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January 2013

  • 5 Issues with Tea Vendor Blogs

    Many tea vendors have, in addition to their online store, a company blog about tea (pssst! you’re reading one now). Often, the goal is to increase the knowledge of tea among their customers so they feel more comfortable ordering teas outside of their normal selections. Considering the price of some of the more fine teas,… Continue reading

  • Cooking with Tea: Good Gravy!

    One of the best pieces of cooking advice anyone ever gave me was this: Never use water when you can use some other liquid. In other words, don’t just add liquid – add flavour, aroma, and character too. Although I cook (and bake) with various liquids – broth, wine, beer, juices of all kinds, milks… Continue reading

  • Why Does My Tea Taste Bad?

    Ever since the dawn of tea drinking, the same question has been asked time and again: why does my tea taste bad? The answer, as always, has a number of aspects. Recently, I had a tea experience that was probably a combination of several of these. Water Quality This is usually the first place you… Continue reading

  • Show Me the Black Tea

    How do I judge thee, oh tea merchant? Let me count the ways. Oh, never mind. There are actually a few ways that I judge your tea Web site, but one of the first and foremost is by your selection of black tea. More about that in a moment. If you’ve read any of the… Continue reading

  • The Tea Truck Arrives!

    It can always be exciting when your order of tea arrives. That box or padded envelope or other style package can seem like that genie’s lamp full of wonderful wishes come true. Just imagine how you’d feel if a whole truck full of tea were to arrive! A little while ago, one of the writers… Continue reading

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  • Does a Paper Cup Really Affect Tea Taste?

    Finding myself out and about one day, and being the total Tea Princess that I am, I needed to purchase a cup of tea from a café. The very thought of drinking tea from a paper cup was intimidating but made me wonder. Does a paper cup really affect tea taste? Let’s take a moment… Continue reading

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  • The Shape of the Leaf

    You can’t judge a book by the cover – or so the saying goes. Whether or not you can judge a variety of tea by its appearance is a question for someone with more expertise than yours truly. But I can say, without any fear of contradiction, that tea leaves do come in a very… Continue reading

  • Milk First, Last, or Never in Your Tea?

    Awhile back I wrote adamantly that, if one uses milk in one’s tea, it should go in first, since it not only keeps those eggshell thin bone china teacups from cracking when the hot tea is poured in but it also assures a more even mixing of tea and milk. Others say it should go… Continue reading

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  • In My Cups: Lacquerware

    Ever since I was a kid I was intrigued by the beautiful, exotic arts of Japan. I used to go to the library to look through their enormous volume of Hokusai prints, and I never missed a museum exhibition of Japanese arts or crafts. I’ve learned and taught origami, dabbled in Japanese brush painting, and… Continue reading

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  • 5 Challenges When Marketing Tea

    Marketing tea can be quite a challenge, especially around here. The U.S. is definitely a coffee drinker’s paradise, with a coffee shop on every corner (almost), thanks to a certain chain. Add to that the almost sacred tradition of “sweet tea” and that coffee chain buying a certain tea chain. What’s a tea company to… Continue reading

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