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Remembering my mother - tea, hospitality & dementia

Remembering my mother - tea, hospitality & dementia

This was written 5 years ago when my mother was still alive. Now I am sharing it again as I remember my mother on Mothering Sunday. I grew up in... Read More

bellevue's best brew

We were so pleased when bellevue’s best brew leaf tea bags were awarded 2 stars in the GTA 2017 that we have decided to offer the same blend of teas... Read More
bellevue's best brew
Turmeric tea

Turmeric tea

Turmeric is becoming well known as a natural anti-inflammatory. It contains compounds called curcuminoids, the most important one of which is curcumin. Its anti-inflammatory properties are sought after because chronic... Read More

The bellevue belter - a question

Customer question time A non-urgent question....but one I have wondered about over the years (: It's my memory that some decades ago loose leaf teas were larger particles rather than... Read More
The bellevue belter - a question
A-Z of tea    A is for Argentina

A-Z of tea A is for Argentina

Tea was planted in Argentina during the 1920s but the tea produced was not of good quality. In 1951 tea imports were banned which led to the growth in production.... Read More

A-Z of tea B is for brick

A tea brick is compressed tea in the shape of tablets or bricks which have been used over the centuries as both forms of currency as well as for drinking.... Read More
A-Z of tea   B is for brick
Leaf tea bags

Leaf tea bags

Square, string & tag, double-chambered, naked, staple-free, enveloped, non-enveloped, round, pyramid or fuso. Since their introduction in the 1950s tea bags have come in all sorts of shapes, guises and sizes... Read More