Barista Skills Course

Thursday 9th February 6pm

Love Coffee?

Learn Coffee.

This course will cover all elements of espresso machine use from how to adjust your grinder, tamping technique, pulling top espresso, milk preparation and espresso machine maintenance. It will leave you heading for home packed with enthusiasm for producing great tasting drinks!

Ideal for coffee connoisseurs and those employed in cafes

Priced at £40 per person. Light food is included. You can book here

NEW : Monthly Tea Subscriptions

6 or 12 monthly subscription

Do you, or someone you know love tea?

This January we are launching ‘waterlootea monthly’. Fresh, delicious tea delivered to your door every month. An excellent way to try different teas and to also stock up your tea cabinet. As our commitment to you we will always send you teas that we are proud of and that we feel represent what we do best. Also, you will be the first to try new arrivals, fresh from the farms.

If you’d like to know more please click here

Festive Period Opening Hours

December 26th – Closed

December 27th – Closed

December 28th – 9am-5pm

December 29th – 9am-5pm

December 30th – 9am-5pm

December 31st – 9am-5pm

January 1st – Closed

January 2nd – 8am – 6pm

Our normal trading hours are 7 days a week, 8am-6pm, with the occasional evening event.

We open all Bank Holidays. The only other day we close is Easter Sunday.

Happy Holidays.

Order up until 3.00pm Friday 23rd December

Christmas Eve Delivery

If you are a bit last minute, then have no fear. You can order up until 3.00pm on Friday 23rd December and you will receive your goods on the Saturday (Christmas Eve). The Royal Mail does charge a premium for this. However, the more you spend, the less we will charge for postage as we will take some of the hit for you.

£0-£74.99 = £10.95p&p

£75-£149.99 = £5.95p&p

£150 plus = free p&p

Christmas timings for online orders

Order By Midday Tuesday 20nd December :

your orders arrive before Christmas through Royal Mail (£2.50 signed for delivery)

Order By Midday Thursday 22nd December:

your orders arrive before Christmas through TNT (£5.95 signed for delivery)

All of our deliveries are signed for, so put down an address where there will be someone to receive the delivery – eg. work or family. This detail can be put in the special instructions when you order.

Our delivery charge will automatically switch to £5.95 from Midday Tuesday 20th through till Christmas.

Have a great festive period. Thanks for thinking of us.

Tea

Teaware

Afternoon Tea Vouchers

You can buy vouchers for afternoon tea from our online shop. We can post them out to whoever/wherever suits, with a message of your choice. Just add this information on the shipping instructions. The vouchers have no expiry date. Like everything at the teahouse, we can cater for all dietary requirements/allergies.

A nice present for friends who live in and around Cardiff. Also good if you would like to encourage your friends to visit you in Cardiff!

Barista Skills and Coffee Cupping – 26th November

Love coffee? Own a coffee shop? Thinking of opening one? Then read on…

Will Corby (aka The Caffeine Kid and now a Coffee Hunter employed byMercanta) will be leading classes in Coffee Tasting & Barista Skills. Winner of the 2010 Northern Heat and 2011 London Heat of the UK Barista Championships, Will is one of the foremost figures in the coffee world today.

8.00am

Coffee Cupping Course:

Tasting coffee in its most natural form as the professionals do; you will be guided through cupping protocol and tasting procedures. We will taste 8 coffees of different varietals and farms including some of the worlds most sought after beans.

6.00pm

Barista Skills

All courses are priced at £40 or £75 for both courses. Light food is included. Spaces are limited. Alternatively you can book online.

Launch Evening Thursday 27th October 6-8pm

Maggie James Exhibition

As always, to celebrate our monthly change over of artists, we will be having a launch evening where you get a chance to speak with the artist and mingle with like minded folk. Not stuffy affairs, no airs and graces, we will treat you as our guests on these evenings, with buffet and drinks laid on. Remember, 20% of the sales go to the artists charity of choice.

This month we are so proud to have Maggie James showing her work at the teahouse. Maggie is involved in the running of BayArt gallery in Cardiff Bay. A local resident, we have been after her for a while! Her stuff is pretty awesome, exuding quality. The prices are surprising for such good work, and when we first saw them we thought they could have easily been double what they are up for (seriously).

Come on down, have a chat with Maggie, chill after work, enjoy.

www.maggiejames.info

Rugby World Cup

Michael Owen. Tuesday September 20th – 4.30pm

Following the success of Henry Olonga and Scyld Berry’s recent visits to Cardiff, we are delighted to invite you to the next In the Zone Sport and Politics event, featuring Wales rugby star Michael Owen. It will be held on Tuesday September 20th.

To coincide with this year’s Rugby World Cup, Michael will be launching, and reading from, his autobiography My Story. During an illustrious career that peaked with the captaincy of the Grand Slam-winning Wales rugby team in 2005, Michael was the 1000^th player to be capped by Wales and also had the honour of captaining the British and Irish Lions in 2005. He is now a well-respected coach, working with both rugby clubs and schools, and is often seen providing expert analysis for Sky, ESPN and BBC Wales.

