV shows tell us not to eat this or cut down on that, often removing those small, simple pleasures in life that keep us going and get us through a hard day.
2 years 13 weeks ago
It seems hard to believe that the Nettle Plant, arch nemesis of children wearing shorts everywhere, could in fact be one of the most flavourful and beneficial beverages you’ll ever drink.