July 2013
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A Jasperware Teapot at the British Museum
This beautiful blue and white teapot in the British Museum may look like one of Josiah Wedgwood’s iconic jasperware designs, but it was actually manufactured in Germany in the late eighteenth century in imitation of Wedgwood’s work. Jasperware, so called because of the mineral that gives it its colouring, is a stoneware first created by… Continue reading
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Tea Moment — “Oh!! There’s PIE!!!”
Did you ever go to the grocery store, bakery, or wherever and bring home a special treat such as pie and put it away in the cupboard or even the refrigerator and forget about it? Me, too. The latest instance of this almost feeblemindedness (I mean, really, who can forget they have PIE in the… Continue reading
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Japan’s Green Tea Wars
If you know anything about the tea that’s produced in Japan, then you probably know that it’s primarily of the green variety. The varieties of green tea grown there run the gamut from so-so to some of the finest green teas you’re likely to get your hands on. One type of Japanese green tea that… Continue reading
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Tea Quiz: Can You Identify These Teas?
Think you know tea? Some teas are very distinctive in dry form while others are “mimickers” and tend to look a lot like other teas. Just for fun here, I’m posting a few teas and letting you test your tea acumen, starting with some of the obvious ones and going to some that are a… Continue reading
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Is All That “Expert” Tea Advice Taking the Fun Out of Tea?
Tea should be enjoyable, even if you are drinking it for the claimed health benefits. I would even go so far as to say that tea should be fun to learn about, to prepare, and then to enjoy (whether you’re sipping or gulping). I like black tea. Correction: I love black tea. Mainly because I… Continue reading
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Tea Farming in California – Eventually
I mean no offense whatsoever to our intrepid homegrown tea producers, but compared to many of the world’s great tea growing nations, you could safely say that the United States is small potatoes. Our largest tea producer, the Charleston Tea Plantation, is located in South Carolina, where tea has been grown off and on for… Continue reading
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On the Arnold Palmer & Tea
As we move past the first day of summer and the July 4th holiday and the temperatures continue to soar, it seems like a pretty good time for Arnold Palmer. Or should I say an Arnold Palmer? It’s probably safe to say that Palmer, one of the greatest golfers of them all, is looking at… Continue reading
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Teapot Styles — Just Plain Absurd
From the sublime of the Victorian style to the sleek and sometimes severe of the Art Deco style to the visually dizzying of the Baroque and Rococo styles, teapots never bore and add such a wonderful element to that simple pleasure known as tea time. There are even those teapots that are part of the… Continue reading
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Tea and the Class Reunion
The other day I realized how many years it’s been since I graduated from high school. Let’s just say that the number gave me pause for thought. Mainly I thought back to the only class reunion I attended (it was either the 5-year or 10-year reunion — can’t remember and not interested enough to look… Continue reading
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Green Tea Guards Against Alzheimer’s Disease?
The notion that tea might be of some use in fighting against Alzheimer’s disease is not a new one. I first wrote about it at this site several years ago and then touched on the subject again early last year. As I noted in that first article, the Alzheimer’s Association says there are 5.2 million… Continue reading
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