by Els Veenstra | Aug 12, 2020 | Blog, Tea stories
It was some years ago – Christmas time, that we decided to go to a Christmas market in Emden, north of Germany. We stayed with family in north of the Netherlands during winter holidays and Emden seemed a nice daytrip. It was a sunny day and we left on time, so we were...
by Els Veenstra | Aug 5, 2020 | Blog, Tea stories
It is already a few weeks ago that we joined a tea cocktail workshop with Sven Vandevenne (IG blackdragontc) and Teacoach Ken (IG teacoach.ken) whom you might know from his book Tea is Sexy. I met Sven during my travel to China, Sven is very passionate about tasteful...
by Els Veenstra | Jul 26, 2020 | Blog, Sri Lanka Travel Blog
Wildlife See some wildlife, was also on our list. Sri Lanka has beautiful nature and a huge diversity of animals, birds, mammals, reptiles… We had already seen monkeys, had seen whales and turtles, and on our walks we had seen colourful birds and small reptiles. On...
by Els Veenstra | Jun 11, 2020 | Blog, Sri Lanka Travel Blog
Lal, our driver and guide will bring us to a local tea garden today, the area of Galle is in the Ruhuna district. The tea garden is relatively close to the sea, so it is a typical area for ‘low grown’ tea. Sri Lanka has been known for black tea since Sir James Taylor...
by Els Veenstra | Jun 10, 2020 | Blog, Sri Lanka Travel Blog
During breakfast we make plans for the day, and decide to go to a place called ‘Jungle beach’, it is too far to walk, so we will go by tuk-tuk. Jungle beach We soon find a driver who can bring us there. He knows the way, stops and leads us the right way to the beach,...
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