Tuesday Tea Tasting As the famous Grand National horse race took place on Sunday, I thought an appropriate tea to try this week was Speedy Breakfast from Rare Tea Company. It's quick and strong (the attributes of any winning racehorse) and comes packaged in colourful stripes that would look great as jockey's silks. The tea leaves are cut a bit finer to infuse faster, so if you want to make a quick cuppa, but still avoid teabags then this is perfect, and great with a dash of milk. There are no...

Tuesday Tea Tasting You'll rarely find me drinking a green tea. I'm just not that into it. But I like to keep trying and always love to be pleasantly surprised. And so it was with Rare Tea Company's Whole Leaf Green Tea. Their cute little caddies contain instructions helping me realise where I've been going wrong all these years - I like my tea light and sweet and so this green tea really doesn't need much brewing time. Just a quick minute to infuse for a tasty, refreshing cuppa. (My fault for...

Oh my do I love an afternoon tea! So what better excuse to head to 108 Pantry at Marylebone Hotel than it being National Afternoon Tea Week! afternontea.co.uk offer great discounts on lots of fabby locations so I booked through them and thoroughly enjoyed the delicious scones, pastries, sandwiches and cakes. But the highlight was the tea....topped up as much as I wanted (hooray!) and so I tried a few brews from the Rare Tea Company, including their Assam (with milk to make it a proper English...