Hi everybody This is the first of a series of tea talks and workshops which aim to explore the world of tea. Who would have thought that… Read more “Tea Talks – Exploring the world of black tea – 20th July”

So this is the deal, if you can make it to the Tchai-Ovna between 12 and 2pm on a week day you can take advantage of our… Read more “What a souper lunchtime deal!”

The Otago Lane community’s battle with developer Hugh Scott and the council was perhaps the most well known planning dispute in recent urban planning history. Thanks to… Read more “Summer Blues – A brief account of how we almost lost everything… almost”

This is a nice scorching summer and what better to chill the old beans with but this lovely jasmine ice tea we just invented yesterday. Made from… Read more “New – Jasmine Green Ice Tea”

All the way from the borders between Nepal and Darjeeling in India this is a unique tea, exclusive to Tchai-Ovna which we discovered on our recent excursion… Read more “Thurbo oolong – the taste of gold”

Time to spring clean those wardrobes and revamp your look without spending a penny… it’s swap til you drop! Look out clean, gently used garments that you… Read more “Swap til you drop – 18th May”

So the last card facility was destroyed when the building was struck by lightning 10 years ago. We took that as a sign that the gods were… Read more “New card facility”

Co-Owner Martin Fell and friends are fresh back from beautiful Darjeeling, India, with tasty new discoveries and a nerdy amount of tea know-how. There’ll a couple of… Read more “Fresh from Darjeeling”