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Lapsang Souchong - The Fire Nobody Chose
The cup is dark and smoky, the colour rising fast from the leaves—amber, then mahogany, then the brown of an old violin. The aroma is wood smoke, not…
4 weeks ago
Reserve Tea - The Root Heard It Wrong
At the bottom of the teapot, something heavier waits. Everything else in this blend is light—leaf, stalk, bud—rising towards the surface, but one pie…
1 month, 1 week ago
Reserve Tea - What Stayed When the Petals Fell
The tea opens green-gold and clouded, with every leaf and stalk sinking to the bottom—except for the small, violet-grey grains that float, turning sl…
1 month, 1 week ago
Reserve Tea - A Grass That Smelled of Violets
Everything in today's cup has a colour — except for the pale, straw-yellow pieces that look as if they were dry before they were ever dried. They sit…
1 month, 1 week ago
Reserve Tea - The Nerve Doesn't Know the Difference
In this tea there's one dark green, serrated leaf, crumpled as if it never quite unfolded. It’s the most ordinary thing in the cup, but it’s the one …
1 month, 1 week ago
Reserve Tea - The Last Thing to Arrive
The Reserve Tea opens with a cup that glows green-gold, shifting in the light like a leaf held to a window. Four shapes loosen in the pot—leaf, stalk…
1 month, 1 week ago
Earl Grey - Mr Grey's Legacy
The cup is Earl Grey, and the colour comes up fast—amber, copper, then it stops. There are dark leaves, pale curls of rind, a drift of blue petals, a…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Earl Grey - The Smell Nobody Names
The cup of Earl Grey Tea is a room-filling presence, its colour rising fast and its scent arriving before the water has finished pouring. There are d…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Earl Grey - The Blue Sits Between
The cup opens quickly, the colour shifting from amber to copper and stopping just short of red-brown. In the swirl, dark leaves soften and pale curls…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Earl Grey - The Only Part That Lingers
The cup of Earl Grey changes quickly, the colour rising and settling into amber and copper before you can look away. In the swirl, nearly everything …
1 month, 2 weeks ago