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Reflections : A Year with Tea : January : Simplicity

Reflections : A Year with Tea : January : Simplicity

Welcome to our year with tea Throughout 2024 we will be sharing our year with tea; embracing tea through the seasons both at home & in the tea fields.   As this is the only full year our pop up Shatwell Tea House will be open we are taking the opportunity to document the space throughout the year & share it with you all.  In this blog we offer our reflections on January - starting with stories from the Shatwell Tea House and then looking at activity with some of our friends and partners around the tea world. . For January our theme was simplicity - our actions centred...

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The Comins 2023 Christmas Gift Guide

The Comins 2023 Christmas Gift Guide

Welcome to the 2023 Comins Christmas Gift Guide Hello tea friends.  We hope you are doing well out there and enjoying the wonders that Winter brings.  At this time of year we look forward to sending out this, our Christmas gift guide, to share some of the teas, teaware & experiences that we love the most.  We know that Christmas means different things to different people so whether it is about treating yourself to a favourite tea that you can simply sit, sip & savour or offering tea & the wonderful tea experience to someone you know will appreciate it we hope we have you...

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Comins X Shatwell Tea House : A Home for Tea

Comins X Shatwell Tea House : A Home for Tea

The last few weeks have seen the opening of Comins X Shatwell pop up Tea House at the Shatwell Farm; the culmination of an incredible few months.  Many of our regular tea friends came to help us mark the occasion [for which we are extremely grateful] and perhaps the most common questions was 'how did all of this come about?'.  So why not put the kettle on & let us share the story......Michelle : We came to know Shatwell Farm through our great friend Eleanor Goulding [one half of the amazing Denman & Gould 'an art and design studio specialising in public and community-based projects'].  Elle had enjoyed...

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Follow along with our 2022 Advent Calendar

Follow along with our 2022 Advent Calendar

We have had many messages from tea lovers who are following our Advent videos on Instagram asking for a list of the teas we are enjoying [& who would like to purchase some tea to taste along with].  So here you go!.Join Michelle everyday up to the 24th December on Instagram at 7am to enjoy a moment of calm & connection at what can be a very busy time of year.    

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The Comins 2022 Christmas Gift Guide

The Comins 2022 Christmas Gift Guide

WOW! It's December already... & in these beautifully dark winter days tea is a most necessary companion!  We have started to receive emails asking for our recommendations for gifting this Christmas - so here we offer you our Comins guide to feeling calm & connected [through tea] this Christmas. We also include our opening times through to the new year [yes...this year we are open in Bath between Christmas & New Year & also open in Dorset on SATURDAY 17th December] as well as details on shipping [please, if you can, order early due to strikes!] & click & collect Next week we are also delighted to invite you to a couple of special events : our Dark...

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At Comins we aim to make it simple for you to find and enjoy fine single estate teas. Rob & Michelle have been travelling the world since 2007 meeting and building relationships with dedicated growers to bring you a range of loose leaf teas that offer an excellent balance of quality and value. We also offer a hand-picked selection of teaware including our our exclusive British made range of tea bowls, tins & spoons designed by us & handmade by quality British craftspeople.

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