Comptoir Libanais, Wigmore Street
Pomegranate TeaComptoir LibanaisLondon has had a pretty good summer, with the Queen doing us proud, and the running thing. We have even had rubbish weather – how else to make idle conversation? – rain...
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Five o’clock TeaMoCafeHeddon Street loops off Regent Street towards the Piccadilly end. In 1973 Ziggy Stardust landed with his Spiders from Mars at no. 23 and changed the world. An old red telephone...
View ArticleWhere to Buy Tea in London: Postcard Teas
Postcard TeasPostcards Teas travel extensively in Asia, working with small-scale producers to find the finest teas which you can buy from 9 Dering Street, a former 18th century grocers shop. The lovely...
View ArticleTibits, Heddon Street
Jasmine Tea BallTibitsHeddon StreetIn January at the same time as needing to ‘tighten our belts’, we may find our actual belts are quite tight after the Christmas feast. For a reasonably priced,...
View ArticleGarden Café, Brown Hart Gardens, Mayfair
Mint TeaGarden CaféMayfairLondon can sometimes surprise you in the most delightful ways. Last week I took a trip to a secret garden in Hampstead. I had never visited Lord Lever’s surreally potty...
View ArticleHR Higgins, Duke Street, Mayfair
Chamomile TeaHR HigginsMayfairSomeone should make a film about HR Higgins Coffee Man esq.. The tale of how he started his coffee roasting enterprise in wartime London is heroic stuff. Evading...
View ArticleAfternoon Tea, Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane
Afternoon Tea Grosvenor House Hotel Park LaneI confess I am not a huge cake-lover; my idea of a tea-time snack is a nice bit of Marmite on toast – or that is what I tell myself. I do enjoy a tea party...
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