Usually, I don’t review take away coffee/tea shops. But I was so impressed with Teaopia, that I felt that it deserved to be reviewed!

Teaopia is a tea shop with a section that sells take away teas. They had a range of teas and I was interested by the tea cocktails. These were hot drinks and came in just one size. The regular size drink was like a medium sized drink from most other tea shops!

The staff were friendly and took their time in explaining which teas had syrups added to them. They also went through the ingredients for the various cocktails!

The green tea latte was absolutely perfect. I could have it made with soya milk which was even better. There was no syrup in this drink; it was purely brewed green tea and hot steamed soya milk.

The other drink that we had was the chai. Again, we were impressed with the flavours of the tea. We could tell that the tea had been brewed from fresh tea leaves and not from tea bags. The chai had a good spicy flavour!

It is a shame that there was not a sit down area in Teaopia to enjoy the hot drinks. It was tempting to buy a lot of the tea leaves to take home! One thing that we did buy though was their wild clover honey. It was pure honey and we could definitely taste its high quality!

Teaopia, Square One Shopping Centre, 100 City Centre Drive, Mississauga, Ontario, L5B 2C9

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If you want a good range of teas and hot drinks, then Cafe De La Paix is right up your street! They have the regular tea bag teas, herbal teas, coffees, soy milk, but they also have a few extra special teas!

It was difficult to decide between the chai tea and the mint tea and I eventually decided on the latter! The mint tea did not disappoint; it was fresh mint leaves served with a couple of red berries in the glass!

If you are a fan of ginger, then I would recommend the ginger and lemon tea. This drink has big thick slices of ginger and chunks of lemon. I’ve never seen so much ginger in a drink, but then again, I’m not a huge ginger tea drinker! This ginger drink was sweetened with honey!

Cafe De La Paix does a range of sandwiches, cakes, pastries, soups, and pasta dishes too. The staff were friendly and fairly relaxed. The cafe dining area was ok but some of the tables were a little too close together. It was quite a busy cafe though!

Cafe De La Paix, 159 Kings Road, London, SW3 5TX

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On the gorgeous picturesque island of Djurgarden is this sweet cafe! I only discovered Bla Porten as I saw these dark iron gates which were framing a contrasting lush green area!

At first I wasn’t sure if it was private property. It looked like a beautiful secret garden! Once I realised that it was a cafe, I entered the gates and was welcomed by a beautiful garden, with lots of outdoor seats!

Inside Bla Porten Cafe, there was a huge wooden table, filled with so many cakes, pastries, fruits and sandwiches. It was all displayed so nicely and it felt like I was in cake heaven! The only thing that I would have changed was that I would have had all the food covered, as I’m not a fan of open food displays.

So, seen as it was time for an afternoon tea break, I had a cup of Earl Grey tea. Bla Porten used fresh tea leaves which they then put into a tea bag! I was told that I could help myself to the hot water and milk, which was by the entrance of the cafe.

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