Yellow Teapot Cafe

07/09/2024

Our annual artistis' book fair, Bookface Chapter 15, is happening on Saturday 14th September, at The Rising Sun The Rising Sun Arts Centre . Many beautiful handmade books, small press, zines and more to see! Over 30 artists taking part, come and join us, share ideas, browse stalls and exhibits. Join in the zine jam, mask making and cardboard sculpture building. Listen to poetry, create some origami, and relax in our cafe 🌞🫖📚🎨📷

12/09/2022

Our cafe will be open at The Rising Sun Arts Centre's annual artists' book fair, Bookface Chapter 13 on Saturday 8th October from 11am - 4pm, we look forward to seeing you if you can make it, for homemade cakes and other tasty treats😀

24/07/2021

Today The Rising Sun Arts Centre is open for an exhibit by Helen Westhrop. Come down between 11-16 to see the amazing coat hanger dolls and films plus have a bit of wine. The cafe is also open so bring some change for a cup of tea and cake.

13/12/2020

Today in Sweden is the day of Saint Lucia, which means a lot of burning candles (including a crown of burning lights), stars, people in white gowns, beautiful singing choirs, and homemade cakes including the special lussekatt which is only eaten at this time of year. As one of our volunteer bakers is Swedish she has been busy baking away, both trying the elusive lussekatt as well as some soft ginger cake which is to then be enjoyed under stars and candles. Whilst we can't get together to eat them this year we hope next year we can. Hope you all have a lovely Lucia 🎄

08/08/2020

Today should have been Here Come The Sun, whilst that sadly wont be happening in person this year why not make yourself some cake, go and sit in the garden and listen to the YouTube playlist from HCTS's gone by! Plus if you can why not buy a ticket for the even that never happened to help the centre keep going until they are able to open again.

Today should have been this year's Here Comes The Sun Festival. But global events dictated that was not to be.

If you want to join us in celebrating the history of HCTS, we've updated our playlist on YouTube featuring studio sessions, play-it piano performances and even complete sets from festivals past - https://tinyurl.com/HCTSvids

And if you'd like to support us while we can't put on events, please consider buying a "ticket" for "The Event That Never Happened" - your donations will help us keep going and able to bounce back when things are safe to do so - https://tinyurl.com/RSACdn8

And feel free to share your memories of Here Comes The Sun in the comments!

08/08/2020

We miss chatting and discussing creative ideas around a cup of tea and a piece of cake with you so much! And hopefully we'll be able to do this again very soon.
In the meantime, here is the next best thing for a creative tea break. Have you visited the Reading Lockdown Quilt page? It's the perfect art piece to immerse yourself in while enjoying a cuppa!
And if you're feeling creative, The Rising Sun Arts Centre has re-opened submissions so there's still time to add your patch.

This is it! Our Reading Lockdown Quilt is live on on and our website.
A patchwork of individual stories depicting our collective Reading story. Expect to laugh, expect to smile, maybe shed a tear too.
http://www.risingsunartscentre.org/quilt.html
Watch from a desktop to get the full experience.
We are so proud of this Lottery and Reading Place of Culture funded project.
But this is not about us, this is about all of you wonderful people of Reading (and beyond). So, let’s keep the conversation going and tell us what you think in the comments.

18/07/2020

We've tried out another pie to be added to the cafe menu once we reopen,pineapple pie to be exact. This slightly unusual pie treat should likely work well for the cafe as it taste just as nice cold as it does hot (and work with either cream or icecream)🤤 We can't wait to share it with you! 🍍🥧

05/07/2020

Still in lockdown mode so baking is still a big thing. This weekend we made Rhubarb crumble (with cinnamon) for the first time. What do we think, should crumble be added to the menu when we are back? Heated up with some custard or cream?

01/06/2020

Slight delay in testing out the sourdough starter but today it finally went in the oven! We need to adjust our settings as it got a bit too crispy on the outside but the end result was some lovely sourdough bread. A couple more goes and we will hopefully have it down to a T in time for the cafe being able to reopen.