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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...

Yesterday, in a field near Westerham Kent, we attended the Great British Family Fayre.  The Fayre was set up by a normal British Family who want to prove that our nation still leads the world in manufacture, farming and production. There were great British brands Derwent, LUSH, MSE , King of Shaves and some new and innovative British companies like Roadil and Beulah Home .  Amongst all these was our stand showcasing our British Teaware.  The whole show was filled will passionate British companies all taking time out to share expertise, educate, answer questions and most importantly try to engage the future generation...

One of the great things about running your own business {talking tea in the Tea House one day, setting up a Gong Fu Tea ceremony in a field at a food festival the next} is that you come across some amazing people realising some really interesting and different ambitions. We came across Dorshi at one such festival and immediately fell in love with their vision, ideals and of course their wonderful food.  That got us to thinking.  Wouldn't it be great to occasionally open up the Tea House to an evening of collaboration - pairing our fine teas with great...