Two of the recession’s success stories have been loose leaf tea and poetry – put the two together and you have ‘poetea’. Here professional writer, portrait miniature painter and Tea Poet, Elizabeth Darcy Jones, serves up a fragrant brew in this charming volume, celebrating different teas and ‘tea people’. Alongside descriptions of different tea types and hints about using loose leaf tea – 37 different teas are described as characters, revealing their unique personalities in an accessible and entertaining way.

Who wouldn’t be tempted to discover her ‘Mr Darcy of a tea?’.