I’m a bit behind on my posts, and should have done an earlier review of loose teas from a new company, Tea Box. Based in Sheffield, this is a small family business with an interesting line in tea, and some nifty packaging too. I spent some of my child in South Yorkshire, where Sheffield really [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Alcohol free drinks'
Brewing for the Steel City
January 31st, 2011 · No Comments · Alcohol free drinks, Breakfast, British favourites, Foodie gifts, Places to shop online, Tea and coffee
Tags:Sheffield Brew·Tea Box
A good look at tea with Bellevue Tea
December 6th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Alcohol free drinks, British favourites, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Places to shop online, Tea and coffee
I wrote last year about how much I like Bellevue Tea, and liked them so much it’s what I gave my team for Christmas. Which means I’ve got to work out what to give them this year, but if I was going back to Bellevue then I’d be going for this colourful option: The tea [...]
Quick pick – festive gift for the non drinker
November 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Alcohol free drinks, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts
Today’s quick pick is a bottle of Blue Festive: A warming blend of Blueberries and festive spices that create a subtle, refreshing, but superb mulled drink. Of course you can mix it in with wine, but can also mix with grape juice. Good stocking filler, very reasonable at £4 from deli2dine4.
What’s the nation’s favourite department store got us for Christmas?
October 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Alcohol free drinks, British favourites, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Ingredients, Savoury gifts, Sweet treats, Tea and coffee
I love John Lewis, particularly the one in Leicester. It’s just because I don’t love shopping that much and I can pull straight into the car park, run across the bridge, into the store and back out again. And when I did that today in search of school uniform (not for me, I hasten to [...]
Send a hamper of officially “cool” food
October 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Alcohol free drinks, British favourites, Chocolate, Foodie gifts, Make your own, Savoury gifts
The annual CoolBrands survey is out for the year, and there’s a good crop of food and drink brands that made the final list. So if you’ve got someone on your gift shopping list who thrives on cool first and foremost, then maybe you can turn them on to great tasting products as well. Here’s a [...]
Tags:cool·Coolbrands
The best of the East Midlands and beyond
October 2nd, 2010 · 4 Comments · Alcohol free drinks, Bread, British favourites, Cheese, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own, Meat treats, Savoury gifts, Spirits, Tea and coffee
MGG and I had a fantastic day out at the East Midlands Food Festival, and it was great to see that after what I thought was a quiet year last year, it was back on form this year. In fact, I would go as far as to say this is the best one so far. [...]
Tea fit for a palace, a shed, or just our place
September 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Alcohol free drinks, British favourites, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Places to shop online, Tea and coffee
I was contacted by the team at Tea Palace recently, and they wanted to know if I’d like to try some of their tea. Always up for looking at new things, and certainly a good brew, I said yes. And was rather overwhelmed by their generosity, as a huge box of beautiful looking tins arrived [...]
Tags:Christmas foodie gifts·Earl Grey·personalised gifts·tea·Tea Palace
New season at Not On the High Street
September 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Alcohol free drinks, British favourites, Cheese, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Ingredients, Kitchenwares, Meat treats, Places to shop online, Tea and coffee
I know I write reasonably regularly about Not On the High Street, but I guess it’s because, with their business model, there’s always new stuff going on. Here’s what I love right now for the food lovers, cookers, bakers and servers. * Measuring Glass – perfect for dried goods and liquids, this is attractive looking as well [...]
New things making the news across the pond
July 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Alcohol free drinks, Chocolate, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Healthy eating, New food launches
It’s that time of year again when the Fancy Food Show has been on in New York, and the NASFT sofi Awards are handed out. Last year it was all about blood oranges, which I have seen making appearances in various forms in delis, but not in huge quantities. And this year? Well, no such [...]
Tags:blood orange·Chocolate·Fancy Food Show·Fever-Tree·Food trends·Foodie gifts·Poco Dolce
