17 July 2009

Chinese Tea Ceremony

TEA CEREMONIES IN A MING DYNASTY STYLE

15 July 2009

How to Make a Good Cup of Tea

There is nothing worse than a dishwater-tasting cup of tea.

11 July 2009

Some Good Books on the Environment

I have recently read Al Gore’s “Earth in the Balance” which is a pretty good overview of the environmental issues facing the world.  It is lucid and comes up with some sensible political strategies to managing the potential ecological issues impactin...

09 July 2009

A bit more on Aspartame

I read this article in The Ecologist ages ago.  It’s a bit one-sided and perhaps a little over-excited, but it does give cause to concern.  Here’s the link to the article:  http://www.wnho.net/the_ecologist_aspartame_report.htm. And here for some bal...

08 July 2009

Recipe - Wild Harvested Samphire

For many, the sign of summer is the first swallow or the sound of a cuckoo or the sound of cricket being played or perhaps Glastonbury of the Summer solstice.  For me, it is samphire.  Samphire is one of those truly old foods from the wild that peopl...

01 July 2009

Steenbergs' June/July newsletter

23 June 2009

Storing Spices & Herbs

23 June 2009

How to Buy Spices?

20 June 2009

Some of the books that have inspired us

Both of us (Sophie and Axel) are avid readers of books - both fiction and non fiction. This is the first in an ad hoc series of books that have made us sit up and think. We would be interested in hearing books that have influenced you and also your v...

09 June 2009

Recipe - Make Your Own Burger

02 June 2009

Mulling Wine – Recipes For Mulled Wine Syrup and a Medieval Hippocras

28 May 2009

May newsletter - baking, blogs and mustard

27 May 2009

Vanilla – The Temperamental Diva

A brief history of vanilla

22 May 2009

Recipes - An Indian Feast of Food

17 May 2009

Recipe - Barbecued Lamb, Rhubarb and Panna Cotta

16 May 2009

Being fair and responsible

At Steenbergs Organic, we have been committed to being an ethical business since we started in 2003, becoming Fairtrade for tea in 2004 (both as a trader and as a licensee). It is really important to us that we strike a good balance between our busin...

13 May 2009

Indian pepper chicken recipe

This recipe really should have been posted closer to the blog on black pepper.

09 May 2009

Recipe - cheat’s paella or cheating at rice dishes

During the week, we have a constant battle at the end of each day to make something nutritious for the family in the 45 minutes after picking up the kids from school and tea time.  The meal needs to be made at the same time as we’re trying to persuad...