Not all mooncakes are created equal, and Mid-Autumn festivities are celebrated in a miscellany of ways around the Southeast Asian region. While Mid-Autumn celebrations have come to be inextricably linked with elaborate mooncake packaging and exquisite flavours such as avocado macadamia, the long-standing tradition of baking, eating and purchasing these ...

The tea and coffee industries have been instrumental in the lives of women across the globe for centuries. Women workers, despite their contributions on the field, have always been relegated to the bottom strata. According to the International Coffee Organization (ICO), between 20% to 30% of coffee farms are female-operated, ...

Boo!! Times are a little different this year but there is no stopping us from reminiscing the days where carved pumpkins are lit up in busy bars, housing estates bustling with the catchy call of 'trick or treat!' and - oh gosh - the exhilaration of visiting horrifying haunted houses. ...

Falling on the 15th day of the eighth month in Chinese Lunar Calendar, the Mid-autumn Festival also known as 中秋节 in Mandarin is an iconic Chinese celebration that is observed in many Asian countries. Although it started out as a festival in celebration of a bountiful post-autumn harvest, with the ...

In our previous post, we discussed the longstanding history tea has had in Chinese culture. Because of its significance, it's only natural that tea is not just a part of everyday life, but also a part of important events such as Chinese New Year. In today's post, we uncover some ...