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Akin to the small "bhaarer cha" in kolkata , Brazilians are crazy for a small cup of coffee called cafezinho at every opportune breaktime ...be it at office , college time or simply between taking it easy at a library . Here's an excerpt ...  flavorsofbrazil.blogspot.in/2010/02/cafezinho-brazilian-cup-of-coffee.html Although  Starbucks  has invaded the world's largest coffee producing country, and now has shops in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Campinas, most Brazilians get their daily coffee fix from one of the millions of street-corner coffee bars, juice bars, luncheonettes or bakeries. And what they order is called a " cafezinho ." Cafezinho , in Brazilian Portuguese, means "a little coffee". A cup of  cafezinho  is a small, intense, and most of all, very sweet shot of black coffee. It is sometimes served unsweetened with sugar or sweetener on the side, but more often it is pre-sweetened and served that way. Whichever way it is served, a

Prior to the introduction of tea into Britain, the English had two main meals, breakfast and dinner. Breakfast was ale, bread, and beef.  During the middle of the eighteenth century, dinner for the upper and middle classes had shifted from noontime to an evening meal that was served at a fashionable late hour. Dinner was a long, massive meal at the end of the day. 17th Century Afternoon tea may have been started by the French. According to the monthly newsletter called  TeaMuse , in the writings of Madame de Sévigné (1626 to 1696),  one of history's greatest letter writers on life in 17th Century France: It's a little known fact, but after its introduction to Europe in the 17th century tea was tremendously popular in France. It first arrived in Paris in 1636 (22 years before it appeared in England!) and quickly became popular among the aristocracy. . . Tea was so popular in Paris that Madame de Sévigné, who chronicled the doings of the Sun King and his cronies in a fa

With vast hands-on-experience he appears to be a consultant with a difference ... more of doing and far less of advising .... Tea Consultant Malcolm Ferris - Lay comes from a family 'steeped' in tea and has himself over four decades of experiance in the tea industry. Malcolm provides a range of  specialist tea services  to manufacturers,hotels and retailers across the world. Clients have included  Atlantis The Palm Hotel & Resort Dubai, Ritz-Carlton Dubai, Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek (Dallas) The Dorchester, The Savoy,Wedgwood, The Royal Collection (Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle) and Althorpe House. Speciality and Blended teas from 2.5 kilos Tea tasting services and bespoke tea blending Recommended by the Tea Council for services as a trainer for Afternoon Tea Training and consultancy services for trade and consumer Lecturer and advisor Malcolm has lectured in the USA for the Royal Oak Foundation as well as in Chicago, London, Dubai, Sydney, Tok

http://www.urasenke.co.uk/ The Urasenke London Branch is one of many branches of the Urasenke Foundation in Japan, a non-profitable organisation, found world wide. Urasenke branches overseas main aim is to introduce and spread knowledge of Chado, The Way of Tea, a Japanese tradition with more than 400 hundred years history. The London branch of the Urasenke Foundation is open to all who have an interest in Chado, The Way of Tea. It is our aim to disseminate the Way of Tea in the United Kingdom through lectures, demonstrations, training and Tea gatherings. For those who are interested in learning more about this important part of Japanese culture and to experience at first hand its special values, participation in the activities of the branch are possible at several levels, the Urasenke London branch offers: - Keiko, practical study. - Participation as a guest through an annual programme of events and special workshops. Visit our  calendar page  for our activities schedule.