Auntie Madge
NOTE: My Forthcoming book has 7 or possibly 8 pieces of tea-flavoured fiction included. Here’s one in draft form. Your comments are welcome. I hefted the Britannia teapot to chest height. It seemed...
View ArticleThe Sipeasy
NOTE: My Forthcoming book has 7 or possibly 8 pieces of tea-flavoured fiction included. Here’s one in draft form. Your comments are welcome. I’m in a seedy, not exactly legitimate establishment. I’m...
View ArticleFortune and the Goddess
This week I was accused of writing soft-core tea porn. Last I check, I had no soft-core tea porn in my repertoire. If I’m going to be accused of something, it damn well better be true. So…here’s some...
View ArticleA Rose By Any Other Name Would Smell as Manly…
I’m drinking Rose Blush as I write this. Of course I won’t be reviewing it as it’s one of The Devotea blends: that would be a little self-indulgent. It’s rose and vanilla and black tea. In order to...
View ArticleDie Hard With a Cuppa
In mediaeval times, one could pour boiling oil from upon one’s tower onto invading hordes. And it certainly learned ’em a thing or two, let me tell you. Obviously, when we get door-to-door electricity...
View Article“The Souchong Strikes Back”– The Teabeer Trilogy, Book 2
For BOOK 1 of The Teabeer Trilogy, go HERE. Not too long ago in a public house relatively nearby… It began with an e-mail. I’m not even sure how I got on their list, but The Green Dragon sent me an...
View ArticleThe 20 Health Benefits of Tea: 1686 style.
Lord Devotea’s List Week: List 3* Thomas Povey was a 17th century man about town that history seems to recall as titled, incompetent, rich and powerful, and not surprisingly, a British Member of...
View ArticleThe Perfect Pairing, You Young Whippersnappers
I’m over tea pairing with food. Ho hum. All I hear some days is “Lord Devotea, what tea should I have with my Mars Bar foie gras?” Listen folks, we don’t have to be as dull as wine folk. Their product...
View ArticleSheng, for shame!
Today, in his own inimitable way, Johnny Teacup wrestles with the conventional “wisdom” of sheng pu’er goodness. He lays a copy of a local free paper on the floor, improvises a gongfu set with a couple...
View ArticleReal Men Drink Flowers
A post about chrysanthemum pu’er, in which Johnny encounters the supremely manly musk of this testosterone-laden tea. I am sick and tired of people decrying flowers as froo-froo, prettified,...
View ArticleReview: (Tea at) “The Force Awakens”
Last night, we took the time to go and see “The Force Awakens”, which is a new Star Wars film. I mention that in case you missed the scant coverage it has got in the media, on Facebook etc. So, how to...
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