Quality isn’t all in loose leaf teas.
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Tag: afternoon tea
Anatomy of Good Tea: How to Brew a Decent Loose Leaf & Tea Bag Cuppa
The construction of the perfect cup of tea is not much of a secret.
From water temperature to tea flavor types and instruments, here’s the tea on how I, and even Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, like our Afternoon Tea brewed…
Decadent Threads: Bougie by Daylight
For lack of recent fashion week moments, I reminisce and appreciate styling the wearable art fashion house ERRE makes – this time, an evening gown to elevate even your daytime streetstyle, or just High Tea…
Culinary Quest: Brunch Cafe by Ideas Cartel
With Brunch Cafe, membership club Ideas Cartel offers up another space that fits right in with Cape Town’s inner city foodie culture and cosmopolitan lifestyle ethos.
Find your perfect plate pick for brunch, now…
Culinary Quest: Loose Leaf TWG Teas
From High Tea in gorgeous spaces, to Afternoon Tea at home, this is why my imported loose leaf TWG teas have become part of an at-home ritual during lockdown…
Culinary Quest: Casa Labia by Ideas Cartel
At this innovation intersection, Casa Labia Cultural Centre serves warm hospitality, culinary delights to remember, views perfect for rest & relaxation, an event calendar for the family, and an aesthetic staycation to remember.
Here’s why you should visit…
Culinary Quest: Afternoon Tea at Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel
Perennial pleasure can be found in the Afternoon Tea experience at the famed Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel.
Here’s why to make this luxury Cape retreat your next culinary stop…
Culinary Quest: High Tea at Charly’s Bakery
If you’re like me, hunkered in at home and craving the indulgent opulence of a decadent Afternoon Tea, then order in the experience from the comfort of home.
Charly’s Bakery now has a bountiful High Tea boxed beautifully. Perfect for 2 (but an excess of storable pleasure for 1 too) the High Tea menu is incredible in its diverse and inclusive offerings.
Coping with Covid-19: Afternoon Tea
“There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.” – Henry James
Coping with Covid-19: Sunshine & Happiness
My body has known the warmth of the African sun for more than 2 decades, and being without it for as many weeks as I’ve been sequestered, has actually impacted me psychologically.
Solo Winter: Cellars-Hohenort for Best Priced Quality High Tea?
Some Afternoon Tea spots and tea cafes, fall disappointingly short with High Tea…while today’s foodie escapade location rose to the occasion admirably.