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5 Essentials for That Tea Gift Basket
Awhile back I mentioned that It’s Not Too Early to Order Those Holiday Gift Baskets. If you didn’t get the job done then, never fear — it’s not too late! Just be sure you include these 5 essential items to make that gift basket a real winner: 1 A Basket Duh! Thought I’d start with… Continue reading
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Mince Pies Are Back for the Holidays!
It’s the holiday season, and that means mince pies are back in stock in those brick-and-mortar stores as well as online. (For some strange reason, they become quite scarce during the rest of the year.) Mince pie has been a holiday tradition for centuries, going back as far as the early 1400s and were served… Continue reading
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5 Teas to Get You Through December
Tree trimming, present buying and wrapping, greeting card addressing and signing and mailing… these are just a few of the many things we’re all busy with in December. We have to make time for tea through it all. And an herbal or two. Here are five choices (one or two may surprise you) to help… Continue reading
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Teaware Patterns: Royal Albert Old Country Roses
Certain patterns used in pottery have quite a history. Old Country Rose from Royal Albert is one of them. It is one of a bunch of patterns, mainly florals, that the company has produced for the past 118 years, and it is the best known. The Royal Albert pottery, established in 1896 in Stoke-on-Trent, pays… Continue reading
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5 Signs That You’re “Going Santa” at Tea Time
The countdown to Christmas in on, and your time to assume the role of Santa Claus (or one of his helpers) is drawing near. It may even be affecting your tea time. How can you tell? Here are some signs to look for: 1 Vocabulary Morphage This can be a bit deceptive where you think… Continue reading
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Tea in the Movies: “All That Heaven Allows”
Time to look at another movie where a tea reference pops up — actually, it was a teapot, a Wedgwood teapot to be precise. The movie this time around was All That Heaven Allows (1955) with Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson. I’ve seen it a time or two before but hadn’t noticed the teapot or… Continue reading
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Why Tea Is Like a Jigsaw Puzzle
Over the past few years I have discovered that tea is like a jigsaw puzzle. “Why is that?” you ask. Well, read on to find out! When you start delving into tea, you may start out in a simple manner. Most folks new to tea start with cheap black tea in those string-and-tag bags. Or… Continue reading
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The Tea Princess Travels: Tea and the Card Game in Tucson, Arizona
Traveling for us Tea Princesses can be quite challenging with various alterations in our preparation of teas being required due to the change of venue. Fortunately, the basic principle of tea enjoyment remains the same regardless: tea goes with anything, including a card game with friends in far off places. And thus it was with… Continue reading
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What’s All This “Tea Liquor” Talk?
Awhile back the whole issue of tea drunkenness got a once over (see “Is There Really Such a Thing as Being “Tea Drunk”?”), but now we’re going to back up a bit and look at what could be causing this condition: “tea liquor.” Everywhere I look tea drinkers and tea vendors are talking about the… Continue reading
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How Precise Do You Want to Be with Your Tea?
Tea isn’t rocket science. You don’t have to be accurate down to the milliliter. A bit of icing on the fuel lines won’t lead to a catastrophe. But how precise do you want — or need — to be with your tea? Are you losing spontaneity and the flow of the moment? Or are you… Continue reading
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