November 2009
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How Sweet It Is!
It never ceases to surprise me how many people apologize for wanting to put sugar in their tea, as if admitting a serious tea-drinking faux pas. I’ve always invited my guests to do what makes them comfortable and to drink their tea in any fashion they feel most pleasing. Still, I get meek apologies as… Continue reading
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Bamboo Charcoal
Since tea is mostly water it stands to reason that tea is only as good as the water in which it is brewed.T he importance of good, clean water cannot be stressed enough. There are numerous different filtration systems that you can use to purify your brewing water, but there are also some very simple… Continue reading
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The Skinny on Tea and Skin
By William I. Lengeman III If you weren’t paying attention in school when the topic turned to human anatomy, you may not realize that the skin is your body’s largest organ. With this in mind, it only makes sense that you should do everything you can to take good care of it, and according to… Continue reading
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How I Make Teapots
by Andy Titcomb Once the teapot design has been planned and drawn, I carve a model either out of clay or solid Plaster of Paris. From this I take a mould which can be anything from two to 20 pieces depending on the complexity of the shape. The process I use to make the actual… Continue reading
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The Languages of Tea – Chinese
By Adam Yusko In the primer on Japanese tea words, you probably noticed the syllable “cha” came up often. That’s because Cha is the word for tea in most, if not all, of Southeast Asia. I find putting together a list of Chinese tea words which you should know about a bit difficult, as when… Continue reading
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The Languages of Tea – Japanese
by Adam Yusko Avid tea drinkers and enthusiasts can find a plethora of information on the Internet related to tea. There are countless tea forums, wiki sites and articles out there, many of which are rather international in their tea-coverage. If you’ve ever browsed or contributed to some of these forums, you may have seen… Continue reading
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Tea Scents Wafting My Way, Part II
By A.C. Cargill Tea scents wafting my way are one of life’s great pleasures, especially since I have a very “sensitive sniffer.” However, that can be an asset and a problem, as I explained in Part I. While I avoid perfumes (and the people wearing them) as much as possible, rather than risk getting a… Continue reading
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Tea Rooms, Tea Courts, and Tea Dances
In the late 1800s the best hotels in the U.S. and the U.K. began to host tea rooms and tea courts. The tea service served in the late afternoon gave the genteel Victorians a place to meet for a sip of tea and conversation. Many of these tea courts became the epitome of elegance like… Continue reading
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Tea Bath
Instead of visiting a high priced spa to enjoy a tea bath, pamper yourself with your own tea bath any time that you wish by simply brewing a cup of tea and drawing a bath. First, here are the mechanics of building your brew. You can choose any tea to brew, but some favorite combinations… Continue reading
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Tea Scents Wafting My Way, Part I
By A.C. Cargill Tea scents wafting my way are one of life’s great pleasures, especially since I have a very sensitive nose. Very. No, it’s not grossly oversized like Rostand’s fictional character, Cyrano de Bergerac, or even as large as one-time Vaudevillian and comic actor Jimmy Durante or singer/actor Barbra Streisand. Quite the contrary. It’s… Continue reading
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