February 2011
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Grow Your Own Tea
As the second most popular beverage in the world (or so it is said) it stands to reason that tea is grown in massive quantities. There are a number of tea-producing nations and regions all around the world but the most significant of these, at least in terms of the quantities produced, are India, China… Continue reading
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Tea, Laughter, and Your Nose
Sometimes tea mouthfuls have to be timed carefully. This is especially true when drinking tea around someone with a sense of humor that is capable of producing remarks bound to evoke copious laughter. That stated, I have to say that my hubby has such a sense of humor, and my timing isn’t always so good.… Continue reading
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In the Leaves for February
Those of you who have read some of my previous posts will have experienced my extraordinary psychic gift and my terrifyingly accurate ability to tell the future using tea leaves. Well who am I to be selfish and keep such talent to myself? In the interests of helping my fellow man I’ve decided to do… Continue reading
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Tea Kettle Philosophy — Faster Is Not Always Better
Sometimes it seems to take forever to do the simplest things. Heating water to the proper temperature for my tea is one such task. Thank goodness my hyperactive mind knows how to make good use of this time. For example, it started cogitating on the various ways our lives have gotten faster and the times… Continue reading
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Tea, Food and Booze
Tea, it’s what’s for dinner…sort of…sometimes. The most common way to consume tea these days, as we’re surely all aware, is to drink it. Which is just the same as it always has been and probably always will be. But, as we’ve noted in these pages in the past, tea can also be used as… Continue reading
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Are You a Tea Statistic?
Tea drinking statistics abound. Have you ever wondered when you see a bunch of these statistics how you rank in relation to them? It seems to be human nature for people to do this. You might think “That statistic applies to me” or “Gee, I’m not anything like that nor do I know anyone like… Continue reading
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Tea for Two
There has always been a romantic side to tea for me. It may just be because I read far too much 17th and 18th century literature in which it seems that a British courtship without tea would have been unthinkable. Back then a tea table and an elderly chaperone must have been the equivalent of… Continue reading
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Tea Goes Trendy for Flavors
With the popularity of this tiny hot beverage, it’s easy for some to say that tea has gotten too trendy and that anything too trendy will come to an end. But they said that about soap, about fast food, about hip-hop and all these things are here to stay. Indeed, the American societal embrace of… Continue reading
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Tea Rescues Me from Pizza
Recently, tea rescued me from the pizza I had scarfed down at a local eatery. Listen to my tale of how a queasy tummy was saved by a nice cuppa tea. Over the past few years, my eating habits have changed somewhat. Rice and potatoes are now the starch of choice over wheat-based items like… Continue reading
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