Join us on our first Tea Workshop of the year!

Write this date on your diaries: Thursday the 19th of January, 6-8pm at Lahloo Pantry in Clifton! We’ll be hosting our first Tea Workshop of the year!

Taste our selection of teas: this month you’ll discover our most rejuvenating and purifying teas, the healthiest -perfect for a fresh new start! 

Learn about the story behind them: type, origin, process, how to pair them with food and health benefits. 

Take home your favourites! Tickets are 100% redeemable so you can go back home with a bag of goodies! 

Tickets cost £15 and places are limited, so book fast! E-mail hello@lahloopantry.co.uk or give us a call on 0117 329 2029. 

Tags: Bristol, events, Kate Gover, Lahloo Tea, loose tea, tea tasting, tea workshop

Lahloo Christmas

Will we have a white Christmas this year? Well, here at Lahloo we definitely will! Not necessarily because of the snow, but more because of our delicate and elegant white teas: from the pure, clean flavour of our Snow Jewel to the honeyed notes of White Whisper or the slightly stronger roasted tones of White Peony… Perfect to relax after an exhausting afternoon of Christmas shopping!

Hopefully you’ve done all your Christmas shopping by now and you can concentrate on getting ready for the celebrations! We’ve been very busy baking cookies, biscuits and these beautiful Christmas inspired macarons: cranberry and Earl Grey mincemeat.

…And of course, huge batches of mince pies (with our Earl Grey infused mincemeat!).

Tags: Earl Grey, Lahloo Pantry, Lahloo Tea, loose tea, mincemeat

Christmas shopping at Cowley Manor

If you love Christmas shopping, don’t forget that Lahloo will be at Cowley Manor on the 23rd of November for an amazing evening of boutique shopping! The stunning and very chic hotel in the Cotswold countryside is beautiful at this time of the year, and the evening will be full of gorgeous gift ideas and seasonal treats, including mini-spa treatments and of course our selection of teas! With exclusive brands, great music, Christmas cocktails and a fabulous fashion show, it will certainly be a unique shopping experience.

Tickets are £7.50 in advance or £10 on the door and they include a glass of champagne and a mince pie. All ticket profits will donated to Winston’s Wish, the charity for bereaved children. So if you want to book in advance you can visit the Cowley Manor website. Hope to see you there!

Tags: Christmas, gift ideas, Lahloo, shopping, Tea

Lahloo Pantry’s Witches Tea Party

Hello!

It’s time for some introductions!  This the Lahloo Pantry staff looking witchy and fabulous, getting ready for our first Witches Tea Party.

Don’t you love the hats?

On Sunday the 30th, just in time for Halloween, we turned the Pantry into a coven and served our visitors a very special afternoon tea: chai pumpkin tartlets, zombie gingerbread men, mini mud monsters, dead man’s finger sandwiches and witchy scones with our g&t.

Almost too cute to eat! 

But the star of the afternoon was our Witches Brew, a special blend of our sweet Yunnan Cloud black tea with apple and spices, a warming and comforting treat to protect you against the evil spirits… We want to share the love, so if you tried it and loved it, or if you’re feeling curious (sounds good, doesn’t it?), you can find our secret recipe here.

And what did we dance to? Our soundtrack was full of retro Halloween tunes, such as this feelgood classic!

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How did you spend Halloween? Did you come to the Pantry for some afternoon tea? We’d love to hear your thoughts!

Tags: Afternoon tea, Halloween, Lahloo Pantry, loose tea, witches brew

Sssh…here’s a sneak preview of our new store frontage!

Unbelievably, it’s just under 3 weeks to go until we open the doors to our very unique tea rooms and store In Clifton Village, Bristol. Here’s our first image of what our store front will look like. It’s great to see Kate’s dreams coming to life. There’s still a lot to do but the builders assure Kate that they are right on track for us to open on Friday 7th October!

Very very exciting indeed!

PS don’t forget to enter our WIN TEA FOR A YEAR COMPETITION HERE

Tags: Afternoon tea, Bristol, brunch, Events & Tastings, Foodie heaven, gifts, Lifestyle, pantry, Tea

Ssshh…Lahloo news

Hello!

So do you like our new logo? I hope you’re well and that you enjoyed a lovely summer. I’d like to thank you for your continued support of Lahloo Tea and for really getting behind what I have been trying to achieve. It makes a real difference to us to have such wonderfully supportive customers.

We’ve had a busy summer working on some very exciting developments here at Lahloo. This is your sneak preview of everything we’ve been beavering away on over the summer! Lucky people!

I remember September as a little girl. Lots of excitement because I got to choose new shoes (every girls dream)! Well, this September I feel strangely similar. But instead of new shoes for me, this year it’s a new look, fresh feel and even a new home for Lahloo!

