2014
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Monthly Tea Gadget and Offbeat News Report 23
Scotland’s tea culture and consumption might be overshadowed by the likes of their neighbors, England and Ireland, but tea is certainly important there and there’s even a Scottish Breakfast tea blend to keep the likes of Irish Breakfast tea and English Breakfast tea company. There are also famous Scottish tea people from history like James… Continue reading
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A Cuppa Tea with Lord Peter Wimsey and Dorothy L. Sayers
The other day (or month) hubby came home with an amazing book: Lord Peter: A Collection of All the Lord Peter Wimsey Stories by Dorothy L. Sayers. I pounced. Literally. Snatching the book from his hands I exclaimed “Lord Peter Wimsey! Where did you find this?” It had been donated to the local book drop… Continue reading
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Thoughts on the Future of Tea
If you wanted to make a few cautious generalizations about the future of tea – as I’m about to do – you could start by taking a look at the past. At its most basic, tea is a relatively simple thing, at least in comparison to something like a computer or an iPhone. Which is… Continue reading
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When a Cuppa Genmaicha Is Just Right
You may like that English Breakfast at breakfast, some Earl Grey with the mid-morning snack (or in place of it), a nice pot of Mim Estate Darjeeling tea with lunch, some Ti Kuan Yin for that afternoon tea break, and a bit of Adam’s Peak Ceylon white tea for your pre-dinner (or even post-dinner) cuppa.… Continue reading
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Recipe for Tea Wild Rice Chicken Soup
Warm and inviting home made soup with the earthy rustic notes of wild rice, mushrooms, and Genmaicha tea. The techniques in this recipe for making a flavorful soup stock will be used over and over again. This is a recipe sure to be kept for generations. ½ cup dried Chanterelle mushrooms 2 tbsp Genmaicha tea… Continue reading
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A Bit of “Tea Wisdom” in a Small, Convenient Size
Tea books abound, as fellow blogger William I. Lengeman III has shown on this blog in his monthly postings about the latest of them. And I have learned to “just say no” when it comes to offers to review new ones. I would be spending time on nothing else. However, a little book called Tea… Continue reading
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Surprised By Tea
Sometimes a tea will surprise you. Not that this is necessarily a good thing. For me, at least, there have been good tea surprises and there have been bad ones. Obviously, I’d prefer the former but sometimes in this life we have to take the hand (or tea) we’re dealt. I’ve learned to like Keemun… Continue reading
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Toasting the First Day of Fall with Tea
For some folks, Labor Day is officially the end of Summer, which among the folks in the Hamptons also means it’s the last day to wear white until Memorial Day, but officially Summer continues until around the end of the 3rd week of September. I always like to observe this official version of the change… Continue reading
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How to Handle Your Teabag
To dunk or not to dunk? To squeeze or not to squeeze? I suspect that for many people who use a teabag to prepare tea it’s probably quite common to dunk the bag repeatedly and to squeeze it when you’re finished. There are even specially constructed tongs that are designed to assist with the latter… Continue reading
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