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Every Season, Carhartt do what no other brand does, they bring out a range of Homewares/Gadgets that gets us all going 'i want that', and there is no cheese involved, all the gadgets are well thought and up to the standard you would expect from Carhartt. The ' Carhartt Homewares Range ' is impressive, and yes it will make your home look better.   Here we have the ' Carhartt Travel Tray ', it folds flat when not in use and when required folds together to give you somewhere to leave your valuables whilst out on the road, no more leaving htem in drawers or scattered around the hotel room, keep them all in one place. Not just for traveling we must add, it does the job back at home, and would it not be quite good to have one of these to drop your wallet/keys/coins/travel pass/watch etc and have it all in the one place ???? Yes we think so What time is, yes its time for a cuppa, and what better than the is ' Carhartt Mug in Cypress Green ', we...

Friend of the store and all round top bloke Matt JOnes has brought his Lunartik Mini-Tea Tour to Fat Buddha Store from 13th - 30th September. The tour which started its journey in Berlin in 2011 and has went from country to country. The exhibition features 70 + custom works of art based on Matt JOnes original "Lunartik in a Cup of tea". This includes the interpretations of the original Lunartik by internationally acclaimed artists such as Felt Mistress, deadlemming, Squink, Valleydweller, Stuart Witter and many more. As well as checking out the fantastic exhibition in store, you can also get your hands on some of the collector's edition series 2 "Lunartik in a Cup of Tea" collection, we also have mini series 2's available. Check out our collection of Lunartik goods here . Remember to pop in and check out the exhibition because once its gone its gone!

What's Your Tipple?  Here at Buddha Gifts we stock a variety of vessels for you to enjoy your cuppa! From the large Knuckle Duster Mug as illustrated to dinky little cup and saucer sets for the more refined amonst us. For the discerning tea drinker there are lots of varieties of tea widely available now from your plain cup of breakfast tea to your Lapsang Souchong! My favourite tipple is Lady Grey with a little spot of milk, just the thing to refresh me after a long day with the Buddha ! Tea drinking has increased in popularity and especially Afternoon Tea, usually Afternoon tea also traditionally known as low tea, this is a light meal snack typically eaten between 2pm and 5pm. The custom of drinking tea originated in England when Catherine of Bragança married Charles II in 1661 and brought the practice of drinking tea in the afternoon with her from Portugal. Various places that belonged to the former British Empire also have such a meal. However, cha...

On cold mornings in the shop like today and basically the whole of December, I feel the best way to get your head in the game is with a lovely cup of tea (or coffee in my case) - and now thanks to the guys at Suck UK you can help your friends with how ya like it thanks to the My Cuppa Tea/My Cuppa Coffee mugs colour guide mugs! This cup is perfect for any situation. It tells you exactly how your builder will prefer his all-important cup of tea and will please the traditionalist who might moan if you get the colour slightly wrong. Try it out and experience how easy colour judging suddenly become! Fraser

I came in to work today and it was freezing! So I decided to have a nice little cup of tea. While drinking I realized just how many mugs we have in store at the moment! Mugs are the perfect present for your Dad or Grandad this Christmas or anyone you know who enjoys a nice warm mug of tea. The wonderful range of Banksy mugs are always a favourite of Fat Buddha customers and the My Cuppa Tea/Coffee mugs sell out every single Christmas! We have the newer Knuckle Duster mugs and the range of Mr Men & Little Miss mugs for those of you who are more fun loving.   Lastly we have staff favourites, the Mr P, Propaganda range . All fun designs, perfect for your cheeky friends and family. While I was looking through our mugs I also found a little hidden treasure! Our Tara McPherson Mr Wiggles, limited edition cup and saucer ! We all love Tara in the shop, her work is fantastic so if you are looking for some extra, extra special this might be the present for you! We ...