Love tea

Irani Chai or Hyderabadi Dum Chai – the extra rich creamy tea gifted by the Persian travellers of yesteryears… 2021 has begun. Not that many of us are extra hopeful, but yes, a lot of us look forward to the year with a lot of positivity, that things will be better that 2020. […]

Syrian Tea

Coffee! Coffee! My kingdom for a cup of coffee!

Doodh Patti, the rich, comforting, mellow chai beloved by many! Instructions for tea leaves and tea bags in the post!

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~ Give me Red ~ (A sip of Hibiscus !!) The local vegetable market filled with an array of colorful fresh vegetables and dew ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: French Culinary Institute-trained Andrea Duty is a dear friend of the blog who we often collaborated with when she lived in Austin and ran her delicious custom dessert catering company, Bake Sale. Although our sweet tooth was devastated when she set off for life abroad in London, we couldn’t have been more excited […]

“Real men drink tea.” That’s what the sign said. Really. I had heard about this place, The English Tea Room in downtown Covington, LA. Char had been there a handful of times. And a good friend of mine has been there once. He loved the Shepherd’s Pie and told me that I had to try it. From what I’ve heard, the front door doesn’t see many men walk in. But today this man went. It wasn’t planned. Not at all. A flat tire got us there. The tire shop is right around the corner, and the mechanic told