If you’re able to come, please let me know, as it will be helpful to have an idea of numbers. Please also note the time of this event – Michael will be speaking at 5pm, so do try to arrive in good time.

Calling All Artists!!

Exhibiting in 2012
This Autumn we will be sitting down and finalising the schedule for the 2012 exhibitons. We are asking that you submit your proposals by September 30th should you wish to be considered for next year.
Why exhibit with us? You get full exclusivity with your artwork for a whole month. Your work will typically be seen by an average of 5000 people in that month. We take lower comission than most other galleries, and we donate this to a charity of your choosing. If you are interested you can download a proposal form from the ‘Art at the Teahouse’ page. We look forward to showing your work off!!

2011 Indian Teas

2011 has seen our best Darjeelings to date. For both spring and summer harvests (1st and 2nd flush respectively) we have decided to go with the Makaibari estate. They are both picks of the season, and exceptional. We have never before used the same estate for both flushes. We also thought it would be good for you to see what impact seasonality has on the flavour of tea. Nowehere else is it highlighted as much than with tea from Darjeeling.

Adding to this, we have an Autumn harvest (3rd flush). This is from the neighbouring state to Darjeeling, Meghalaya. Whereas Makaibari estate has hundreds of years of heritage, the tea from Meghalaya (Lakyrsiew estate) is from a farm that is less than 10 years old! The tea is rare and divine.

You can try all three against each other when you buy the Indian tea gift pack.

Creating a Tea Menu for TEDGlobal 2011.

The brief was to create a tea menu for TEDGlobal 2011 Edinburgh. Our aim was to represent quality and range. We wanted to have a list that if taken individually was outstanding, and if taken as a whole was complete. At the teahouse we get away with this as we have over 60 teas in our caddies.

Working closely with Brent Fortune (Coffee Common) and Anthony Benda (Cafe Myriade) we came up with something that we think is special.

There are 9 teas. All are unadulterated single estate except for one infusion (peppermint rooibos).

The Menu is here for you to see TEDTEA

After TEDGlobal 2011 is over (16/07/2011), you will be able to buy this selection of teas as a pack from our online shop.

With Love

15% off Online Shop – Fathers Day Special

For this week only, if you buy tea from our online shop you will get 15% off - voucher code ‘dad’. It is a great chance to get your hero something they will enjoy. Remember teas last for a good few months if kept sealed and away from light, so this is a good chance to stock up for your tea cupboard too. With Love. x

Calling all Artists

If you didnt know already, our art exhibitions change monthly. You can see who has been exhibited on our gallery page, where you can also download a proposal form for your work. (more…)

Coffee Cupping and Barista Skills – June 11

Love coffee? Own a coffee shop? Thinking of opening one? Then Read on… (more…)

Working in Partnership with Rishi Tea

We have been privileged to work with Rishi Tea over the last few years and we have now cemented our relationship.

Rishi embody many of our values and aspirations. (more…)

Cricket at the Teahouse – Wed 20th April

Editor of Wisden – Scyld Berry

(more…)

Wholesale Tea

If you are a coffee shop or tea room and are looking to source tea, then feel free to get in touch. We are able to help with tea lists, education/training and tea ware. We can visit and provide consultancy on new or existing ventures. Also, if you need a hand on the construction and planning that goes into setting up an establishment. Our goal is to have more places selling and serving quality loose leaf tea. Feel free to get in touch…x

Reserve a Table

We reserve tables if you book afternoon tea. It is an increasingly popular option as you can be sure that a table will be ready and waiting for you arrive. You will recieve table service, as opposed to ordering at the counter. (more…)

Free Delivery on Online Shopping..

If you spend over £25 in the online shop, we will ship for free. If it is below £25 then we charge just £1.50 for postage and packaging.

Christmas Eve – Celtic Carols on the Harp

24th December 3.00pm

Stacey Blyth will be playing the Harp from 3.30pm. (more…)

ONLINE SHOP IS NOW LIVE!!!

Just in time for Christmas, our Online shop is all up and running. (more…)

Video: How to make the perfect cuppa..

Short and sweet. Nominated in seven categories at this years’ Academy Awards (ahem..), this short film is a good introduction into the world of tea. We will be making a sequel, in which we will go over different aspects of the brew.

Watch the video – \’How to make the perfect cup of tea\’

Afternoon Tea and Christmas Carols

On Thursday 16th December, for 4.30pm, we are taking bookings for a one-off Christmas Afternoon Tea. The Sherman Theatre has organised the event to raise funds and awareness for the redevelopment of the theatre – one of Cardiffs’ institutions. The Carol Singers will be from the Minster Christian Centre Choir. All profits will go to the Sherman Cymru’s Redevelopment Campaign.

