Preparing Tea and Herbals
How to properly prepare teas and herbals.
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The Rise and Rise of Tea Houses
Tea has always had the element of the social about it. The Chinese tea ceremony originated around appreciating art and poetry in groups, the Japanese samurais adopted it and used it to come together and discuss tribal conflicts peacefully. All over the middle east tea is associated with hospitality and the welcoming of others in… Continue reading
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Tea Time Horrors
Tea time can be full of horrors even if you have been drinking tea for years. Remember the classic monster and horror movies from the 1950s, the days of such classics as The Mummy, Dracula, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, and Frankenstein? Well, tea time horrors can range from that level of spine-tingling shivers… Continue reading
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Being a Tea Geek
Tea geeks, stand up and be proud. There is a lot to know about tea, and those of you who have achieved geek status must surely have spent a lot of time and effort scaling those heights of tea factdom. So, what is a geek? One dictionary defines a geek as one of these: A… Continue reading
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Tea Travel and Infuser Mugs
Looking for ways to drink your tea on the go? A tea travel mug or self-contained infuser mug may be just what you need. Tea travel and infuser mugs let you take your loose-leaf tea on the road without the need for packing a kit of specialized teaware. Tea travel mugs offer entirely-enclosed tea brewing… Continue reading
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Blending Your Leftover Teas
What do you do with all of those tidbits left in your various bags of loose leaf teas? A teaspoon full of a malty Assam. A pinch of Keemun Panda. And so on. Well, if you’re like me, the last thing you want to do is toss them out. That would be tea sacrilege. And… Continue reading
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Doubling Your Tea Steep Output
When you pay a bundle for a couple of ounces of tea leaves or even a modest price for your fave breakfast blend, being able to get more than one steep from them is essential. However, sometimes the second steep is a bit weak. The solution I have found is simple and helps me get… Continue reading
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Cup-warmer Catastro-TEA!
Do you sit your teacup on a cup-warmer to keep the tea from cooling too quickly? Well, I do and have learned the hard way why that can be a bad idea sometimes. In fact, more than once, I have had a real cup-warmer catastro-TEA! WARNING: At the end of this article is a very… Continue reading
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Tea Traditions — South America
Tea traditions in South America don’t just involve true tea (from the Camellia Sinensis bush). They also involve two beverages made from different plants entirely but confusingly also called tea by the locals and by various tea vendors: guayusa (pronounced gwa-YOO-sa) and Yerba maté (pronounced MAH-tay). All three beverages have to be considered when looking… Continue reading
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Revolutionising the Way I Drink Tea
Some people are just practical. I know this, I have friends who are. They always have tissues on them, they remember the safe places where they’ve put important document and they tend to put the lids back on things before they knock them over. I am not one of these people. So when I come… Continue reading
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Tea Traditions — Africa
From the early days of the British tea trade, Africa has been a key player. Their traditions with tea are, therefore, deep rooted yet rather unique. And certainly worth a bit of exploration. Africa is a large continent with a variety of peoples and cultures. Tea is known from Egypt and Morocco in the north,… Continue reading
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