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5 Tea Tricks at the Office
In my article Avoid the Strain of Tea Steeping with the 2-Teapot MethodI hinted at some ideas on how to use that method even at the office. One commenter on that article sort of beat me to one of those items, but I’m including it here anyway. There are other tea tricks that come in… Continue reading
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Tea and the Holiday Shopping List
Tea helps save your sanity while shopping — whether in actual physical stores or online — for whatever gifts are on your list. Scarf for your cousin Mike. Latest Taylor Swift CD for your sister Cassie (she’s off to college now, so Mom and Dad won’t have to listen to it). Cheese-and-crackers-and-beef-sausage gift pack for… Continue reading
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Pairing Tea and Food — Cream-Style Corn Chowder and Kenyan Tea
Time for another recipe (the 8th in a baker’s dozen)! This is another that goes great with tea. Be adventurous and give her recipe a try with a pot of the tea named and assess the pairing for yourself. The recipe: Cream-Style Corn Chowder Your mom probably told you not to play with your food,… Continue reading
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Tea and Agatha Christie
There’s nothing like tea and a good book. The Grand Dame of Mystery, Agatha Christie, wrote her delicious little mysteries from 1920 to her death in 1976. Not as long as mankind has been enjoying tasty tea, so folks had to read something else at tea time before 1920. A few months ago, having never… Continue reading
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How to Include Tea in Your Tailgate Party
How do you combine your love of sports and tailgating with living the tea life? This is a good question to ask during football (U.S. Style) season. Tailgate parties abound. But how do you fit in tea? Many people, when they think of tea, envision Victorian-style parlors with horsehair-stuffed chairs in which everyone would sit… Continue reading
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It’s Always Tea Time at Our House
One of the great things about our world is all the time zones. That means it’s always tea time somewhere on the planet. In our house, though, we don’t need a variety of time zones, just the right attitude — one that says “It’s always tea time at our house.” As I said in a… Continue reading
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Tea Moment — the Visiting Relatives
Whether you love ’em or hate ’em, those visiting relatives can certainly make for some interesting tea moments. Or make you slip away to a quiet corner to have a private, nerve-calming tea moment. Either way, choose the right tea and possibly the perfect munchie, and your tea moment will be divine! In my younger… Continue reading
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Prepping for the Holidays — Mince for All
Mince pies are one of those holiday traditions that have changed over the years but continue to thrill many who can’t wait until these seasonal treats are once again in stock. Hubby and I are among those who make sure we have plenty on hand every year! Mince pies were originally “mincemeat” pies where they… Continue reading
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Tea Terminology — “Chai Tea” vs. “Masala Chai”
Living languages, that is, ones still in use on an active basis, are pretty fluid, with new terms coming around, others dropping out, and meanings sliding around between them. When a term comes into common usage, even if it’s incorrect, it gets accepted and is hard to change. Such is the case with the term… Continue reading
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