May 2010
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Getting Fresh with Tea, Part II
Getting fresh with tea is essential, especially as your knowledge of tea grows and you start branching out from the teas available in the grocery store aisles. In Part I, we considered the shelf-lives of various teas. Some are “short-termers” that shouldn’t be stored too long after opening the airtight package for the first time.… Continue reading
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Getting Fresh with Tea, Part I
It’s time to get fresh with tea. Freshness is very important in some teas and can affect taste and beneficial properties. In fact, some teas (the “short-termers”) should be enjoyed within a few weeks of harvesting and processing. When they get old and stale, these teas not only don’t have a lively flavor but lose… Continue reading
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To Decaf or Not to Decaf?
As someone who studies tea, writes about it, receives free samples of it in the mail and pretty much feels that it’s an all around good thing, it’s no surprise that I drink a lot of the stuff. But my tea consumption pales next to what it would be if I weren’t sensitive to caffeine.… Continue reading
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Popularity of Indian Cuisines
There is a growing popularity in the U.S. for Indian cuisine (we’re catching up with the rest of the world). Indian restaurants are in virtually every country on the globe, with curries, naan, tandooris, and other specialties drawing in customers craving those unique tastes. Now, they’re also in every state in this country, along with… Continue reading
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Tea — Straying from the Family Tradition
Coming from a long line of coffee drinkers, I am nevertheless a devout tea drinker. My childhood memories of coffee are many and emotionally evocative. Dad getting up early in the morning for work, having his toast, corn flakes, and a cup or two of coffee (with milk but no sugar). The smell of fresh… Continue reading
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Spirituality and Tea
For many tea drinkers, Camellia sinensis is nothing more than a way to get a quick boost in the morning, a nice accompaniment to biscuits or those clever little sandwiches with the crusts removed, or the basis of some high-falutin’ latte type drink at their corner Starbucks. But for many other tea fans, tea is… Continue reading
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Live Long, Drink Tea?
Can tea help you live longer? Well, maybe. Now if that sounds like a cautious statement, well, it’s because it is. If you do a Google search for tea and longevity, for example, you’ll find any number of claims – some of them quite “creative” and a few that stretch the boundaries of belief –… Continue reading
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Tea 101
Once upon a time, tea drinking was a relatively simple thing. If you lived in the East and drank tea it was likely to be green, while those of us in the West tended to favor black tea. Here in the United States tea drinkers were likely to take it black, in iced form, and… Continue reading
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Tea Experiment — Steeping Tea in a Ceramic Tea Carafe
As a devoted tea aficionado and one who lives the “tea life,” I’m ever on the lookout for some neat, simple, and affordable teaware. What good fortune, then, when hubby espied an interesting and downright pretty tea carafe at a local store. A quick examination told us that this was a simple yet effective tool… Continue reading
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A Guide to Tea Magazines
There are a number of excellent Internet-based resources to help you increase your tea knowledge and some great books as well. But there are also several magazines that can be of assistance when it comes to your quest for tea knowledge. Tea, A Magazine has been going strong for 60 issues now. The magazine calls… Continue reading
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