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Kick start the new year and the new you with Matcha green tea!
Hands up. Who’s feeling like they over indulged this Christmas? Too much sherry and chocolates? Lots of sitting around watching films? We hear you! At The Kettle Shed, we’re certainly feeling like we ate too many mince pies but we know just the cure, Matcha Green Tea! It’s the perfect way to detox post Christmas and to give you and the new year a healthy kick start! Health Benefits But why is it so good? Well, as with any green tea, the drinker can expect to benefit from the wide range of antioxidants that come in every cup. But matcha tea is quite special when it comes to the levels of antioxidants.…
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Putting the tea swirl in samba
We’re absolutely delighted to be stocking our tea at the fabulous Samba Swirl, a delicious frozen yoghurt shop based in 4 locations across London. Samba Swirl isn’t just about frozen yoghurt; they have the perfect cure for all those winter blues! With a range of hot drinks and speciality teas, cold pressed juices and sweet treat combinations in their new “signature” drinks menu, there is something for everyone. From a herbal and spicy hot-toddy to delicious red velvet or carrot cake, this is the perfect place to escape on a cold, winter day. Run by Lyndsey and David, the duo set up Samba Swirl after a trip to America…
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What is the difference between loose leaf & tea bags?
What is loose leaf tea? Loose leaf are large loose tea leaves that are stored usually in a tea tin and then served in one of our tea infusers. You can choose how little or how much tea you would like in your drink. What are Fuso tea bags? Fuso tea bags are triangular type tea bags. The triangular or pyramid shape improves the liquidity of the tea leaves when they come in contact with hot water and allow for prompt extraction, which means stronger tastier tea! A benefit of our fuso tea bags is that they are biodegradable, which means they are capable of being decomposed by the action of biological agents, especially bacteria. Material that,…
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Give Kettle Shed tea this Christmas!
Tea makes a perfect present at Christmas and we have lots of gorgeous brews for everyone’s taste buds! For the guys out there, why not try Kick-In Coco, which is delicious with or without milk. Alternatively, Tutti Frutti is a treat on the eyes with it’s colourful infusion of tropical fruits. Both are great winter drinks! Darjeeling is known as “the champagne of teas”, so why not pick up our uniquely blended, Dargeeling Darling to enjoy on Christmas day. It’s available as a loose-leaf tea and also in biodegradable fuso bags. To make that gift extra special, don’t forget to check out our tea infusers too! For those ready to kick start…
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A Kettle Shed tea themed wedding
We love a good wedding, especially one with a theme. So, when Kate and Laura got in touch to say they were having an “Afternoon tea” theme using The Kettle Shed tea, we were delighted and promptly put the kettle on to celebrate! Marrying at Ladore Falls Hotel in the Lake District, Kate and Laura treated their guests to an afternoon tea in the Garden Suite. Each table was named after a different Kettle Shed tea, with a beautiful bag of loose leaf tea as wedding favours for the guests. Laura had even hand written descriptions of the teas for every guest. What a wonderful touch! We were over the…
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Welcome to the Shed!! “Rhythm & Brews”
Chiswicks ‘vinyl’ cafe has now opened on Arlington Park Corner Owner Ann Khoshabam, who ran the Cinnamon Cafe in Pitshanger Lane, Ealing, saw the potential of this building and took on the challenge, bringing Chiswick its first Vinyl cafe. The cafe sells second had vinyl records, along with Kettle Shed Tea, Union Coffee and a selection of paninis, croissants and homemade cakes which are just yummy! The music is old vinyl, played on a record player and sounds amazing, you can take your own play and buy retro records, great for presents and great place to hang out and drink amazing Tea! Rhythm…
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The Kettle Shed Tea vs Bog standard Supermarket tea.
As we said in our last blog about ‘The Difference between our Fuso tea bags & loose leaf tea’ we are going to go in to detail about our fuso tea bags and the difference between ‘bog standard supermarket tea bags’ We hope this blog really highlights the point of buying tea online from us, the health benefits, how it is environmentally friends, cost effective and an all-round better choice! Let’s start with supermarket tea. The loose tea in a generic supermarket brand tea bag is generally smaller or broken leaves and in very cheap tea bags that is practically a powder. This leads to loose tea leaves becoming broken or crushed, when this happens the essential…
