The Flying Saucer At Sunset

Lenticular clouds (Altocumulus lenticularis) are stationary lens-shaped clouds with a smooth layered appearance that form in the troposphere, usually above mountain ranges. One was spotted in Singapore recently...

Eyes Of 30,000 Honeycombs

With 30,000 individual facets, dragonflies have the most number of facets among insects. Each facet, or ommatidia, creates its own image, and the dragonfly brain has eight pairs of descending visual neurons to compile those thousands of images into one picture...

A Kaleidoscope Of Colours, Shapes And Patterns

Spectacular and innovative in design, the Flower Dome replicates the cool-dry climate of Mediterranean regions like South Africa, California and parts of Spain and Italy. Home to a collection of plants from deserts all over the world, it showcases the adaptations of plants to arid environments...

Lightning Strikes, Not Once, But Many Times

Unlike light, lightning does not travel in a straight line. Instead, it has many branches. These other branches flashed at the same time as the main strike. The branches are actually the step leaders that were connected to the leader that made it to its target...

Are You My Dinner Tonight?

A T-Rex has 24-26 teeth on its upper jaw and 24 more on its lower jaw. Juveniles have small, sharp blade-shaped teeth to cut flesh, whereas adults have huge, blunt, rounded teeth for crushing bones. Is the T-Rex a bone-crushing scavenger?

Refresh To The World Of Tea At The Singapore Tea Festival 2019

Before Merlion Wayfarer attended the Singapore Tea Festival, all she knew about tea was just tea leaves. However this weekend's Singapore Tea Festival changed all that.

The festival, organised by local tea technology company Teapasar, is now in its third year. Consisting of 55 booths selling over 1,200 products, the three-day event is held at Jewel Atrium, Changi Airport.


Bubble tea brand Woobbee with its unique herbal mint milk tea made with Pei Pa Koa (herbal cough syrup). With no sugar added, this healthier option drink is suitable for the hot weather these days...


Or try out their cold brew fruit tea...

Asmara, a Singapore-based nutrition company started by two food scientists and modern day apothecarists, retails its brand of drinks blended with ginseng, bird's nest, french rose and lavender...


Master classes and tea competitions in the foyer area...

Enjoy Arinobu's refreshing Cold Brew Sencha after a hot day out at the beach... 

Organic skincare brand Oasis:skin retails shampoos made of tea with delicious-sounding flavours like Pine Hojicha, Yuzu Matcha, and Blue Pea Lemongrass...


Want your wine and your tea too? Try out A.muse's teas with flavours like Riesling, Scotch and Pina Colada...


And savour the convenience with their tea pods which are compatible with a Nespresso machine...


Let's get Fizzicle with its junboocha health drink made from tea fermented with honey...


Known as the "Tea of Immmortality", Kombucha has been around for centuries as a gut health protector. A type of fermented tea, it is made with symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast (SCOBY). Try one too?


Looking for a mix of East and West? Infusion-de-vie blends its tea with TCM herbs to give the benefits of body regulation with your daily cuppa...


Don't just sip alone! Pair off your tea with snacks like Amazin' Graze's healthy granola, Nut Culture's Almond Butter or Peanut Butter, Kettle Gourmet's Popcorn or Nutkins, 


For more about the Singapore Tea Festival, visit www.teapasar.com/stf2019/.

About Teapasar

Based in Singapore, teapasar is the first global tea marketplace, featuring local and international tea brands, as well as exclusive and rare tea direct from farms. teapasar is powered by a metabolomic fingerprinting and taste mapping technology - ProfilePrint.

By scanning tea leaves to create a fingerprint unique to each tea, teapasar is able to generate its respective taste profile, which allows for taste matching between consumers’ taste preferences and the profiles of every tea on the teapasar database. Discover your perfect blend, and more confidently purchase teas online before even tasting or smelling it.