Tea Appreciation Society – We love tea
Push Button For Tea
Nov 22nd
Carlton Jefferis spotted this tea crossing in Bristol and tweeted a picture asking: “Is this Banksy at work again? Genius!”
We hope so!
The Tea Appreciation Society winners are…
Nov 20th
The Tea Appreciation Society are pleased to announce the winners of our recent mug competition as: Andrew Dodson, Joanna Drag, Amy Elliott, Kate Pearson, Jeff Roberts, Nancy Laidler, Katie Halliday, Maggie Lam, Tom Dight and Pippa Jones. Congratulations! Winners will receive one of our fresh new designs on a fine bone china mug.
For a limited time only we’re offering 25% off our mugs in the Tea Appreciation Society shop. Just use the code ‘IMNOMUG’ at the checkout to receive your 25% discount!
Tea Appreciation Society in the Foodie Bugle Magazine
Nov 17th
Co-founder and Director of the Tea Appreciation Society Shayne House appears in the Foodie Bugle magazine.
Rachel Wilson Couch writes in the Foodie Bugle article: The philosophy is simple and ancient. We all do it. In a moment of crisis, indecision, togetherness, tea is a distraction, a comfort and a prop. For Shayne, there is “a correlation between drinking tea and being creative.” Have you got work to do? Make yourself a nice cup of tea. This is a statement that is testament indeed to his own prolific, creative output, ranging from film making to photography, writing to surfing, illustrating to music. But he goes still deeper into the leaves and into spirituality. “It’s all about taking time out. Years ago, while I was reading the Tao Te Ching (the Chinese text on the philosophy of Taoism), I realised that the tea in my hand was more than just quenching my thirst. Tea drinking is actually one of humanity’s most noble practices. It transcends borders and nationalities.”
You can read Rachel’s full article in the Foodie Bugle here.
Get your hands on one of the splendid fine bone china mugs being modelled by the dude in tweed above… For a limited time only you can get 25% off by using the promo code ‘IMNOMUG’ in the Tea Appreciation Society shop.
Tea Appreciation Society and Rapanui
Nov 13th
Designer & Co-founder of the Tea Appreciation Society Stephen Nelson has won the prestigious Surfdome / Rapanui Artist Search.
Entrants had a month to come up with a maximum of three designs for a limited edition t-shirt, sold by Surfdome (the UK’s top action sports store) and made by Rapanui, an Eco-Fashion company that shares the same ethos as the Tea Appreciation Society. Rapanui make organic, ethical clothing using renewable energy with award-winning traceability. Rapanui is about making eco-fashion cool.
To celebrate we’re giving away 3 Rapanui tee shirts featuring Stephen’s design (UK residents only). Simply go to our facebook page and leave the comment ‘Tea Appreciation Society’. We’ll pick three lucky winners and notify them on Monday.
Stephen’s designs for the Tea Appreciation Society can be seen here in our shop. All our tea-shirts and tea-bags are made from organic cotton, using wind power. Solar power is used to dye the fabric and we print using a water based inks, because we care about what we do and the impact we have.
Free Mug Competition
Nov 6th
At the Tea Appreciation Society we believe there’s always time for tea, and to celebrate the introduction of two new fine bone china mug designs to our collection we’re giving away a FREE mug to 10 lucky tea lovers (5 of each design).*
All you need to do is sign up to our periodical newsletter – simply enter your email address on the top right of our website – we will pick ten names at random on Wednesday 9th November and announce the names on our website.
Each bone china mug incorporates the Tea Appreciation Society logo on the reverse side and is stamped with our logo of authenticity on the base, accept no imitations.
Our classic I ♥ Tea mug is now also available in fine bone china and can be purchased from the Tea Appreciation Society online store.
To your good health!
Tea Appreciation Society
*Competition open to UK residents only
Tea and Books…
Oct 28th
Handmade sterling silver necklace by Courtney Gifford, Fairport, NY. Quote by Christine Hanrahan.
Reaching and Searching (for purple) – The Art of Tea
Oct 21st
Natalie Scott is an art student in Calgary Alberta Canada.
This piece, entitled “Reaching and Searching (for purple)” – mixed media on rag paper, is made from a dried fruit tea called “Cherry Berry”.
Natalie said, “It was such a fun process to use the tea and watch the berries dry into such beautiful colours. The tea stains made the path for the rest of the painting, and I’m thrilled with how it turned out. And on the plus side, it smells amazing.
Want to see your work featured on the Tea Appreciation Society website? Illustrations, designs, poetry, anything creative that is inspired by tea, could make it onto the website. Email your contribution to shayne@lovetea.co.uk
The Tea Of Life
Oct 14th
Continuing our series of artwork that pays homage to the humble brew, we present an illustration by Tina Marshall
Want to have your work featured on the Tea Appreciation Society website? Illustrations, designs, poetry, anything creative that is inspired by tea, could potentially make it onto the website. Email your contribution to shayne@lovetea.co.uk
Daily Teacup
Sep 30th
Jessica Zagers is a graphic designer that loves taking photographs. Jessica has started a 365 project… Every day she photographs her cup of tea. You can take a look here at her blog http://daily-teacup.blogspot.com/
If that’s your cup of tea you might also be interested in our special offer… We’re giving away a 125g refill pack of tea with every 50g tin purchased from our online store. Click the link or the image below to go to our store.
