Welcome to The Tea Journals

My name is Katharine and I’m a journalist and certified tea lover.

I’m rarely seen without a cup of tea in my hand and, if I don’t have one I’ll be thinking about making one.

I make tea often, for myself, the family and friends and happily took on the role of unofficial tea lady in the newsroom during my days as a cub reporter and continued for many years until I became freelance.

Tea has been there for me through the best and worst times, through teenage angst, as a student studying into the early hours, through the ups and downs of life in times of joy and grief.  It has always been a constant

As a reporter on a daily newspaper tea saw me through my long shifts of covering everything from court cases to council meetings, funerals and endless hours spent door knocking around the Welsh Valleys.

Join me as I venture back out into the world, following two years of lockdowns and explore new tastes, flavours, rituals and discover more tea accessories and gifts from china tea sets to teapots as well as coffee for my coffee-loving husband. I’ll also be sharing blogs related to my other passion- writing and life as a journalist.

Come along on this journey with me and let’s enjoy tea and cake or breakfast together. X