POP SHOP! is live! Shop our teas! It's been a long time coming! When we started this transition from "Travelling Afternoon Tea with a Twist" to our own store, our main priorities were going to be our teas and confectionery - after all, it's what we're about - consumable gifts for loved ones and pretty and practical opportunities to treat yourself.
Hello! I hope this post finds you well! A lot seems to have changed since we last spoke (including the opening of the beer garden!) and we hope you're all continuing to adjust to life as it evolves over the next few weeks. I don't know about you, but instead of climbing the walls, I'm really okay with not going back to 'normal'. In fact, I think I've found my new normal, and I really hope it's going to continue to involve many, many plants, endless cups of tea on our new garden bench (with the warmer weather to accompany it!) and long catch-ups with friends and loved ones, savoured over tea and treats on the lawn (until it's too...
"Deep sleeps the Winter, Cold, wet and grey; Surely all the world is dead; Spring is far away. Wait! the world shall waken; It is not dead, for lo, The Fair Maids of February Stand in the snow!" ‘The Snowdrop Fairy’ - Cicely Mary Barker. They're here! The first signs of Spring. Traditionally a symbol of less positive omens (the Victorians didn't like them in the house, their worst-case scenario was death!) we've spotted our first snowdrops on our walks! Now often seen as a symbol of hope due to the fact that it is often the first to flower at the end of Winter and the beginning of Spring, we can't help but appreciate a sign that there are...
Hello! We hope you're managing to take some time for yourself this festive season. As we know, December flies by so quickly, and it's easy to become burned out without realising! Since the launch of our Christmas Shop, we've been discussing Christmas shopping this year in general. As a shop, you'd think we'd be trying to sell all the items we can, but in all honesty, it's not all that we're about! Sure our purpose is to gift good quality items from our home to yours, but this year things may look a little different - and we think that this might be a slight silver lining to all this madness. The irony of Black Friday after Thanksgiving is not...
