tea and wine with peggy veloudos of t-bar tea salon, south australia
The T-Bar is a specialty teahouse located in Adelaide, South Australia. Having been around since 1999, they have seen the Australian tea landscape change over the years; they also know a thing or two about what makes for a great teahouse atmosphere. T-bar is the kind of place to come, enjoy a pot, learn and relax. They have … Continue reading
temple tea: nan tien temple in wollongong, australia
This series of photos were taken at the Nan Tien Temple, the name literally means “paradise of the south” in English and it is the largest Buddhist temple in the southern hemisphere. The temple is located in the Wollongong area of NSW, Australia (which is just outside Sydney) and they have a beautiful on-site tea house … Continue reading
an interview and tea store tour with may king tea
While putting this interview together I was thinking back to how May King Tsang and I became friends. It was over Twitter that we became connected, May King was on her way to Australia, and I was on my way out of Australia, both of us about to begin (again!) the adventure of living overseas. May … Continue reading
tea design with justine goss of the brilliant trees collective
Tell me a little about what you design and make – what got you into tea, and into designing teaware. I design and print a range of Edgy Chic Home-wares – Tea Towels at the moment but I am currently in “create” mode and I am looking at expanding into other products. I have just … Continue reading
photos: t bar tea salon, south australia
This neat little tea salon is in Adelaide, South Australia – I’ll be publishing an interview with Peggy from T Bar in the New Year, but in the meantime enjoy the photos! I love the cherry red packaging for the tea and the colour coordinated teaware on the display shelf, beautiful!
tea design: designing tea textiles with helen king in moreton bay, australia
Paluma Print is a boutique design business based out of the amazingly beautiful Moreton Bay in Queensland, Australia. The name ‘Paluma’ comes from a small village set in the tropical rainforest near Townsville, far-north Queensland. Helen first started screen printing textiles in north Queensland in the late eighties, inspired by the beautiful environment, and established … Continue reading
lemon iced tea and memories of singapore with antony perring
Antony Perring is an Australian based food photographer, writer and stylist; he is also the co-founder of Cluki Food. He kindly sent over his favorite tea photo and shared the story behind it with me. “I do have a favorite tea picture – it’s of my Lemon Iced Tea with a lump of yellow rock … Continue reading
T2 TEA store: melbourne, australia
Recently T2 opened a new store in the lovely Melbourne area of Chadstone. The crew at T2 have an amazing vision when it comes to shop-fits, in-store design and packaging and their stores are beautiful. I also think that they have done a great job at introducing the non-tea public to the world of tea. … Continue reading
tea and travel 