Destination Devonport: Torpedo Bay Cafe
Tea On The Road | Hunting for New Zealand's best cup of tea
by Adelia Hallett
2y ago
‘ I am an Assam man,’ my beloved tells me The cafe is in a museum. The museum is in a 19th century torpedo store. And the torpedo store is built into a 50,000-year-old volcano. Britain’s Royal Navy first raised the flag in Devonport in 1840, and there’s been a connection between the seaside village and our maritime forces ever since. Torpedo Bay and North Head, as they were. These days, the Devonport Naval Base, known as HMNZS Philomel after an old Royal Navy light cruiser which became the New Zealand Navy’s first ship, is home port to New Zealand’s fleet and the Navy’s major training base ..read more
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Destination Devonport – baked@devonport
Tea On The Road | Hunting for New Zealand's best cup of tea
by Adelia Hallett
2y ago
Determination and an early start mean we have breakfast tea after all.Heaven is a hole in the wall Day 9 of our summer holiday in the Auckland suburb of Devonport dawns and our situation is desperate. We’re down to the last of our tea and last night I discovered the dairy at the end of the road doesn’t sell bread. For a couple of hours I try to ignore the lack of breakfast by lying on the couch and reading, but action can be postponed for only so long. While my beloved and his wee friend Billie sleep, and fortified with the last of the tea and two wine biscuits, I set out with Jess for the bak ..read more
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High tea in the New Zealand bush
Tea On The Road | Hunting for New Zealand's best cup of tea
by Adelia Hallett
2y ago
Tea in the camp kitchen: enjoying an al fresco tea-party with Dean (right) and Paul.Drinking tea in paradise is the perfect start to the year. The tea-drinking year starts with a bang: in the Far North of this beautiful country drinking tea by a brook in a forest clearing. And it’s no billy tea we’re swilling at our riverside rendezvous; my dear friend Dean comes up trumps with a spread that features tea-pot tea, fine china cups and superb cakes. Such quality tea-partying is a grand way to see-in 2021. The old year was not a good one. In September, cancer claimed my Beloved – the man who, for ..read more
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Land & Sea Cafe, Bar and Eatery, Marsden Cove, Northland
Tea On The Road | Hunting for New Zealand's best cup of tea
by Adelia Hallett
2y ago
Tea, cake  and boats A drive around the harbour for tea by the water. As the seagull flies, Land & Sea Cafe is just a short trip from our home on the northern side of Whangarei Harbour. Land & Sea Cafe is a block from this beach overlooking Mt Manaia and Bream Head on the northern side of Whangarei Harbour, and Port Marsden and Marsden Point on the southern shore. But we’re traveling by car and need to allow at least an hour. More, with the obligatory stop at the dog park in town. It’s a hot summer’s day and we’re well and truly ready for a good cup of tea. Will this cafe serve th ..read more
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Destination Devo … Manuka Cafe
Tea On The Road | Hunting for New Zealand's best cup of tea
by Adelia Hallett
2y ago
What better way to see out the old year than with a good cup of tea? The first cup of tea on our summer Odyssey in the seaside suburb is at a bustling corner cafe. We choose it on impulse; it’s hot, we’re thirsty and it looks friendly. It’s New Year’s Eve and they’re busy, but a waiter finds us a table on the street (they can seat 100) and doesn’t look at all put out when we tell him that all we want is a cup of tea (the food – especially the ice cream – looks good, but we’re still suffering from the excesses of Christmas). Manuka Cafe is a typical Devonport cafe, in a rennovated old building ..read more
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Destination Devonport
Tea On The Road | Hunting for New Zealand's best cup of tea
by Adelia Hallett
2y ago
Water and sand – quintessentially Devonport.Devonport’s pioneers knew how to make “irresistible” tea. But does the seaside suburb’s modern cafe culture run to a good cupPA? Talk about swimming against the tide: as Aucklanders migrate north for the summer, we’re heading south for a week or so in the Queen’s City. But not just any part of Auckland; this tea-finding mission is hyper-local; we’re Doing Devonport, and have high hopes for some good brews in the seaside suburb. Semi-tropical gardens, popular in Devonport.Others take a more hardy approach, especially on south-facing seafront sections ..read more
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Little Kitchen Cafe, Mangonui, Doubtless Bay
Tea On The Road | Hunting for New Zealand's best cup of tea
by Adelia Hallett
2y ago
A Post Office stood on this site from 1876 to 1989. Post Offices are an endangered species – but their buildings make great cafes. New Zealand is going through yet another round of post office closures, and this time it’s terminal. Once at the very hearts of our communities, providing vital links to people and services across the world, Post Offices have been on the endangered species list since the 1980s. The Penny Black stamp. There was a time when they were disruptive technology. Although the Roman Empire had a form of state-run postal system, it was the London Penny Post, invented in 1680 ..read more
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The Old Oak, Mangonui
Tea On The Road | Hunting for New Zealand's best cup of tea
by Adelia Hallett
2y ago
The Old Oak Inn has been around for a while. Tea, history and the All Blacks-Ireland game. The second and third rounds of tea on our Far North road trip aren’t hard to find – they’re in our hotel. It’s called a hotel, and it’s in a fine old building, but it’s not the kind of hotel where they serve you tea on the verandah like they do at the Horeke Hotel, or by the fire like at The Prince’s Gate. This hotel is strictly accommodation and no dining. However, in the fine tradition of New Zealand hostelries, there is a kettle, milk and tea in our room, so we roll up our sleeves and set-to. My marks ..read more
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The Old Saddlery Tea Rooms and Cafe, Kaeo
Tea On The Road | Hunting for New Zealand's best cup of tea
by Adelia Hallett
2y ago
An open cafe – we are saved. It’s eight hours since my last cup of tea, and I’m willing to swill just about anything. The plan – to have afternoon tea in Waimate North on our way north – is failing spectacularly. The olde world tearoom near the Mission House that my beloved remembers from three decades ago has closed down. Te Waimate Mission Station. Picture: Te Ara. It’s a bit after 3pm when we get there and discover our mistake. Lunch seems a long time ago. But ever intrepid, we cut across towards State Highway 10, confident there’ll be a cafe around Kerikeri or Waipapa. Clearly, we’ve forgo ..read more
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Sidetrack Cafe, Mt Maunganui
Tea On The Road | Hunting for New Zealand's best cup of tea
by Adelia Hallett
2y ago
The Sidetrack – right under the mountain. The Mount’s changed – but the tea’s still good. It’s late morning, we didn’t have time for breakfast, my blood sugars are all over the place and I’ve got a powerful need for tea. The Ornithologist, who visits the Mt Maunganui often (my workmate Rebecca, who came on a tea-party tour with me last year) knows just the place to get me back on track – the Sidetrack Cafe. My Marks Out of 10: Cup Acme: That’s a 1. Here’s why. Tea Total English breakfast 8: Consistently good, and just what I need. Setting 8: The Mount’s changed a bit since I was last there ..read more
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