Pic from a tea tweetup at Tea Junction, Dubai, in June 2011 I love tea; I've often talked about it. Apart from finding different places across Dubai to have some, I relish making a nice, hot cup of masala chai for myself at home. It started with a tweet, over two years...

Tea. There's something magical, almost like a spell, when you boil water and throw the infusion of cured leaves into it ... *POOF* and it's a swirling mixture that explodes into a sensory delight. You can smell it, you can see it, you can almost feel its aroma touching...

I discovered a café after my own heart - Drink, Shop & Do. A café/bar/design shop that has vintage items and quirky kitsch, it stole my heart a few seconds after I stepped in. I ordered a chocolate brownie and a hot chocolate (yup, chocolate overdose!) and my friends...

After two posts already on Whittard of Chelsea (see them here and here), what can I possibly add? I've been to Whittard's in Dubai and in UK. I don't know if it's just my luck, but I've never been inside a Whittard's in UK that serves food as well. In Dubai, apart from...