Marylebone's Café Luc launch tea-infused cocktails

Jing Tea is taking education into its own hands with a three-day tea sommelier course run at Oxford Brookes University early next year.

It is a fact commonly acknowledged that it’s hard to get a decent cup of tea on the go in the capital

The finest spirits, the freshest coffee – and any old rubbish in the teapot. It’s high time that bars and restaurants cottoned on to the pleasures and profits of really good tea, whether in cocktails or at table, says the Rare Tea Company’s Henrietta Lovell

There’s far more to tea than a bland mug of builder’s; Imbibe samples the Rare Tea Company’s finest flavours – and not a tea bag in sight

Being struck by illness and subsequently deprived of your tasting senses for a few days can turn out to be a blessing in disguise, as an enlightened Dave Broom discovers.