Stephen Twining’s Southern Adventure

We took Stephen on a road trip - for his first ever trip to the South Island. We flew to Dunedin, where he hosted a dinner with Dish Magazine at Bell Pepper Blues where the chef, Michael Couglin, created a six-course dinner featuring Twinings tea as an ingredient in every course. There is a photo of Stephen, Michael and me below.

Stephen and I have been involved in many tea and food tasting evenings all over the world, from New York to London, however this was by far the best tea and food matching I have ever been part of. It was absolutely outstanding, and we all enjoyed a fantastic evening before heading straight onto Christchurch, where we held a series of tea tastings.

Stephen, once again, had a great time in New Zealand and I look forward to more antics during his next visit to our shores early next year!

Stephen Twining & Auckland Events

A lot of people don’t know, but Bell is the NZ distributor for all Twining’s products in New Zealand, and recently we had a visit from a member of the original Twining’s tea family.

Stephen Twining, who is a 10th generation Twining, arrived in New Zealand for an action packed trip. The tour kicked off with a Long Day at the Office where Stephen and I spent 12 hours serving tea at the Office bar at the Westin Auckland, Lighter Quay. We had a great turnout and revealed a few new teas to the NZ palate (and a few tea cocktails as well!). Stephen then officially opened the Twining’s Garden of Chai to celebrate the launch of Chai tea at the Ellerslie International Flower Show, and we spent a few days making thousands of teas for visitors to the show.

The two of us are a great double act, and this trip was no different. We had an absolute blast talking and laughing with people all over New Zealand.