In his now-notorious beat poem Storm, Tim Minchin takes a disparaging look at propagators of natural remedies and alternative medicine, summarising his point with the famous line ‘You know what they call alternative medicine that’s been proved to work? Medicine.’…
As much as we all love sweet, fruity, and exotic flavoured teas, sometimes you just can’t beat a plain cup of black tea. This is my review of Basilur Nuwara Eliya, a single origin black tea from a specific region…
Another day, another tea to review. Despite reviewing more than a handful of jasmine green teas here on the blog, it never gets boring to try a new one. Today, I’m sipping on a rather disappointing jasmine green tea from…
If you have it, the world is your oyster, but if you don’t, then the world can be a pretty unpleasant and scary place to be. Especially as low self esteem tends to lead to problematic relationships and poor self…
English Breakfast tea and Earl Grey are those quintessentially British tea blends, so of course they would be included in the Ahmad Classic Tea Selection! If you were looking to explore the classics in black tea, you’ve come to the…
I know I’m supposed to love the sweltering heat of summer, but can we just take a minute to rejoice the fact that we’re now entering sweater season?! This T2 Chai review is my first chai of autumn and it…
I can’t remember where I picked this tea up. It might have been gifted to me, or it may have arrived in the box of teas that Novus kindly sent me. Regardless, this is a very intriguing tea to try.…
Fruit and green tea go really well together, whether you’re sipping a fresh Japanese green tea and munching on grapes or peach slices, or trying a nice fruit-flavoured green tea. This pomegranate green tea by Fosters Traditional Foods is one…
The use of plants and herbs in beauty products is an increasingly popular subject in the beauty community, and not always for the best reasons. Whether it’s Gwyneth Paltrow’s heavily-criticised Netflix documentary, Bella Thorne’s painful Harper’s Bazaar video , or…