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Victory of a Different Kind

Victory of a Different Kind

Words associated with the Singaporean definition of success are always about career, properties and money. For Alvin Chan, who traversed the less-t...

Weaving Tomorrow's Disciples

From some angles, she mimics the disciples we see in kungfu films and apprenticeship documentaries. We learn from Si Ying, explorer and maker of ma...

Over Tea and Bak Kut Teh

The test is not about time, but about spirit. Holding fast to the belief that tea breeds conversation among individuals, Kenry Peh, at the helm of ...

All Who Ever Have

At Hvala, we too have a dream — that one day, through tea and art, we can better the world. But it is impossible for us to realise that dream on ou...

Bursting the Bubble

With the boom of bubble tea, people's perception of tea has been diluted, if not skewed. Bursting the bubble is a look at what it means to consider...

Lao Sher

The changing times may have taken many things from him, but the courage to dream is not one of them. Founder of Lao Sher, an established tea house ...

Ways to Reuse Tea Leaves

From smelling great, cleaning well, adding nutritious boost for plants, being beauty hacks to adding extra taste, reused tea leaves are a great way...

Not Your Ordinary Pastry

Miso in mascarpone, torched pear, and even sorbet on noodles.. What's that? Avant-garde pastry takes on creative forms in the most creative way pos...

When With Autumn

Against mass consumerism, modern-day women stereotypes, and traditional ways of relaxation; Autumn of WithAutumn shows us how she has come a full c...

Mould It My Way

Out on her own, female potter Lynn Teo shows us that she can turn disadvantages to advantages. Ready to impart the virtues that pottery teaches, sh...

Taking Time Off Today

The silly old bear once said, "Doing nothing often leads to the very best kind of something." A forgotten phrase, it reminds us of the little pocke...

How We See Art Today

The Arts scene today takes on new forms, new mediums and new meaning with every work we look at, and we realized, that the way we see art changes s...

The Formula for Happiness

A time bygone is not a time lost — Leah teaches us a lesson of growing up without losing oneself, of holding on to the dreams she had in a childhoo...