Journal

Origins & travel

Tea, Grown Here — A Day at Zealong

What New Zealand Tea Can Be There is something slightly surreal about looking down from a helicopter and seeing rows of tea...

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Origins & travel

Japan Travels - Exploring Hakusei White Leaf Tea

My journey into the world of Japanese tea took me deep into Yame, where I first encountered the fascinating category of white...

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The Great Tea Heist: Robert Fortune's Journey into China

  How 19th-Century Espionage Transformed Global Trade In the mid-17th century, tea arrived in London's coffeehouses, and by the mid-18th century, its...

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When Coffee was King

  In a nutshell… (read this for a quick overview) Unlike India, Sri Lanka’s history with tea is indissolubly linked to that...

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Tea Journeys - Temi Tea Estate, Sikkim, India.

  In mid-2019, we embarked on another tea sourcing mission. This time we would make our way through India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam...

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Tea Exploration

  We started N&S to have a place to sell teas that we're currently excited to be drinking. Sampling hundreds of tea...

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Sourcing Tea - Organic Japanese Sencha

  In the natural environment of Shintomi-Cho, Miyazaki Prefecture grows our Organic Japanese Sencha. Ken, a third-generation tea farmer, born in the...

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Escape to Maruia Hot Springs

  In Māori, “Maruia,” appropriately translates to shelter, haven or comfortable place. Now the scene is set, let us put this place...

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