Tickets are available to buy from the teahouse or from the Sherman Cymru’s Box office on 029 2064 6900. They are priced at £15 per head. Tables can be booked for individuals or larger groups.

http://www.shermancymru.co.uk/fundraising-events/#tea

Henry Olonga – Blood, Sweat and Treason

On Wednesday November 17th at 6.30 pm former Zimbabwean Test cricketer and leading opponent of the Mugabe regime, Henry Olonga, will be in conversation with Dr. Russell Holden, Director of In the Zone Sport and Politics Consultancy.

Henry will be promoting his just-published autobiography, Blood, Sweat and Treason, longlisted for the 2010 William Hill Sport Book of the Year Ward.

This event marks the first in a series of events to be staged by In the Zone in which a range of speakers will be talking about their involvement and links with sport and how these impact on local, national and international politics. Henry Olonga is an ideal opening guest as his experiences and bravery which he recounts in his page-turner of a volume, demonstrates how politicians can abuse sport for their own ends at the cost of the people they are supposed to be representing.

For further information please contact Russell Holden at russell@inthezoneonline.co.uk

or alternatively info@waterlootea.com.

Spaces are limited, so please get in touch as soon as possible to reserve a seat.

Dippy Egg Exhibition Launch

Thursday 4th November – 6.30pm

Lucy Daniels (Dippyegg) is the artist in residence during November. A Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Card Maker based in Cardiff.

http://www.dippyegg.net

Spaces are limited so please contact us on info@waterlootea.com if you would like to attend the launch.

Weekend of Poetry at the Teahouse.

Saturday 16th 6pm-8pm. Open Mic.

Jam Bones presents an evening of poetry and prose

A showcase and open mic of dark, melancholy, romantic, sensual, and moody poetry and prose. Bring a poem or piece of literature that you’d like to share, either written by yourself or by a favourite writer, or simply come along and listen in our atmospheric, candle-lit venue. Contact jambonesevents@gmail.com if you’d like to take part.

Sunday 17th 6pm-8pm. Written Roath.

with Shelagh Weeks, Peter Finch and Dan Anthony

Location and the experience of place informs Dan Anthony’s writing, often taking surprising, tangential twists. The Albany Hotel, in Donald Street, became a global local for Radio Wales, in ‘Pub Globo’; Amesbury Road was the spot where a time travel tale reached its resolution and the greenhouse in Roath Park is the spot, where, at night, plants are trained to take over the world by a crazy professor from the university.
Peter Finch is a poet, critic, author and literary entrepreneur living in Cardiff, Wales. As a writer he works in both traditional and experimental forms, and is best known for his declamatory poetry readings, his creative work based on his native city of Cardiff and his series of books on Wales.
I’m walking through Roath, the classic worker’s town. Its meshed terraces spread east from the industrial city. Roath originally stretched the whole way from the Crockerton East Gate to the Rumney River. Rath. Raz. The name has a hard, pre-British sound. There’s a theory, which I like enormously, that the city should never have been called Cardiff in the first place. Its original name was Roath…

Shelagh Weeks currently lives in Cardiff and works as a lecturer in creative writing at Cardiff University. She also has a first novel out, and writes short stories, including ‘Mint Sauce’ which won the Cinnamon Pres short story award in 2007. Shelagh is presently working on a collection of inter-connected short stories, beginning in Bristol in the early twentieth century, and later moving across the bridge to take in Cardiff and other places. Major characters from one story brush the edges, or are glimpsed, in subsequent stories.

Plastic is go, go, go

Our card machine was installed today. Now you can buy that teapot that you’ve had your eye on the last few times you visited!

Say bye bye to ‘Sorry, we don’t take plastic’

By the end of August we will start accepting card payments. We know a lot of you have been left stranded by not having enough raw cash in the past – so this will be the end of that. All major credit and debit cards. No fee. Minimum spend of £5.

Hipo Hyfryd Gourmet Chocolates

As well as using Hipo Hyfryd for our hot chocolate, we have now started selling their truffles, chocolate bars and single origin chocolate. It really is special stuff. Vegan, ethical, and a local business too. Show your support by grabbing some when you are next in. Indulge..

Football World Cup

Like Football? Like Tea? Well, you can now have a cuppa whilst enjoying our current art exhibition. They are photographs from Africa of locals wearing football jerseys. Bold, colourful and full of life. If you want to go the whole hog then you could drink rooibos when you visit. It is a shrub from South Africa which when infused is naturally sweet. It is caffeine free, high in vitamin C, high in antioxidants and anti-ageing. It is being talked about as ‘the new wonderdrug!’.

Free Tea!!

The first 50 people to send us an email, will recieve free tea with their first online order… (more…)

Online shop coming soon

We’ve always sold tea, but only through the teahouse or via email. Teas can be purchased in bags or caddies. We will also be selling unique teaware. Watch this space!