July 2012
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International Tea for International Sports
This summer has been a busy one for sports fans. While I do not usually consider myself a “sports fan,” there are a few international sporting events that I enjoy watching, namely international football (soccer to those of you in the States) and tennis. So, the almost simultaneous occurrence of Euro 2012 and the Wimbledon… Continue reading
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Ray-Ban, Banana Boat®, and Tea at the Beach!
Tea at the beach is not always something that comes to mind when loading up the cooler and the car and rounding up the kids. But tea is a great thirst quencher in that hot sun. There are many pre-made bottled teas (most of the best known brands in tea as well as some lesser… Continue reading
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Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum
There are tea parties and there are tea parties, but of course for those of us living in the United States the granddaddy of all tea parties is the one that took place in Boston Harbor on December 16, 1773. This is not the time or place for a history lesson, and besides most of… Continue reading
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Tea and the Olympics: An Introduction
In the run up to the London 2012 Summer Olympics, it seems that every publication out there—major international papers, tabloids, even women’s magazines—is running feature-length articles and full-page spreads on the upcoming events. Articles focus on everything from athletes’ fitness tips to London sightseeing and detailed analysis of the city’s transformation. In some cases, it… Continue reading
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Some Pros and Cons of Tea Concentrates
A tea vendor commented recently online that they were dropping tea concentrates from their product line-up and going with powdered forms only. Their chief justification for this action was a very sensible one: save on shipping costs. However, it got me to thinking about that and other pros and cons of tea concentrates. Let’s face… Continue reading
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Book Review: “The Gunpowder Gardens” by Jason Goodwin
Over the course of the years that I’ve been writing about tea I’ve had the good fortune to review quite a few books on the topic. While many of them were very entertaining and informative, with a few notable exceptions they weren’t necessarily the kind of page turners that you’d be likely to sit down… Continue reading
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Tea Kettle Philosophy — The Path Less Taken
More pondering over the tea kettle, awaiting that all important moment when the water has reached the boil for steeping the tea. There is a poem by Robert Frost that speaks of the road less travelled and that taking that road for him turned out to make all the difference. Well, us tea drinkers can… Continue reading
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Yorkshire Tea from Taylors of Harrogate
At just about a century and a quarter, British tea company Taylors of Harrogate could be considered a relative youngster, especially when you consider that there are British tea merchants who have been doing their thing for more than 300 years. Things got underway for Taylors of Harrogate in 1886, when brothers Charles and Llewellyn… Continue reading
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Is the Victorian-style Tea Room Obsolete?
I often receive reviews at TeaGuide where the reviewer notes that they’ve just made their annual visit to a tea room. Whether it’s a Mother’s Day theme tea or mom’s birthday tea with her three daughters who flew in from out of town, I always kind of cringe when I read this. Annual? As in:… Continue reading
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