by Arline Lyons | Oct 9, 2017 | Events
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] I have to admit that I love continuous professional development. Learning. Pieces of paper with letters. So I planned two weeks of learning about tea, coffee and chocolate in...
by Arline Lyons | Sep 26, 2017 | Events
On Sunday 24 September I hurried to MAME for their semi-regular monthly tasting, which may not be happening in October as they’re closing briefly for a refit! Emi mentioned that they plan to have more seating, which would be great. The Germans and Swiss are into...
by Arline Lyons | Sep 22, 2017 | Events
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget][siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Wow. I can’t believe I haven’t posted since July. The problem with going...
by Arline Lyons | Aug 30, 2017 | Events
Continuing my training extravaganza, the day after the first day of my tea course I set off on a grey morning to travel out to the London School of Coffee in Kingston Upon Thames for their Introduction to Cupping and Sensory. I arrived to find only the instructor, the...
by Arline Lyons | Jul 24, 2017 | Events
This was another rather fortuitous event. After I decided to go to the International Wine Challenge (IWC) sake trophy winners tasting at the Japanese Embassy in London, I followed IWC on Twitter… and they were promoting WABI! As it turned out, I had booked to...
by Arline Lyons | Jul 20, 2017 | Events
This was a classic case of a good deed coming back to reward you in expected ways. I gave my brother a ticket to a Sake Service Institute (SSI) tasting for his birthday last year, as a result of which he was put on a mailing list advertising this event. He forwarded...
