How to Make Good and Proper Tea with Emilie Holmes

Episode notes:

Ryan Nell talks to Emilie Holmes (the founder of Good & Proper Tea) — a woman on a mission to bring better tea to more people. She is well on her way to achieving it. We talk about her nomadic early years, as the daughter of a diplomat, her love of languages, and her very single minded pursuit of putting tea on everyone's menus. We discuss the realities of starting a business selling tea from a van, brutally early starts, and the founding of her tea empire. We chat clean food, mindfulness, tea science, tea ceremonies, coffee culture, juggling parenting and running a business, writing a book, and we even swap recipes for cooking with tea, cocktails and very dirty chai lattes. Throughout the chat, Emilie's enormous passion shines through. We loved having this sit down, and hope you'll love it just as much! Don't miss this awesome conversation with Levitate founder and podcast host Ryan Nell.

Episode recorded 20th November 2019, before the world went a little crazy, and finally published 10th August 2020. It was worth the wait!

Episode links:

• Good & Proper Tea webpage: goodandpropertea.com
• Emilie's book: Good & Proper Tea Book: From leaf to cup, how to choose, brew and cook with tea.
• Emilie on Instagram: @goodandpropertea
• You can also currently support their efforts to provide NHS workers with "A Proper Tea Break for the NHS"

Also referenced in this episode: Pip and Nut, Ogilvy, King's Cross, Elle France!

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On the podcast, Levitate founder Ryan Nell chats to people who are changing the world for good. Whether they’ve overcome personal hardship, launched a social enterprise, or changed the way we think about a subject, all of them are united by passion, purpose, and the desire to make the world a better place.

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