About her store, Dianne says: “Dianne’s is a quaint and inspirational tea room. We have created a space where our customers can rejuvenate their energies by stimulating their senses through genuine contact with our wonderful staff, our lovingly prepared food, a great cup of tea or coffee, our carefully selected range of products and our energy stimulating atmosphere. Our aim is to empower every individual that walks through our door with our love.“

Our Love is expressed by the service we offer, the products we choose to sell to our customers, how we treat our environment by the manner in which we consume and handle our waste, and finally, our responsibility to each other as a collective consciousness.”

Describe your store in three words. “Warm, trendy and spritual”

If your store had a motto, what would it be? Our motto is… share a cup of love.

Which three food products from your store could you not be without?

LittlePod, English breakfast tea & olive oil

What’s your favourite LittlePod product and what recipe would you use it in?

Natural vanilla paste – I use it in my pancakes for service in my tea shop.

Dianne has recently become the first member of the Fine Food Guild from Trinidad & Tobago. Look her up on social media or pay a visit to Dianne’s, 119 Long Circular Road, Maraval, Trinidad & Tobago.