teas
firstly, if you want to check how to make the perfect cup of tea no, not with tea bags, just click onto the recipes section of the Rare Tea Company's website or Caroline Hope holds relaxed and informal tutored tea-tasting parties at her home in London W1, where you have the opportunity to taste and examine at least twelve to fifteen different teas and learn about their similarities and differences, depth of flavour, briskness, relevant creaminess or astringency and the leaf quality - full details can be found on her website Tea and Scones
secondly, some teas to give you food for thought and unique refreshment from orthodox black tea for a fresh tasting "English Breakfast' style tea, white tea or green tea full of antioxidants or naturally caffeine free camomile and peppermint teas to calm and soothe after a busy, maybe stressful day.
the Rare Tea Company samples and selects the best in rare and specialty tea - Artisan loose leaf and whole leaf teas - and you can sample some of them too by buying a Introduction Collection from their online shop - Silver Tip White Tea, Silver Tip Jasmine Tea, Whole Leaf Green Tea, Oolong and RAF Tea for Heros. Each one is in its own little foil pouch containing just enough loose leaf tea for two - the ideal way to try some of the rare teas and they are also wonderful for travelling.
for a very, very special, extravagant cup of tea from one of the oldest organic tea estates in the world where the climate is perfect for growing and handpicking tender leaves and flowers to produce the highest quality single estate tea - including organic black teas, green tea and white tea as well as delicious herbal infusions of peppermint and camomile there's The Luponde Tea Estate.
and finally when going out for tea ...
for a proper English tea - there's the Ritz in London
or
when in Paris, maybe visit one of Mariage Freres tea counters and tea salons, all decorated with ancient furniture, where tea lovers and gourmets meet up to appreciate the best flushes, harvests and tea blends - it's a truly unique experience including being served by the smartest waiters ever in a tea shop!