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In the second in our series 'In their own words | Stories from our partners' we visit the studio of British Potter Rachel Dormor.  We have always believed that the 'experience' of enjoying fine tea is as important as the tea itself and when we started our company we wanted to create our own British made tea bowls for people to enjoy our fine teas from.  We have worked with Rachel ever since and use these beautiful tea bowls in our tea houses every day as well as sending them all over the UK and the world to our customers.  People often...

As fine tea merchants we choose to focus on sourcing and selling only pure leaf tea.  No blends, no herbals.  Here Michelle explains why. 

Now we finally have our You Tube Channel we are able to make weekly videos sharing and exploring aspects our life in tea. First up we introduce a little more about how we came to live and work in tea with Michelle [& Bruno!]. Subscribe for regular updates and let us know what you would like to see! 

It took a while to get to Feng Qing but as usual in China the travel is always worth it. After an 11hour flight from London to Shanghai and then a connection onto Kunming in Yunnan we met our driver for the next few days who estimated 7 hours South West to Feng Qing, Lincang Prefecture Yunnan.  The journey took 11 hours culminating in steep climbs and long declines with the obligatory terrifying overtaking but at 1am we pulled into the town passing under the sign reading ‘China Black Tea Capital’ – always a good sign and certainly rejuvenating at the end of...