Preparing Tea and Herbals
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Gadgets & Offbeat Tea News Revisited
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door, or so the old saying goes. While the pursuit of innovations in mousetrap design may not actually be the road to success and untold riches these days, it seems that there’s always someone trying to come up with a better automatic… Continue reading
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Tea Moments — The New Pot of Tea
There is a moment so special in the day of a true tea lover, so full of promise and expectations, that it is like a treasure trove to savor and enjoy. It is the moment when you have that first cuppa from a new pot of tea. With a little thought and awareness, you can… Continue reading
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What’s the Easiest Tea to Prepare?
People often tell me that they don’t drink oolong and white teas because these teas are so difficult to prepare. So instead they stick to “easy” teas: black teas. Black teas easy? Are you kiddin’ me? After green teas, black teas are the touchiest and most persnickety of all the teas. Some of them are… Continue reading
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Spruce Up Old Tea with Essential Oils
I decided to take the opportunity to revisit my tea cupboard and whilst there were some teas that had kept well despite years of storage (one of which I had written about in a previous post), there were other teas that were not as fortunate. Having enjoyed a sample of Dragonwell green tea I went… Continue reading
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Cooking with Tea — An Introduction
I love the Twitterverse and after admiring from afar, I finally had the opportunity to tweet with, and eventually meet, Sally Lynch of Taste Trekkers. It is always a pleasure to meet someone who is as passionate in their field as I am passionate in tea, and Sally is no exception. She LOVES food! She loves talking about… Continue reading
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Forgetting to Time Your Tea
Forgetfulness is not the exclusive province of the elderly. At least that’s what I keep telling myself, and thus am assured that being forgetful is not a sign of being over the hill. Many people — even some decades younger than me — forget things due to their busy lives, including attending to their children.… Continue reading
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It’s Steep Off Time — Two Teapots Go Spout to Spout
Keeping the peace among the teapots in my bevy can be a bit tricky. One teapot tends to get a bit envious when another teapot gets to steep a particularly special tea. They also can develop a competitive instinct, challenging each other to steep offs. It’s my fault, probably. I tend to favor some teapots… Continue reading
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Can You Brew Tea Like You Brew Coffee?
The Tea-Cha company, headed by Ian Bersten, has proposed a revolution in tea preparation: brew it like you would brew coffee. Is that really possible? Ever being the one to like to test things out and run little mini-experiments, I looked forward to receiving the newest model of Bersten’s brew filter and giving it a… Continue reading
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Iced Tea — an Experiment
It is Winter here in the Northern Hemisphere, but Down Under, it’s Summer! I’m a BBC (British Born Chinese) and my wonderful blend of cultures has come together rather nicely on the subject of tea. Growing up, us Brits would always turn to a hot cup of tea in order to cool us down, and… Continue reading
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Confessions of a Tea Drinker
Confession is good for the soul – or so the saying goes. So without any further ado, my confession. I have not consumed hot tea for a very long time. I’d like to be able to say how long but it just sort of crept up on me and so I’m not really sure. It’s… Continue reading
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