September 2014
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Recipe for Tea Smoked Salmon
The versatility of this smoking method is endless. The salmon is spectacular but only one of many recipes that can be created using this tea smoking method. This is one recipe sure to stay in your repertoire. 1 cup Jasmine rice ¾ cup sugar ¾ cup Lapsang Souchong tea 1 ½ -2 lbs Salmon 1… Continue reading
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Magical Mystical Darjeeling Tea Estate
Quick – name a tea estate. Yeah, me too. Even though I’ve written about tea for nearly a decade, I find that I’m a bit stumped by that one. The few exceptions would be Tregothnan Estate in Britain, and our very own Charleston Tea Plantation, located in South Carolina. Though admittedly these stand out more… Continue reading
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Pop-Up Tea Shows – A Great Way to Learn About and Try Teas
Pop-up tea shows and events began a few years back. The first ones I heard of were by a tea guy, formerly in Australia and now in the UK. He arranged to offer some of his teas and a carefully orchestrated selection of food items at a local market. Since then, I have seen other… Continue reading
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Your Fall Teapot Line-up
Fall is coming up fast, so your fall teapot line-up needs to be brought out of storage and prepared for duTEA. Don’t have any Fall teapots? Goodness gracious! Something needs to be done about that and quickly. Fortunately, I have the solution – eight teapots that will bring a feeling of that crisp, clean, cool,… Continue reading
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Curious Medical Treatments Using Tea
The word is that tea can be good for your health. You might have already heard that one. Or you might have read some articles on the topic, such as the ones we have listed here. But as I was sorting through patent records recently, something I do from time to time, I discovered that… Continue reading
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Some of the Most Egregious Tea Term Usages We’ve Seen Online
The world of tea is already complex enough, with all kinds of terminology flying around, so it’s small wonder that terms get a bit…uh, rather jumbled. The bad part is that it causes confusion for many who may not have a level of knowledge to help them distinguish one thing from another. By far the… Continue reading
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Some History of Russian Tea
Ecstasy is a glass full of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth. – Alexander Pushkin If you’re like me, then when you think of great tea-drinking nations, you probably think of the United Kingdom. Who are actually topped in tea-drinking by countries like Turkey, where they consume nearly three times as much… Continue reading
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More Tips on Steeping That Perfect Pot of Tea
The tips just keep coming. It seems that everyone who has ever steeped tea has the perfect method (even author George Orwell). And I’m here to present even more tips on steeping that perfect pot of tea. I’m going to begin by defining the goal here a bit better. Let’s think about a few things.… Continue reading
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“The Use and Abuse of Tea” (1877)
If you were a medical person in 1877 and happened to be reading Physician and Surgeon: A Professional Medical Journal, you would have run across an article called The Use and Abuse of Tea. It begins with the following statement, “A French observer has recently tabulated the evil results which in many cases follow the… Continue reading
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