A teahouse is born

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Finally, after 5 long hard weeks of manual labour, we opened our teahouse. We had a great day – a little quiet in the morning, but the afternoon was a hive of activity. It seems this small town on the tip of England has a lot of knowledgeable tea folk already – we didn’t even have any requests for Earl Grey or English Breakfast! Instead quite a few people seemed well acquainted with oolongs and a few even with puerh.

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