A tea cup and saucer complete with a rather morbid looking, if you ask me, coffin shaped receptacle for placing your, er, expired tea bag. Where Do tea bags go to die? Usually squashed on the side of the saucer next to the cup, or if you have a little less decorum the table will probably be just fine. Jonas Trampedach has been observing the behaviour of tea drinkers ... Read full entry

A not so short story about making a cup of tea. Great reading... if you're taking an extended tea break.

Designers talk about their careers after ten years on the job. As always it's the attention to the seemingly smallest, and least relevant, of details that is the most important, knowing how those you work with like their tea. They say it takes 10,000 hours or 10 years to become an expert at something, which isn't long if you're working an 80-hour week. So what advice would people give ... Read full entry