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Tea People – Bill Hall
What makes someone want to start a tea farm, here in a country that drinks relatively small amounts of the stuff and grows even less? Among the few people who could provide answers to this question are longtime tea farmer Bill Hall. The United States has never grown much tea and yet we have something… Continue reading
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The Fine Art of Tea
I don’t know about art, as the old saying goes, but I know what I like. That would be tea. So I guess it’s not surprising, given how ubiquitous tea is in some cultures, that there are artists who have sought to portray it in one way or another. That’s not to be confused, of… Continue reading
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Origins of the Phrase “A Nice Cup of Tea”
I have always associated the phrase “a nice cup of tea” with the British. Whether it’s used anywhere else in the world I can’t say for sure but the British seem to give it quite a workout. One of the better-known uses of the phrase is as the title of an essay by George Orwell,… Continue reading
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Tea Quiz: Pair the Taste with the Tea
Can you pair a taste description with the tea it’s referring to? Take this quiz and find out. But first a bit about tea taste descriptions. Describing the taste of a tea can be like trying to describe color to someone who has never seen. Or music to someone who has never heard. Plus there… Continue reading
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Offbeat Tea Patents Revisited
If you assumed that the files of various patent offices are full of inventions that are eminently practical, useful, sober and serious, you’re absolutely right. But then there are the rest of the inventions. You could spend plenty of time perusing said files for offbeat and just plain weird patents, and I like to skim… Continue reading
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Some Odd Things Teashop Owners Have Encountered or Done
Running a business, big or small, nation-wide or local, is no easy task. Teashop, tearoom, and café owners deal with an especially tricky set of circumstances. Some are odder than others, as shown here. They also can behave a bit odd themselves. Bugged by the Competition That’s ‘bugged’ in the literal entomological sense, not the… Continue reading
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The Truth About Lie Tea
I’ve been writing about tea for a while now, and I’d like to think that I know a few things. Maybe I actually do. But from time to time I run across a tea-related tidbit I’d never heard of before. Take lie tea, for instance. I first encountered the term recently, when I was writing… Continue reading
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Tea Meets Wine
Disclaimer: Please drink responsibly. So, there’s wine and there’s tea and, as the popular saying goes, never the twain shall meet. Or shall they? To be quite honest, the notion of blending wine and tea isn’t a concept that sounds very appealing to me. But I could be a bit biased since I’ve never been… Continue reading
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Recent and Upcoming Tea Books 16
In recent years it seems that, if you’re the head of a successful tea company, the thing to do is write a book. If you don’t believe it, we’ll start with exhibit A, a recent volume that fits the bill. Then we’ll move onto exhibits B and C, which have been out for a while… Continue reading
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“Around the Tea-table” by Thomas De Witt Talmage
Reverend Dr. Thomas De Witt Talmage (1832 – 1902) was one of the more prominent and popular religious leaders of his day. He was also something of a reformer, one who took part in efforts to stamp out various sorts of unsavory behavior, as evidenced in the titles of one of his books – The… Continue reading
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