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This month we will be sharing the tales of how we sourced our fine teas from around the world. We'll explain how, through a combination of travel, visits to tea gardens and some very inspiring people, we developed our initial collection of loose leaf teas. To coincide with this we would like to hear from you about your own personal tea stories. It could be a weekly cup with your Grandma, a shared drink high up in the Himalayas or an inspirational meeting in a tea room. Anything goes! All entries to be emailed to us on info@cominsteahouse.co.uk by the end of March 2012. We will...

The story of our tea tin began with a visit to an antiques shop in Brussels, Belgium. After browsing the shop and not really being inspired by anything, we were about to leave when we noticed a large wooden cabinet in a corner. It was stacked full of small metal boxes, which in closer inspection were all embossed with numbers on their lids. Intrigued we picked one up and opened it revealing a scrap of paper. It was then the penny dropped. The piece of paper read ‘MARGARETS HOPE’, which we instantly knew as the famous tea estate in Darjeeling,...

It has been a busy first few months for us here at Comins Tea House.  Before we move into what promises to be an exciting 2012 we thought we would have a quick recap on where we have been and what we have been up to.  More news to follow on the plans for 2012!   19/20 November 2011 - The Tea & Coffee Festival - Southbank, London We had only just started trading when the opportunity arose to attend the Tea and Coffee Festival on the Southbank in London, organised by the lovely Yael Rose.  It was our first...

First I need to set the scene. We had just had our website launch and it had gone well. We were relaxing a little after a what been a hectic couple of weeks. Then we discovered The Tea and Coffee Festival in London. Perfect in all ways except one, the date. It was due to happen in a little over two weeks from our launch date. We were prepared for internet sales, but certainly not for a three day festival. This is where practicality fought opportunity and opportunity won. The chance to get our name and products out there was...

My first taste of tea came at a very young age and must have been from an unattended cup belonging to one of my parents. I would love to say that this first experience started me on my tea journey, but it didn’t. More experiences followed in my early twenties from politely accepted cups offered by a variety of equally polite hosts. Sadly, the conclusion was the same. I didn’t like tea. In fact I would go as far as to say I disliked it. To me it was bitter and not at all pleasant. Even meeting my tea enthusiast...