This is 12 Kings Road, Clifton, Bristol - Lahloo’s new home.  From the beginning of October (if those builders get cracking) we will be moving from our base in central Bristol to our first Lahloo concept tea store in Bristol’s beautiful Clifton village.  The Lahloo Pantry is a huge, and very exciting, step for us and one I see as a real opportunity to bring the true artisanal side of Lahloo to life.

We have some really exciting new teas, producers and tea ware coming your way. This is one of our new producers – the oldest tea farmer in the world – 111 year old Arthur Njuguna Komo! If the tea is behind his youthful looks, I’m making it my daily cuppa!

Just think of us as the same old Lahloo just a little bit better! It’s like starting a new school; so exciting but also a little bit scary! I hope that you will follow our progress here and like the results of our labour when we’re done!

Thanks again and keep drinking Lahloo Tea,

Kate x  x (Lahloo founder)

Tags: Bristol, Events & Tastings, Foodie heaven, Lahloo Tea, Lifestyle, news, Tea

Fancy a new job where drinking lots of tea is a prerequisite?

That got your attention! Well, we are recruiting. Come and join the good ship Lahloo!

As you may have seen in our latest blogs, newsletters and tweets, we are opening our very first tea store here in Bristol in October this year (2011). The Lahloo Pantry is a huge but very exciting step for us. And to help us make it a roaring success we are looking for fabulous people with a love of food retail and hospitality and a real understanding of exceptional customer service to join us.

If that’s you, email Kate by September 19th and tell her why you would like to join the team. Tell her what experience you have and also what you think you could bring to the team. We like to have fun and of course drink lots of tea but most of all we love sharing our infectious passion for amazing tea with everyone out there.

We have different positions available, both full-time and part-time, and in all sorts of areas. So if you think you’d make a cracking store manager, supervisor or indeed the best infusionist in the land (well, we don’t need baristas we do need people who will learn how to serve the finest cup of tea in Bristol), then please don’t delay.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Tags: Bristol, Lahloo Pantry, news, recruitment, Tea, team, work

Win tea for a year!

To celebrate our news, we’re giving you the chance to win tea for a year! Yeap, a whole year of tea drinking on us! To enter simply befriend us on facebook. Click ‘like’ on the right of this page.

Good luck!

Tags: drink, leaves, life, news, Tea, WIN

Super food matcha and manuka latte

I’m a real matcha fan. Traditionally the Japanese enjoy matcha whisked into a frothy tea with water but first thing every morning I love it post-run blended with milk, banana and a little honey – a super smoothie!

You see, matcha, vibrant fine-milled Japanese green tea, is jam packed full of antioxidants and vitamins a,b and c. Like coffee, it contains caffeine but it works differently. Together with two amino acids it gives you a slow release energy lift whilst keeping you calm and focused. Not only that but matcha can boost metabolism, energy and mood (it makes me smile) as well as help prevent heart disease and ageing.

But this week I’ve been under the weather and craving hot drinks. So I tweaked my smoothie recipe to make it a latte recipe with an additional healthy boost of manuka honey. It’s delicious and with a certain autumnal chill in the air, it’s my new favourite super healthy start to the day.

Try it too!

Matcha Latte
Makes 1

2 tsp. matcha
3 Tbsp. hot water
250ml organic milk (soya or rice milk also works well)
1 tsp. Manuka honey

In a mug, mix the matcha and hot water until it becomes a smooth paste (this is your base)

Warm the milk (I used my espresso steamer but you could do it in a pan on the hob) and honey over low heat, making sure the milk never reaches the boil. Once heated, pour into the mug and whisk until blended.

Tags: breakfast, Green tea, healthy, kitchen, matcha, REcipes

Win Bottle Green Goodies

Lahloo loves the summer! Any excuse to relax, kick back and forget about any worries and cares!  It’s even better with a nice chilled drink in one hand and a crackin’ book in the other. Heavenly!

Now with that said (without meaning to gripe and complain), it is notoriously difficult to rely on the British weather. So, even if the sun hasn’t got his hat on (and he has his brolly out instead) why not enter our competition. It may help to brighten the gloomiest of days!

Lahloo has teamed up with the lovely folk at Bottle Green to offer you the chance to win a delicious Bottlegreen hamper.

We know what a creative bunch you all are and are frequently surprised by your new tasty ways to use Lahloo tea. So, we want to put your skills to the test and have set you a little challenge!  All we ask is for you to come up with a tea-tastic drinks recipe combining Lahloo tea and any Bottlegreen cordial.

Need some inspiration? Try our iced-tea tipple for size!  So, don your thinking caps, get your taste buds prepped, get experimenting and send us your recipes. All you have to do is scribble it down and email it to us here.  We will pick the one we love most and let you know if you have won.

We can’t wait to see what you come up with! Have fun Lahloo-ers!

Tags: Bottlegreen, competition, cordial, hamper, ice-tea, Lahloo, recipe