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Several days into our trip we headed away from the coast towards Deniyaya.  At Comins we always talk about connection and many of our new contacts come through people we meet who offer personal recommendations that we then follow up on our trips.  As we head off towards these new gardens we never know what we will find.  In this case Michelle had met with the wonderful team from the Sri Lankan tea board at an event with the Guild of Fine Food in London earlier this year.  On sharing our story, our approach to sourcing and the types of people we...

On arriving in Shanghai we took a car to the main railway station to wait for our train to Fuding where I was keen to continue my education & understanding of White Tea.  Many of you will have tasted White tea at the Tea House - put in simple terms it is a lightly oxidised tea from the buds and leaves of the Camellia Sinensis plant and Fujian province and in particular the hilly Jianyang, Fuding and Songxi  counties are the centre of white tea production in China.   My guide also talked to me about white tea production in Zhenghe County which is better...

This week we are really excited to be joining the team from Benchmark Furniture at Clerkenwell design week.  Benchmark is led by Sean Sutcliffe who, on the recommendation of Sam from Hole & Corner magazine, [check out this beautiful publication if you have not come across it already....] came into our Tea House one day.  We chatted and discovered that their Dorset Workshop is just up the road.  From here we shared tea and have been privileged to visit and learn more about this wonderful British business.  You can read more about Benchmark Furniture on their website where Sean, his team and the beautiful...

Im just back from China, where, due to internet problems I could not get online to write my blog.  On reflection this is actually quite a good thing - offering me the opportunity to switch off, immerse myself completely in a culture and most importantly in tea.   It has been a wonderful trip & over the next few days Ill be sharing more details about what I got up to. Lots of time spent travelling has given a lot of time for reflection so I wanted to start with a few thoughts on why we, at Comins, put a strong emphasis on...

We have spoken a bit about our partners in some of our previous blogs.  Here at Comins collaboration & partnership is very much at the heart of what we do and we partner with all types of people from tea farmers through to British designers and makers and of course selected cafes, restaurants, hotels and food stores. When we started Comins Tea House we had a clear vision - to make it simple for people to find & enjoy great tea.  We wanted then, and still do now, to enjoy great tea in the types of places that we enjoy visiting....