January 2013
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A Brief History of the Tea Chest
What do you get for the person who has everything? According to one theory you could always get them something to put it in. Although if they truly have everything, that would presumably include a sufficient amount of storage containers – but I digress. All of which is a somewhat roundabout way to emphasize the… Continue reading
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Remembering That Experience at Bettys Café Tea Room in York, UK
It’s hard to tell sometimes what came first — the chicken or the egg. In this case, it has to do with teatime. Did I get addicted to that British style teatime before or after enjoying one at Betty’s Café Tea Room in York, UK? There’s no real way to tell. I can say that… Continue reading
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What is High Mountain Oolong?
For many years now I’ve seen the term “high mountain oolong” being bandied about, but I never really gave it much thought. Until recently, when I started to wonder exactly what that meant. Obviously, since I’m not completely dense (that’s my story and I’m sticking with it), I can pretty much deduce, based on the… Continue reading
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Mega Tea Vendors
Mega tea vendors produce the lion’s share of tea sold and consumed in the world. Here in the U.S. a certain coffee shop chain that already owned one fairly well-known tea company recently acquired another (a rather sizable one). Justified concerns abound. Will it degrade the overall tea market here? Will their flavored teas dominate?… Continue reading
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Brooke Bond Tea Company Picture Cards
Brooke Bond & Company, the former manufacturer of PG Tips (now owned by Unilever), was founded in 1869 by Arthur Brooke and has been using collectibles to promote its products for decades. One of those collectibles is the picture card books that were included in packages of teabags. The picture cards and related booklets were… Continue reading
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“Tea Planting in the Outer Himalayah” by Alexander Thorburn McGowan
It’s not just a job. It’s an adventure. We know it best as the slogan for the United States Navy. But it probably could have worked just as well about a century and a half ago for those hardy Britishers who left their homeland and made their way to India to become tea planters. One… Continue reading
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5 Teas to Get You Through January
A new year begins. Have you set your resolutions — the special things you want to achieve in that new year? And did you include “Try new teas” as one of them? If so, you’re in luck. Here are five teas that may be new to you and in any event can help you get… Continue reading
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2 Great Books to Get You Started Collecting Teapots
Many of us who love tea also love tea things, and often build collections of teapots, teacups, and various tea accoutrements. I myself must have at least thirty or forty teapots and about as many teacups, along with gaiwans, aroma cups, and other “stuff.” No doubt many of you do too. A couple of years… Continue reading
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