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December 4, 2012

  • 5 Things to Do While Your Tea Is Steeping

    Steeping tea can take a little time, from heating the water and prepping the teapot to the actual steeping. How long it all takes depends on the tea being steeped. The longest steeping time I’ve done for a single infusion was ten minutes for Young Pu-erh. It was an experiment to see if the tea… Continue reading

  • Tea-drinking at Chanukah

    Jewish people around the world will be celebrating Chanukah this year from the evening of December 8th to the afternoon of December 16th. While the eight-day long holiday normally falls in December (the dates are designated according to the Jewish lunar calendar), and there is a tradition of gift-giving, Chanukah is not – as some… Continue reading