2014
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Recipe for Slow Cooker Tea Pulled Pork BBQ
With barbecue season in full swing, but not always enough time to break out the charcoal and get a fire started; this recipe will make your day. Enjoy all of the wonderful barbecue flavor with very little effort. To top off this simple dish, it is infused with the wonderful flavors of Puerh tea (such… Continue reading
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Tea Catechins 101
With all of the attention to the many alleged health benefits of tea nowadays, you tend to hear certain terms a lot. One of those terms is catechins. Which leads to the obvious question – what are they? I have to admit that, as much as I write about tea, I wasn’t completely clear on… Continue reading
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Tea and Team Spirit
People get excited about things, passionate. Thanks goodness. Otherwise we might as well be comatose. It’s just good to hold that excitement, that passion, a bit in check and not go overboard. I think of this as several major and passion-inspiring sports events have come and gone recently: the World Cup, Wimbledon, and the Tour… Continue reading
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Tea in Brussels – A.M. Sweet Confiserie Tea-Room
During my stay in Brussels I found time to stop by the A.M. Sweet Tea Room, which is conveniently located near the old city centre. A.M. Sweet Teahouse serves a wide range of loose tea, all sourced from the Mariage Frères tea company. Their tea menu includes several Japanese green teas, an extensive range of… Continue reading
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Can You Tell the Difference Between Himalayan Grown Teas?
Tea growing in the Himalaya area has been underway for more than a century. And now the battle is on to see if people can tell the difference in the flavor of the teas grown in one part of that region versus another. I would think they could. After all, the island nation of Taiwan,… Continue reading
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Thinking Like a Beginner About Tea
Those of us who have been drinking tea for a while might tend to forget that there are a lot of people for whom tea is a mystery. Which is probably more likely to be the case in a country like our own United States than someplace that’s more tea-centric, like the United Kingdom. I… Continue reading
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Top 5 Herbal Infusions (aka “Herbal Teas”)
There is a lot of concern these days over caffeine and about drinking something that will help this ailment or that ailment or make your hair shinier, your skin glow, and other such beneficial effects. Several herbals have come to the forefront, mainly through the constant marketing of them as miracle cures. But some of… Continue reading
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Things to Do While Drinking Tea
There are any number of things you can do while drinking tea. The possibilities are probably limited only by the imagination. But there might be a few things you don’t want to try. I don’t drink tea while sleeping (I’m still working on that one), and I’m betting that trying to drink it while you’re… Continue reading
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The Teapot as Sculpture?
No matter what useful object there is out there, some artist can take it over and make it into something extraordinary. The teapot has been a key subject over the centuries for such makeovers. And taking it a step further to the sculpture stage seems to be quite the rage. I’ve certainly come across a… Continue reading
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