If you have lived in the UK or visited, you might have heard of a dessert called a Banoffee Pie. One of the most popular desserts in the UK, it is as well known as a Boston Cream Pie. If you do not know what Banoffee Pie is, the name is a portmanteau of banana… Continue reading

Stash tea prides themselves in making tea with natural ingredients. They began brewing in Portland in 1972. Therefore this company is pretty new compared to some of the others we have talked about thus far. But that has no effect on how delicious and amazing the tea they make is! They still know tea. They… Continue reading

  Recently at my regular job at a supermarket, I have been promoted to a position which involves me coming in and working graveyard shift. This means I have to come in and work while everyone else is asleep. Sometimes my shifts can begin as early as 2:30 in the morning, and the local coffee… Continue reading

For this next brand, we are staying in America with award winning Iced Tea making Shangri La tea. They are known for their “vivid, unusual flavors, consistently high quality and unmatched value”. In fact they have won the North American Tea Championship multiple times each year since 2008! NEW: They are constantly adding new, bold flavors… Continue reading

    Let’s bring this Breakdown of Brands bandwagon back to America for a while. Mr. John Harney learned his tea ways from a tea connoisseur of London and New York. He began crafting teas in his basement in 1983 which he then distributed to inn guests. He found something bizarre but eye opening, his… Continue reading

What do Marmite and Vegemite have in common? They are both a yeast extract spread except they are made in in two different countries. They are also both loved and hated at the same time. Some love the taste of these rather interesting spreads while others are not too fond of it. Whether you are… Continue reading

  MMM…Typhoo tea. If you have not experienced it yet you need to! Typhoo was founded by a man named John Summer in the 1900s. He inherited his father’s grocery shop in Birmingham and his sister influenced him to start selling a tea that aided in indigestion, which she commonly experienced. Once he began investing… Continue reading

A sign of the times changing is that people are beginning to go back to basics. This means that people are choosing to make their own things rather than go with store bought. Homemade can be better for several reasons: better ingredients, meaning you’ll know exactly what goes inside.   Along with making homemade, people… Continue reading