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This week a lovely couple who we met at the British Family Fayre came to see us at the Tea House for a tea tasting & afternoon tea.  They later shared this picture of their tea shelf at home on twitter.   Great to see loose leaf tea taking pride of place - we certainly believe that is is simple to create and enjoy your own tea ceremony at home.  Guests coming to tea  in this house are certainly in for quite a treat!   

This weekend we attended three great events.  One was the Best of Britannia in London {more about this later}.  The other two were in Dorset with two very different but equally inspiring local businesses. With our business based here in North Dorset we are always delighted to be invited along to local events which pair well with talking about and sampling our fine teas.  On Friday we were really excited to attend the opening of the new Enchanted Plants shop in Shaftesbury. Enchanted Plants has been in Shaftesbury since 2007 but has now moved onto the high street.   Run by...

Today we ventured down to Weymouth to visit Dave Allen & the team at the Weymouth Heritage & Visitor Centre and share some tea and tea smuggling history. Dave & the team here have a real passion for bringing history to life and the Dorset Coast certainly has a lot of secrets to share.  With such a rich heritage, the team work tirelessly to promote Dorset, and Weymouth in particular, as the place to visit for Culture & Heritage in this part of Dorset. Why were we here?  Well this area of Dorset has rich smuggling history and with a new two-part...

Exciting News.  At the end of October Rob is heading off to Taiwan to further understand the remarkable Taiwanese Oolongs that we currently stock and also bring new and exciting teas back to the Tea House to share with you all.  He will spend his time immersed in tea and tea culture - picking, plucking and making teas under the watchful eye of Tea Masters.  Rob also has plans to produce his own signature high mountain Oolong - let's see how that goes... Comins Tea House is committed to exploring and sharing the provenance of our fine teas.  We believe...

On our return from the British Family Fayre we received this lovely email.  We talk to a lot of customers about making great tea more accessible but how does it feel to you when you get home with your new tea?   Here is one customers view... "Hello there. I adore your ethos and pure and simple approach to fine  quality tea and tea wares to make it all more accessible. I enjoyed taking tea with you at your stall {31 aug} in Westerham at the best of British show. I was surprised how much i enjoyed the white tea you recommended...