The teas of Southern India offer an interesting alternative to those in the north when the latter haven’t been able...
25 February 2021
Every year, Darjeeling kicks off the harvest season. 2021 should be the same, as long as Covid doesn’t force the Himalayan foothills into lockdown. The harvest should start, as usual,…
19 February 2021
During a recent interview, a journalist remarked that Palais des Thés had created two new professions, something I’d never really considered before. It’s quite unusual to create a new type…
12 February 2021
Attitudes are changing and this makes me happy. In the early days of Palais des Thés, Chinese teas really divided our customers. Some loved them, others hated them based on…
5 February 2021
Tea plantations sometimes change hands, and this is important knowledge for tea researchers. The Singbulli garden (photo) in Darjeeling has just been sold. Who will be the next planter? What…
29 January 2021
It will be another few months before we start returning to normal life, meeting up with friends and family, getting together for a cup of tea, a meal, a glass…
4 August 2017
In Nepal, the effects of the earthquake are ongoing. Whole villages are still in ruins, their inhabitants living among these ruins, in houses that have half-collapsed, covered over with a…
17 March 2017
Les animaux de compagnie sont des êtres délicieux qui font parfois preuve d’une humanité que l’on attendrait en vain chez nos semblables et que l’on retrouve chez ces êtres sensibles…
26 August 2016
Here’s what a tea plant looks like when it has been left to grow, rather than being kept low so that its buds and shoots can be picked easily. From…
30 January 2015
En Chine, le Fujian compte parmi les plus importantes provinces de thé. Importante sur un plan historique car c’est à partir de ses ports que les premières cargaisons de…
24 February 2012
Si vous voulez que votre théier produise beaucoup de feuilles encore faut-il l’entourer de soins. Tous les cinq ou dix ans, par exemple, il va falloir procéder à une taille…
23 February 2010
J’ai le plaisir de vous présenter mon ami Hisanori Masuda. Hisanori est un fameux designer Japonais qui a créé de très beaux modèles de théières en fonte. Il a exposé…
