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10 Super Things to Toast with Tea in June
June is wedding month, but it also has Father’s Day on the 17th and Summer Solstice on the 20th. But June is also chock full of other occasions that deserve a tip of the teacup in recognition. Here are ten of them to get you started. Statehood Day (Kentucky, Tennessee) — June 1st — Toast… Continue reading
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What’s Interfering with Your Tea Enjoyment?
We tea drinkers have lots of challenges, things that interfere with the enjoyment of our tea. As with any endeavor, we need to first indentify what these things are and then determine how to keep them from negatively affecting the tea experience. Pretty standard operations, actually! Identifying the culprits Strong tasting food and beverages that… Continue reading
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The Joy of Selfishness and Tea
To many folks out there, the very word “selfishness” raises their blood pressure a few levels, since the term has been vilified for centuries. Before you start thinking that I am proposing some totally hedonistic and/or bacchanalian tea time bingeing, hold on. I’m just saying that selfishness can be a key ingredient in the enjoyment… Continue reading
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Anatomy of a Tea Review
Tea reviewing is not exactly rocket science. In fact, I sorta dove into reviewing teas head first when a tea company sent me some samples and then this competing company found out and said, “Hey, would you like to try our teas?” So, I said like “Sure, why not?” And then, so, like, they sent… Continue reading
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Holiday Tea Time — Memorial Day
Memorial Day hasn’t been around too long — only about since the late 1800s which is pretty short relative to the history of tea drinking — but it has quickly become a time for picnics and celebrating. Those celebrations honor bravery and people who fought. Making tea a part of that celebration can be a… Continue reading
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Pairing Tea and Food — Simple Summer Couscous Salad and Golden Yunnan Tea
Here is the 2nd of the baker’s dozen (13) of recipes that I selected off of a foodie site since they seem to really fit this bill of going great with tea. This is a more unusual recipe to serve with tea but seems to fit this time of year. After reading my take on… Continue reading
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My Gongfu Tea Time Is Missing Its Chahai!
Acquiring some Yixing teapots started me looking into the whole Gongfu Tea Time thing, except that there was a part that hubby and I overlooked: the chahai! Unbeknownst to us, though, we had come up with our own version without even realizing it. First, we need to back up a bit. What’s a chahai? Well,… Continue reading
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How to Get a Good Cuppa Tea at a Coffee Shop
Some of you are probably thinking right now: “Gee, she’s making a really big assumption here. That it’s possible to get a good cuppa tea at a coffee shop.” No assumptions being made here, since I have experienced this seemingly impossible feat. To some, the very thought of getting tea in a coffee shop is… Continue reading
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Chocolate! Chocolate! Chocolate! (and Tea)
The other day I was drinking tea (as always) and thinking of chocolate (also as always). Then, I had some chocolate and started thinking about tea! It seems to be a fairly common occurrence, as a bit of online searching revealed. Awhile back, Lainie Petersen, well known to readers of this blog, had a chocothon… Continue reading
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When a Little More Gives You a Lot More Tea
With tea, more can be less or it can be more, depending on how you approach it. More tea leaves can give you a truer and more robust flavor in your cup. Fewer tea leaves will give you a lighter flavor, especially if you are having pu-erh, a nice white like Silver Needle, or a… Continue reading
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