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Love it or loath it, we all know that it is Valtentine's day this Sunday.

Named after early Christian martyrs called Valentine, the day was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496 AD. Traditionally it's a day on which lovers express their love for each other by giving flowers, choccies, cards and maybe even some lovely teapigs tea!

A pack of 'HOT' chilli chai, delicious mao feng and a beautiful scented candle - perfect for a cosy night in with a loved one. But don't panic you lovely singletons out there, our valentine's cheeky deal is great for anyone...and if it's just for you - there's more to go round! Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
(by Hannah)

Due to it's energy boosting properties I'm quite partial to yerba mate but I'm not sure whether I'm up to plastering it all over my face. However any men out there (and I'm sure women too) who fancy a yerba facial click on this link and get scrubbing.(posted by Nick)

gentleman's ultimate scrub

Thanks very much to Paul, a matcha tea drinker who emailed us saying "So far this summer I haven't taken any of my usual assortment of hayfever
pills/sprays/drops and didn't realise why, then I read somewhere that green
tea is a natural anti-histamine. I think the key to this is that you drink
the whole leaf in Matcha, not just brew it. Every morning now I wake up with
my usual summer hayfever feelings but within 20mins of drinking a good slug
of this they've gone for the day ! Result."
So, if you suffer, then maybe a daily matcha shot will help you too.Super power indeed. (posted by Nick)

a more dramatic hay fever solution

Lou and I had a great day-of-fun (!) on Friday that started with a trip to the Whole Foods Market on Kensington High Street to play around with the first ever teapigs window display... hooray! can you tell we're excited?

So if you find yourselves in the general vicinity go and take a look in the window. You'll even get to see a picture of Lou picking tea in China - no small thing since she hates having her picture taken or being in the public eye generally (which I guess is why her sun hat hides her face in the China pic). Hopefully she won't hate me for posting this photo... our very own tea taster (face and all) in the teapigs window at Whole Foods Market.

Click here to see more pics from our day of fun!

We're going to be at the Real Food Festival this weekend. We think it's one of the most enjoyable shows to visit 'cause it's really bustly with a farmers market feel to it.

As part of our real tea mission, we'll be putting on a brand new real tea taste challenge at the show - we'll be asking you to blind test a teapigs real leaf cuppa against a normal paper bag cuppa (oh the pressure!).

We'll ask you to vote for your favorite and the results will be published on the blog next week... do you know your real tea from your dust?!

Oh and we're very excited 'cause we got a new banner and t-shirts printed especially for it - here we are posing with them:

Ever since this news story broke about a £10m insurance policy taken out on a coffee taster's tongue, Louise has been sticking her's out at all and sundry claiming it to be worth far more. She says that the fact that we in the UK get through some 165 million cups of tea a day compared to just a paltry 70 miliion coffees means her tongue alone has a value above that that of a top Premiership footballer. A tea taster's tongue or a hyped up egotistical footy player. Which would you value more and why? (posted by Nick)

Louise's tongue is too valuable to photograph so here's an illustration instead

Still reeling from my latest tea estate visits I began to think what a fantastic idea a tea estate holiday would be. Of course like most great ideas someone has already thought of it.
Here is a list of very luxury places to stay where tea estates can be seen from your window.

Back from a great trip to China and Taiwan. The yummy jasmine tea I found, will be appearing in a teapigs pack very soon.

A lasting memory from this trip has to be the food ranging from good, to bad, to interesting.

My last meal in China involved the freshest selection of chicken, fish and frogs. The food made it from dancing around the cage/tank to my plate in less than twenty minutes.

Very tasty if a little disturbing for the western palate

Now back in the Uk, teapigs is off to Cafe Culture.