October 2011
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Sylvakandy Estate Ceylon Tea — Sheer Delight!
Sylvakandy Estate Tea from Ceylon just upped my taste standards when it comes to a nice cuppa black tea. The taste is quite distinctive from teas grown in the Assam area of India despite the varietal of Camellia Sinensis being the same (Camellia Sinensis assamica). A lot of Ceylon teas are machine-processed and bagged, but Continue reading
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Tea and Candy Corn
Candy corn is available all year round, but in Autumn it seems to be much more prevalent. Perfect for a little something sweet to have with a nice cuppa tea. What Is Candy Corn Candy corn is, as the name suggests, candy that is shaped like oversized kernels of corn. It is sugar laden, so Continue reading
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Review — The English Tea Store’s Hawaiian Colada Rooibos
Name: Hawaiian Colada Rooibos Brand: English Tea Store Type: Herbal tisane, rooibos Form: Loose leaf Review: If you like pineapple, The English Tea Store’s Hawaiian Colada Rooibos ought to be up your alley. I’ve never had a flavored tea or tisane in which the pineapple flavor is so strong. While this isn’t a bad thing, Continue reading
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Tea and Coffee Circa 1839
Having written about tea for a while, I’ve discovered that one of my favorite aspects of the process is seeing how perspectives have changed (and sometimes stayed the same) over the years. One of the volumes I examined recently is William Andrus Alcott’s Tea and Coffee, which first appeared in 1839 and which is available Continue reading
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Developing Tea “Color Vision”
Color is an important element in the world around us, whether it’s the color of the paint on the walls and other décor of your humble abode, the colors of nature changing from season to season, or the color of the tea you’re drinking. You just need to develop your “color vision” to truly appreciate Continue reading
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Tea and Scents-ability
The enjoyment of tea encourages us to engage all of our senses. Look at the shape and colour of the dry leaves, watch them unfurl and swirl in the hot water. Feel the cool smoothness of gyokuro leaves or the nubbly texture of a Buddha’s hand oolong leaf. Listen to the water boiling in the Continue reading
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Tea Tin Parade
That “Pioneer Spirit” is alive and well in me, the part that just can’t bear to let go of something with a smidgen of potential to be used in one way or another. This is especially true of empty tea tins. Tea was originally shipped from The East to Europe in metal-lined wooden chests, fine Continue reading
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Review — The English Tea Store’s Godiva Roche Rooibos
Name: Godiva Roche Rooibos Brand: English Tea Store Type: Herbal Tisane, Rooibos Form: Loose leaf Review: Looking for a chocolate rooibos? Godiva Roche Rooibos is a good one. Made from rooibos, cacao beans and peels, vanilla and what appears to be a handful of calandula petals, this is certainly a rich treat for chocolate fans. Continue reading
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Roundtable Topic: Sweeteners and Tea
This is the first of what may be a series of “roundtable topics.” Several writers who contribute to this blog will be weighing in on various topics related to tea. We encourage you to join in with your comments. Originally, we were all going to discuss which sweeteners worked best in a particular tea. There Continue reading
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“T” Is Not Just a Letter of the Alphabet
A, B, C, D… the alphabet is great for tea! And the best letter is “T” for without it, how could we have tea? (Yes, I know, we also need an “E” and an “A” — bear with me here!) There are lots of words for this beverage steeped from the leaves of Camellia Sinensis: Continue reading
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