I am temporarily back in Italy, away from my tea and teaware. On the upside, I took the chance to visit a dear friend and mentor in tea: Nicoletta Tul, owner of La finestra sul tè in Padua – former Venetian Studio at the centre of the events of The Taming of The Shrew – and partake in her most recent orders from Táiwān and South Korea. The latter shipment consisted of an especially compelling and lively bunch of READ MORE