March 2012
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5 No-No’s When Storing Your Flavored Teas
Storing your teas is a tricky business but very important, especially for your more delicate teas. Advice abounds on how to store teas to keep them at their best for as long as possible. Keep them away from light, air, moisture, and heat — these are the basics. But flavored teas are different and therefore… Continue reading
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Automatic Teamakers Revisited
With the ongoing increase in interest in gourmet and premium teas, particularly those of the loose leaf variety, it’s probably not surprising that there are a number of manufacturers coming up with gadgets designed to simplify the tea-making process. While automating this process is arguably more complicated than with other such hot beverages as coffee… Continue reading
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Review of Harney & Sons Yanagi Green Tea
Folks often tell me that they would like to drink green tea but don’t care for the taste or for the difficulty in preparing it. I think “dishwater,” “weeds,” and “not worth the effort” are the words most commonly used to describe their past experiences with green teas. Over the years I’ve identified a couple… Continue reading
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Green Tea, Red Laser & Alzheimer’s
Quick – what do green tea and red lasers have in common? Well, there’s no science fiction involved and the title of this article actually tipped things off a bit. As our title suggests, researchers have found that a combination of green tea and the energy emitted by red lasers can be of some benefit… Continue reading
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Tea Kettle Philosophy — A Return to Good Manners
Lately, there seems to be a tendency more and more for people to be rude. Tea is a chance to return to gentility and display good manners, at least for the duration of the tea time. We’re not talking about such trivialities as avoiding the pointing of the pinky when raising cup to lips (which… Continue reading
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Book Review — “Distinguished Leaves — Poems for Tea Lovers”
During my speaking engagements I often mention my mission statement (to bring back the teapot and to encourage people to take time with tea) and what better way to uphold my mission statement than to relax with a book of tea poetry (or as the author beau-tea-fully puts in ‘Poetea’). I “met” Elizabeth Darcy Jones… Continue reading
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Souvenir Tea Mugs
True and dedicated tea drinkers know that all of those so-called “coffee mugs” out there are really tea mugs. And souvenir tea mugs are the best, so amassing a collection is a natural thing to do for a tea drinker who travels. When hubby and I met, he had already acquired several very nice souvenir… Continue reading
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“Tea; Its Effects, Medicinal and Moral” by George Gabriel Sigmond
I wasn’t able to turn up much background information on George Gabriel Sigmond, author of Tea; Its Effects, Medicinal and Moral. There are a few other books of his floating around in the great digital cloud, one about drama and another about medicine. In this book he’s identified as “Professor of Materia Medica to the… Continue reading
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Tea and the Color Wheel
Tea color is a key indicator of what you’re drinking, both dry and in the cup. To complicate matters, lots of tea flavoring and blending is going on these days. Reading through a company’s offerings can set your head to spinning and your eyeballs to rolling in their sockets like an old-time cartoon character. By… Continue reading
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