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My absolute favourite pass time is drinking tea. I start my day with a cup of black Indian tea<\/a>, a dash of bonsoy<\/a> soy milk and half a teaspoon of honey<\/a>. It’s heaven for me, I am rejuvenated and ready to start my day. I love it so much I pour myself another and another until the sun goes down…<\/p>\n

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But what more benefits does tea have beside being heavenly to the tastebuds? Oh my oh my oh my oh my, let me tell you all about it.<\/p>\n

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Before I became a stylist, I owned a teahouse. It was called Indigo Teahouse and it was my pride and joy, a dream I had envisioned for many years. Although we sold coffee and wraps, muffins, salads and sweets as well, tea was the focus. We had a whole wall filled with beautiful tins of tea, a special selection I had carefully sourced from all over the world. I loved the teahouse, going in every morning before I started my day in my other shop, I would pour myself a luxurious pot of chai and stroll across the town back to my homeware store and sip away all morning. Bliss. <\/p>\n

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\nI styled this tea story<\/a> for Vogue Entertaining + Travel<\/a> some time ago, it was one of my very first styling jobs!<\/p>\n

And although my life has changed dramatically since then, one thing has remained constant: my love of tea. But I don’t just drink the stuff. No siree bob! I use it all around the house:<\/p>\n

  • I place used tea bags in my potted plants. Just on the top soil, and when I pour water in the plants I do so over the tea bags, it is wonderful for the plants and all through winter when there is hardly any sunlight for my beautiful palm it has kept its lustre and looks as beautiful as ever. I owe it to the tea bags!<\/li>\n