Irish Tea: Tea Plantations

Aoife O Mahony Dept: Ireland isn t known for its tea plantations, or fine cuisine, but whether it s the reminder of Mammy s cooking, or a case of old habits die-hard, the country s diaspora is deeply attached to a host of uniquely Irish foodstuff, according to The Star. Now she and her twin sister Sinead, with O Mahony as their chef and baker, are bringing a taste of Ireland to Toronto s Little India neighbourhood in the form of The Pantry, a shop and deli opening this week, specializing in Irish food and when 26-year-old Irish immigrant Aoife O Mahony from Cork city was packing her suitcase for Canada, she left plenty of space for boxes of Barry s Irish tea. Maeve McCarthy, owner of McCarthy s Irish pub Toronto s east end, has seen the fallout firsthand grown men and women sitting at her bar hankering for an old-fashioned dinner, a breakfast roll or a proper brew. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.