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  • Making the Switch from Bagged to Loose Tea

    Many of us tea drinkers start out with the proverbial tea bag and a mug of hot water when we make our first forays into drinking tea. Often, this is due to influences at home or from other tea drinkers. Mainly, it is a result of the extreme popularity of tea bags as a convenient… Continue reading

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  • Tea Can Keep You from Overindulging During the Holidays

    Overindulging during the holidays is so easy to do, but tea can help you keep your intake to a somewhat reasonable level. That will save you a lot of dieting in the New Year ― a feat in and of itself worth celebrating. The main cause of this overindulgence, or so I theorize, is that… Continue reading

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  • Candlelight and Tea

    Candlelight can really set a mood, turning a humdrum dinner into a romantic encounter and a simple tea time into an exotic event. We all have our moods. We can be happy, sad, thoughtful, playful, solemn, and exalted. But the flicker of candle flames transcends them all and brings a relaxation to whatever you’re doing.… Continue reading

  • 5 Odd Uses for a Tea Cozy

    Tea cozies are handy things, keeping teapots warm for those of us who take our time in consuming the tea within. They come in Dome style, Snuggie style, Knit-hat style, and something called The HOB, to mention a few. But these cozies have other uses besides “thermal conservation,” some not well known and others made… Continue reading

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  • Tea Gadgets Rated — Round 1

    Tea gadgets abound, and over the past couple of years intrepid and tireless tea journalist William I. Lengeman III has sought out the weirdest, cutest, and downright silliest tea gadgets out there. Other people post their latest finds on Facebook and Twitter, swearing that the gadget is a tea lifesaver. I have even dug up… Continue reading

  • Do Tea Awards Affect Your Purchases?

    Awards are given to many things, tea included. They are a sign that someone thinks that the time and effort invested in the award-winning item was well-spent. However, just as in wine, a tea winning an award is no guarantee that you will like it. Winning an award in a category like best package design… Continue reading

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  • Tea and White Chocolate

    Tea and chocolate go together like love and marriage, like Cookie Monsters and cookies, like riverbeds and water, like… well, tea and chocolate! White chocolate is different from full-blown chocolate yet also goes well with tea. Unlike regular chocolate, white chocolate does not include chocolate liquor and cocoa solids. It does include cocoa butter and… Continue reading

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  • The Real Issues with Flavored Teas

    The following is my personal opinion on the real issues with flavored teas. Some of you may relate to this, having experienced these issues first hand. Others of you will pooh-pooh them, saying you love flavored teas. Either way, here goes… Every once in awhile, I get a real hankering for a flavored tea and… Continue reading

  • Roundtable Topic: Pairing Teas with Teawares

    Another roundtable hashing of a topic of concern to you tea lovers. Do you invest heavily in specialized teawares so you can properly steep the growing array of teas in your stock? Or do you stick with your tried and true teapot or mug? Tea bloggers weigh in here, and your thoughts are welcome, too.… Continue reading

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  • Tea and “Cookie Cutter” Movies

    So many movies seem to follow the same mold these days that they seem not written but cut out like cookies with a cookie cutter. In a way, this makes these movies as perfect for tea time as real cookies are. These “cookie cutter” movies have the same villains, the same good guys and gals,… Continue reading

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