April 2010
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Review of Caribe by Harney & Sons
Name: Caribe Brand: Harney & Sons Type: Green and black tea blend, flavored Form: Silky tea bags Review: Caribe is, as its name suggests, a tea flavored with the tropics in mind. It is a blend of both green tea, black tea, marigold, and cornflower with strawberry, coconut, guava and hibiscus flavors added. The tea… Continue reading
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Some Thoughts on Teatotallers
The image of befeathered patriots dumping tons of tea into Boston Harbor conjures strong feelings even today. Even more so in the eighteenth century. You may have read my previous article about the feelings of those early Americans towards our favorite beverage. Today, we drink tea out of choice, among a plethora of other beverages.… Continue reading
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A Guide To Tea Festivals
If you’re a serious tea lover you probably don’t need much of a reason to kick up your heels and sing the praises of tea. But if you’re looking to gather with like-minded souls to celebrate the merits of Camellia sinensis, here are a handful of noteworthy festivals to add to your calendar. Charleston Tea… Continue reading
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Tea Dilemma — “As Time Crawls By”
Waiting for tea to steep can seem like an eternity in our fast-paced lives. It can be as if time is crawling by. Sort of like when you’re waiting for the pie to bake, the chicken to broil, the printer to print, the FAX machine to FAX, etc. Yet, this steeping time can be the… Continue reading
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Beyond Black: Expand Your Tea Horizons
As iced tea season looms on the horizon, visitors to these pages have already run across a few articles that take a look at various facets of this warm weather favorite. Of course, the best part of the iced tea experience is drinking mass quantities of it — particularly when you take into consideration the… Continue reading
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The Tea Bag
While not all tea drinkers are enamored of tea bags as an alternative to loose leaf tea, there’s no question that the tea bag is a popular choice for millions of tea lovers worldwide. By some accounts, which are probably more legendary than factual, tea drinking came about in 2737 B.C. when Chinese emperor Shen… Continue reading
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Types of Breakfast Tea
Breakfast may or may not be the most important meal of the day but it’s safe to say that for countless people around the world the breakfast time pick-me-up is the most important drink of the day. If you live in the United States, for example, your morning beverage of choice is likely to be… Continue reading
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Spring Fling
It’s that time of year when I am in love with spring. The tree pollen hasn’t started to get to me yet, my garden is still full of promise and dreams, and neither heat nor rain has driven me mad. All in all, it’s the time of year when I can’t stand to go inside… Continue reading
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Shincha For Spring
In the spring, if we might paraphrase the great poet Alfred Lord Tennyson just a bit, a tea lover’s fancy may turn to thoughts of shincha. Japan is renowned for a number of excellent varieties of green tea and, of these, shincha is considered by many to be one of the best. A Japanese term… Continue reading
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