Norpel in our tasting room yesterday.

An ex Buddhist monk and fellow tea lover, Norpel is off to china in the next couple of weeks to spend about 6 months living with the tea growers and pickers in the Yunnan province. He's been kind enough to offer to make up some Pu Erh Suki tea cakes using wild picked tea. They're blocks of compressed tea. Not available until next year but I tried this years yesterday and they are a delight that's worth the wait.

Samantha and I went to see this at the weekend Waterfront, Belfast.
If you get a chance. Go see!
I know it's nothing to do with tea but it was quite steamy.

“A Great Sexy Beast Of A Piece” The Sunday Times

“It Looks Like Nothing On Earth” The Independent ****

“Startling Clarity And Breathtaking Invention” The Telegraph ****

“This Is State Of The Art...Awe-Inspiring” The Observer

He’s been booked for the main stage of The Big Chill, Glastonbury, The Royal Opera House and La Scala and choreographed movement for Harry Potter.

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An hour-long breathtaking trip through a soundscape created by Coldplay and Massive Attack collaborator Jon Hopkins, and award-winning composer Joby Talbot (The Divine Comedy), Entity is a staggering blend of athletic bodies, lights, technology and film which confirms McGregor’s place at the cutting edge of contemporary culture. Technically astonishing, emotionally uncompromising and hard-hitting, McGregor’s work breaks boundaries and defies categorisation.