by Charlotte Couse | Mar 21, 2024 | Tea
Tea is one of my guilt-free pleasures. It doesn’t make you put on weight, and unlike coffee, it doesn’t dehydrate or stop me from sleeping. So I really go for it and buy good quality leaves. I then have a mini tea ceremony, with a small tea pot for...
by Charlotte Couse | Aug 5, 2022 | Chinese Dietary Therapy, Herbs, Tea
I bought a gong fu tea set from Facebook marketplace and started doing tea ceremonies. I bought high quality tea, brewed it several times in a minature clay teapot, then poured it into a tiny ceramic cup. Once of my favourite teas is Chen Pi and pu’er. Chen Pi...
by Charlotte Couse | May 5, 2020 | Tea
Flower power As the weather starts to heat up, a tea to drink to cool you down is chrysanthemum. I’m not a big herbal tea drinker, but I really like chrysanthemum and don’t know why it’s not more popular. I mix it with Japanese sencha for a grassy...
by Charlotte Couse | Apr 8, 2020 | Chinese Dietary Therapy, Tea
I recently bought a Chinese tea ceremony set (known as Gong Fu) after seeing it on offer on facebook. I’d recently been to Mei Leaf/Acumedic in London (a Chinese medicine supplier and tea shop) and my interest had been piqued. The set comprises a gaiwan (where...
