• Dubai,  JM Kayne's Life

    Milk Teas in Dubai

    Joining the current fad back in the Philippines, I have made my own quest of #MilkTea is life Dubai version. I scouted Dubai and found some Cafe’s that offers this refreshing and crazy-asian feel milk tea boom! A lil history here. . . WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? Majority would probably trace back MilkTeas started in Taiwan in the’80s. Some debate about who is responsible for the phenomenon. Some believe it that Chef Liu Han Chieh, owner of Chun Shui Tang in the city of Taichung, created it by mixing syrup, milk tea and pieces of fruit. The first time tapioca pearls were said to be added by Tu Tsung…

  • Faith,  JM Kayne's Life

    10 Things that make me happy

    This post is another series of my TGIT – Thank God, It’s Thursday, #CountedBlessings series where I am enumerating ten (10) things (people/event) that make me happy! I know, I know – that it’s not Thursday but somehow, I feel the need to actually write this post because I feel I am blessed amidst the challenge that I am going through right now. So, let’s jump right into it and let me write those things real quick. Family & Loved ones – ones that never fades The smell of rain – I know, but it rarely rains in Abu Dhabi –though rain sometimes makes me melancholic but it brings memories…

  • Byahe ng Kokobears,  Sri Lanka,  Sri Lanka Day 1,  Sri Lanka Tea Farm,  Tea Factory

    In-TEA-resting

    Glenloch Tea Factory. See my short review of this place on Trip Advisor. In-TEA-resting: Glenloch – Tea Farm/Estate & Factory Address: Nuwara Eliya Katukithula, Sri Lanka Phone Number: 094 052 225 9646  www.glentea.com   As I have mentioned on my SL Day 1 blog, this “in-TEA-resting” visit is worth a separate blog. So here it goes! Among the five (5) sites we visited for our first day (14 Sept 2016) tour is Glenloch Tea Factory.  I was happy to learn about something about TEA. I love drinking tea and it helps to actually understand and know about how it is being processed and prepared. It took us around 1 hour plus to…