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You Can Win the Drink Wars in Your House: Coffee vs. Tea
Your sweetie drinks coffee and you drink tea. How do you cope? Before total war breaks out — like the kind in the movie “The War of the Roses” where dividing marital assets during divorce negotiations were taken to a ridiculous extreme — let’s see if there is some way to keep the peace. Barring… Continue reading
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Bulk Tea — Not Just for Tea Shops
Can’t get through the day without at least one potful of English Breakfast tea? How about your daily cuppa Gunpowder or even a classic like Earl Grey? Some tea drinkers like a lot of variety. For them, buying in smaller quantities assures freshness and not having “tea ennui” set in. Others are creatures of habit,… Continue reading
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5 Steps to Easing Your Online Tea Order
Ordering online is quite commonplace nowadays — the change from store hopping (driving from one store to another) to web site hopping (cruising online from one web site to another) has been relatively swift. Thanks to this wonderful development, we lovers of all things tea have a plethora of choices at our fingertips. There are… Continue reading
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Quiz: How Are Your Tea Time Manners?
The question of manners at tea time comes up online and in the real world. In fact, some feel rather more inclined when enjoying tea to follow certain social conventions and even tea rituals and ceremonies. From the way the tea is prepared to what foods to serve to how to pour and enjoy the… Continue reading
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When Tea Is Not a Beverage
The link between tea and literature is a long one, with tea being mentioned in countless novels as well as a long list of books written about tea. I recently read Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie (working my way through her whole series) and came across a scene that at first caused confusion and… Continue reading
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The Tea Princess and the Chinese Restaurant Tea
A sudden craving for Chinese food drove this “Tea Princess” and her hubby from hearth and home out into the wilds of the city to satisfy our appetites. Little did we realize the tea disaster awaiting us! In case you haven’t been following my “Tea Princess” adventures, it all has to do with the dearth… Continue reading
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5 Ways to Keep Your Pot of Tea Warm
For those of you who like to steep up a nice 4- or 6-cupper potful of tea the problem of how to keep the tea warm in-between cupfuls is a well-known issue. Different ways have been devised over the years to handle this and keep your pot of tea warm. Here are five of the… Continue reading
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Pairing Tea and Food — Stuffed Bell Peppers and Ceylon Black Tea
Time for another recipe (the 3rd 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: Stuffed Bell Peppers with Ground Turkey and Sun-Dried Tomatoes Ratcheting up an old favorite… Continue reading
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Signs Your Tea Kettle Needs to Retire
That old faithful workhorse of your daily tea time may need to retire. “Retire?” you ask. Yes, as in “let the poor thing rest and go play a round of golf or two.” No pension involved here, though. Just a bit of kind-heartedness and common sense. The top reason for retiring a tea kettle is… Continue reading
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Tea and the Diamond Jubilee
[Editor’s note: Bill and I both ending up writing on the same topic but from different angles (his article), so we are making this Diamond Jubilee Day on The English Tea Store Blog. Enjoy!] Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom recently celebrated, along with millions of others, her 60th year as Queen. I add… Continue reading
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