Preparing Tea and Herbals
How to properly prepare teas and herbals.
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3 Ways to Have a Tea Time Picnic
Summer is fast approaching, but even here in springtime, the urge to be in the great outdoors is irresistible. For us tea lovers, that means putting on a tea time picnic. There are three basic approaches: 1 Take along store-bought bottled tea To me, this is the very bottom of the proverbial barrel. No offense… Continue reading
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Rolled vs. Open Tea Leaves: Does a Tightly Rolled Form Affect the Infusion Time?
A good question, isn’t it? It came to me often, when I started diving into tea a few years ago. I was drinking myself through all the green, Oolong and black teas from my country of choice, north Thailand, and initially was surprised to find that they would produce at least all their finer teas… Continue reading
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The Diabolical Tea Plot
The title of this article may sound like the title of some cheap “potboiler” novel, but it is very much in earnest! There is a diabolical tea plot in our house, and I am exposing it as a warning to others. You may have a similar diabolical tea plot going on at your house and… Continue reading
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Is Milk in Tea a Flavoring?
Milk and tea seem to be a topic that is popping up on this blog quite a bit lately. From exploring the correct way to add milk to A Tea Drinker’s Experiment with Milk to my own toe-dipping into the whole issue of whether milk should be put in the cup first or not, the… Continue reading
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Rethinking the Perfect Cup of Tea
I’ve written about that elusive creature known as the perfect cup of tea on a number of occasions now. My most recent thoughts are here. I’m still not convinced that such an item exists. But I guess all we can do is to try our best to get as close as we can to that… Continue reading
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How to Have Samovar-Style Tea without the Samovar
The basics of a samovar are simple, so you will be asking yourself why you would need one. And indeed you do not need one. You can enjoy a samovar-style tea time without having a samovar. A samovar, developed in the 17th century, is actually two items: a large urn that holds hot water and… Continue reading
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Full-Leaf Tea v. Loose-Leaf Tea
While many of you tea drinkers out there will know exactly what these two terms mean, I feel that there is often some confusion about the difference between the two. This is partly because tea is often both loose-leaf and full-leaf. But despite not all loose-leaf tea being whole-leaf tea, and vice versa, I have… Continue reading
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Hubby Tea Experiment #29
Hubby has been known to conduct on occasion some … uh, well, for lack of a better term I’ll call them “experiments” with tea. Tea experiment #29 was a doozy, so I had to share it here. It all started so innocently. The teapot was empty. (Side note: empty teapots are the source of the… Continue reading
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Do We Really Need 60 Second Tea?
Much has been said about the fast pace of modern life. So much, as a matter of fact, that I won’t belabor the point by saying much more. I’m not one to sit around and wail and gnash my teeth about this sort of thing because we can all choose the pace at which we… Continue reading
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Tea as a Weapon
I can’t really presume to speak for the good people who bring you this blog, but in this instance I’m going to make an assumption. I’m going to assume that they, like yours truly, do not condone the use of their fine teas as a weapon. But if the truth be told, from time to… Continue reading
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