Tea Notes

The kettle and the teapot are central objects in many households and a point where many conversations with your Mum have probably taken place. Whatever your tea brewing method, the act of preparing, serving and enjoying tea creates a special ritual that is nourishing for the soul. It is rare that we take a moment to enjoy a shared tea experience, which makes it even more special to find time to brew tea for your Mum this Mother’s Day. Here, we share some ideas on how to brew tea with extra love and attention this Mother’s Day. Try loose-leaf tea Since...

This week we are pleased to launch a new tea collection featuring Australian grown and processed tea. Our aim for this collection is to showcase and support the talents of our Australian tea makers (tea masters) in producing teas that exemplify their growing region and production methods. Our initial Australian tea collection, whilst small, has brought together some of the finest green teas from around the country. We hope to encourage tea enthusiasts to experience Australian grown teas for themselves.   The first two single-estate green teas to be added to our collection have been grown and processed by our friends...

And finally I am back! Some of you may have noticed an absence of new content from Tealosophy the past month. As much as I hate to disappoint my readers, the truth is that life got a little hectic for this solopreneur during the past month and something had to give. I thought it might be nice to share what The Steepery Tea Co. has been up to recently that has kept us so busy. One of the main reasons I created The Steepery Tea Co. was to share my tea knowledge and experiences with the local community to promote...

So, you are curious to try loose-leaf tea. You may be a conscious consumer interested to discover the origins of most things you eat and drink but have not yet been convinced to leave the perceived ease and convenience of a teabag. In your heart you know the world of tea is probably slightly better, you may have read the health properties of drinking loose-leaf tea or stumbled into a tea retailer and been enticed by the aromas of the tea leaves. Congratulations! Perhaps you are not experiencing all that tea has to offer but where do you go from here?...

Today I would like to introduce a very talented ceramist, Yesha Macdonald. Yesha is based in Melbourne, Australia and is the maker behind some of the beautifully crafted teawares on The Steepery Tea Co. We feel privileged to share some of Yesha's pieces with you and we wanted to find out a bit more about about how the world of tea and her work interact. How did your journey in ceramics commence?  I have a background in graphic design and creative studio management, however having worked with clay a few times as a child and in my teens, my fascination with ceramics stayed...