It finally dawned on me that the reason my new issue of Tea Time hadn't arrived was that I'd let my subscription expire. When I realized that, I headed to the store to get a copy before the new issue sold out. The teawares on the cover this time are exceptionally pretty, and I was surprised to learn the maker is the very affordable Grace China, a brand I know many of us have purchased at our local T.J. Maxx.
I enjoy reading the page in each issue that focuses on a particular tea. I thought it was quite fitting that the article on oolongs featured all blue teacups. I appreciate that Tea Time includes the name of the teacup pattern right there with each variety. Saves me from having to look it up!
And much as I enjoy finding new teawares, I guess I'll always have a fondness for the vintage ones, so I was pleased to see this Royal Albert Moss Rose pattern featured in a spread on a Simply Summertime tea. If you've got your new issue of Tea Time, which features did you like best?
I'm going for a cup of tea soon. And some biscuits, of course.
ReplyDeleteOoh, I need to find that issue. I do love Moss Rose, probably because my grandfather gave me my first pieces of it, a child's tea set.
ReplyDeleteMy sister is heading out to Oahu to stay with our aunt, so I was excited to read about tea places there, and am sharing my magazine with my sister.
ReplyDeleteOh no! A lapsed subscription! Quelle horrible' and I am sure you have remedied that... I have been getting it on my iPad, trying to cut down on my magazine piles! Lol! Don't know how long that will last. I appreciate the vintage more...better made...and loved the Summertime Tea.
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Well..... I really enjoyed seeing the advertisement for the PA Tea Festival! Okay, I love everything about this colorful magazine - from the tea reviews, to the personal stories, to the delicious recipes with photographs!
ReplyDeleteThis magazine is lovely.
ReplyDeleteMarilyn
This magazine looks wonderful!I will try to find it here...
ReplyDeleteIt is a lovely issue and advertises our Portland Tea Festival too. Tea Time is sending us 1000 copies to give away at our first annual Portland, Oregon tea festival.
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