Tea and Toast

As a child Saturday and Sunday mornings were the days when Mum and Dad would sometimes have a bit of a lie in. I recall my father would get up to make a cup of tea for him and Mum. He would wonder back to the bedroom with two cups of tea sat on sauces with either a couple of pieces of buttered toast or a slice of fresh white buttered bread folded in half balancing on the side of the saucer.

This post is a homage to my father Alan Poole who has since passed away but imparted such a loving and enduring memory of his caring for my mother with 'tea and toast' on those weekends mornings. 

This memory laid the platform for my own journey in discovering tea and the foods that accompany tea.  I intend to explore an eclectic array of teas, different blends from around the world as well as within New Zealand. This will include fruit and herbal blends along with those teas made with our New Zealand native plants. 

So go make a cup of tea, sit back and relax. Sip and enjoy your delicious brew of tea wherever you are in the world.