Paris · 16/08/2018
The original idea of creating the Great Mosque of Paris appeared in 1849 but the beginning of the construction is dated back to 1922. The first blow of pickaxe was done by Muslim people in the presence of eminent French figures and others from Maghreb, Africa, Middle East, Turkey, Egypt, Persia and Afghanistan. At this time, Islam was the other great religion in the French empire. This symbolic act was going to concretize the gratitude of France for the 70.000 Muslims who came from colonies and...
Paris · 12/08/2018
Created for the first time in 1999 in Moscow, the Café Pouchkine is named after the well-known Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. But the first idea of a coffee called Pouchkine appeared in a song " Nathalie " by the French singer Gilbert Bécaud in 1964. People says their hot chocolate is the best of Moscow so we had to try it ! The Café Pouchkine in Paris is located Place de la Madeleine and decorated in a typical Russian style. We had an afternoon tea there and it was amazing. Of course, the...
Paris · 06/08/2018
As you already know: France won the FIFA World Cup! Being in Paris for this great event was so FAN-TAS-TIC !! A high heady reaction, a strange exhilaration has flooded the city for several days in which we were "at the top of the world"! Claire and I want to take the opportunity to inform you about the Magic Potion of our guys in Russia: the MATÉ! The indigenous people from Brazil and Paraguay are used to drink yerba maté since the dawn of time. European people heard about it for the first...
Paris · 05/07/2018
Welcome to Paris ! After 2 years of many others adventures separately, Claire and Mathilde find themselves together in the French Capital ! National Day, Fifa World Cup, Montmartre, Eiffel Tower, the Louvres, Versailles... as many reasons to go out, have fun and drink tea. We invite you to join us in our new discoveries
London · 09/02/2016
Thanks to our Business School, we had the opportunity to spend 6 weeks in England to discover the influence of Tea in the British Culture. We were totally in immersed in London. We discovered a lot of things, saw different kinds of cakes, understood the British way of life regarding tea and other stuff. We tried to do our best to carry out our project, modify it sometimes and add new things but we tried to keep our objective and we think that we reached it after all. Thank you for following us...
London · 05/02/2016
We wanted to make our last London's Tea very special so we booked a table at the Sketch. Such a wonderful place ! Not very cheap but really different ! Near Oxford Street, it's a famous restaurant with specific areas in which it's possible to dinner, have a breakfast, have a drink or have an Afternoon Tea :). We were in "The Glade" room. For 36 pounds for two we had : 2 cakes 4 scones with butter and jams 2 cups of tea (1 each) It was soooooo Delicious !!!!! At the bottom line, after 6 weeks in...
London · 05/02/2016
Britain is a huge tea consumer but where does the tea comes from ? We went to the East India Company to have some responses and we mix them with our own knowledge to make this article. India Very important in the tea trade with UK because of its colonial past. Nation of the famous Darjeeling, Assan, Ceylon and Earl Grey, India is the black tea's country, the most drunk in Britain. China There is a huge exportation to Britain due to the old commercial links between the two nations. China is the...
London · 04/02/2016
We discovered than that the history of tea bags is closed to the Tetley's history. The concept of tea bags came originally from tea merchants who send out their sample in silk bags. In 1920's, an US textile brand wanted to commercialize the product made of cotton gauze and stitched. But, tea bags were in limited use, partly because of the effort involved to made the bag. In 1930's, a new matter for tea bags arrived in the US market : paper. In 1940, tea bag was well established in USA but...