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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...

Here at Comins Tea House we love to explore.  Exploration leads to adventures, interesting people, places and of course great stories - and we love stories.  Every trip we make involves seeking out new places to take tea.  For us exploring tea culture is not just about visiting tea plantations and meeting tea growers it is also about seeing how tea is evolving closer to home.  Tea is very personal and it is wonderful to travel to different cities and experience different peoples interpretation of tea and tea service - we never stop learning.  We are just back from a...

On the 31st August Comins Tea House will be at the Great British Family Fayre where we will be holding a workshop showcasing our unique British Teaware.  The British Family Fayre is a free family day out organised by a normal British family who want to prove that our nation still leads the world in manufacture, farming & production. Ahead of this we wanted to share a little more about the inspiration behind our range of British Teaware :- _____________________________________________________________________________________________ The Story Behind our British Teaware We all have them.  The lonely packet of loose leaf tea pushed to the back...

Our Tea House has been open just over a month now and it's been great to share tea with so many new customers.  We wanted to write a little about it - but then we thought - it's not really about what we think - it is about how the space & the experience feel to our customers.  So, over the next few months we will be asking a few of our lovely customers to share their views. We met Chris in the opening week of the Tea House & he has kindly agreed to share his tea adventure (so...

A few weeks ago our tea bowls, tea tins & tea napkins were picked for the Blog & Buy Sale #springwishlist.  The wish list http://stall.blogandbuysale.com is a curated list of the very best products available online.  The aim of the list is to pull together the ultimate list of creative products sold by independent artists and designers.  As you know we are great advocates of British design & this list just goes to show what a fantastic array of talent there is in the UK & beyond! We wanted to pick a few of our favourite items - so here goes....