The Tea Caddy
A diary for your teas, and a table to share them at
Keep a caddy of your own
- Your teas, each with how to brew it, what it costs a pot and how it tasted; photograph the tin and it is read for you.
- A diary of every pot, with gongfu infusions counted and your teapots seasoning as you go.
- Afternoon teas planned to the last scone, with engraved invitations and a guest book.
- A seat at the tea table, with everyone else’s pots, if you choose to share.
The same passkey as Himinbjörg; nothing to remember.
The tea table
What everyone is pouring
The house’s caddies
Put the kettle on
The timerHow much leaf, how hot and how long, for any tea, and a cup that fills as it steeps.The guides
A ceremony 2 min read The Perfect Afternoon Tea Sandwiches, scones and cakes on three tiers, a pot or two of good tea, and nowhere else to be until six.
A guide 1 min read The Cream Tea Scones, clotted cream, strawberry jam and a pot of tea. On the order of the middle two, the West Country has never agreed.
A disagreement 2 min read A Proper Cup of Tea Two famous sets of instructions, sixty years apart, that agree on almost everything except the milk.
A practice 2 min read Gongfu Cha Tea made with skill: a small pot, a lot of leaf and short infusions, poured again and again, each a little different from the last.