IPhone Timer For Your Tea

What a great idea for anyone with an iPhone! The app has multiple timers and can alert you with a silent flashing screen so that your tea moment isn't ruined with a jarring beeping sound. You can time several teas at once, you can time your scones, you can even time yourself drinking tea. It's TIME for tea.

Paul Revere Reflected in a Teapot

This painting by John Singleton Copley shows his friend, Paul Revere, reflecting on his reflection.

Revere is pausing in the final stages of making a teapot. His look suggests his comparison of the round teapot and the roundness of his head. Are we reading too much into this?

Martha's Teacup Pincushion Project

If you are itching to start a little craft project, this might be just what would float your boat. The instructions are on Martha Stewart's Craft of the Day for today. Send us a photo if you try this pincushion and we'll post it.

Amy Williams Wins Gold on Tea Tray

Hurtling head first at 90 MPH down an ice track on a tea tray named Arthur gave Amy William a gold medal in skeleton for Great Britain. Check with your Great Gran before borrowing the sterling silver tray in the dining room.

Two Thermal Mugs of Tea

Megan's husband* Dr. Paul has introduced Todd & Holland Tea to his British friends on his base in Afghanistan. It turns out our tea is quite a hit with the English at tea time. "It's great an American can teach an Englishman about tea!" quips Dr. Jon. Earl Grey is his current favorite.

*Megan is the voice of mail order

Love and Chocolate

A special chocolate threesome for your Valentine. A gift that says love you, like you, or thinking of you in a delightful way. Included are: Truffles, Honeybush Chocolate Torte and Pear Helene. (.8oz[23 gr] of each for $11

Tea (and Apple Crumble) in the Big Apple

While in New York for the International Gift Fair, we took a break from looking at decorative Austrian eggs to have dinner at Pearl Oyster Bar, a fantastic little spot in the West Village. The lobster rolls and the company were superb, but the tea could have used some work. No matter, we were too absorbed in the apple crumble pie blanketed in ice cream to notice.