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An A-Z of Tea – Miscellaneous Edition
I’ve gone through the alphabet according to tea a few times already, including The A-Z of Tea Types, The (Almost) A – Z of Tea Producers, and The A-Z of Tea Terms, but it seemed like a good time to take another shot at it, taking a look at some topics that might have fallen… Continue reading
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Tea Pioneers: Catherine of Braganza
If you’ve visited this site before you might recall that yours truly and various other contributors have occasionally discussed (and sometimes debunked) some of the better known myths about tea. To name just a few, there’s the one about the Chinese emperor who discovered tea some centuries ago when tea leaves drifted on the wind… Continue reading
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Tea Tourism Revisited
I’m pretty sure there are no statistics available on the topic, but I’d be willing to bet that tea tourism doesn’t quite stack up against other types of specialty tourism – at least not yet. To quote one of the authors of a recent article on tea tourism in India, as mentioned below, “It’s not… Continue reading
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Some Quirky Teahouses
Oh, the teahouse. According to one informed source, the number of tea houses here in these good old United States alone is somewhere around three thousand, a huge jump from a modest number about a decade and a half ago. Worldwide, there’s no telling how many tea houses there but “a whole bunch” or “more… Continue reading
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5 Challenges When Marketing Tea
Marketing tea can be quite a challenge, especially around here. The U.S. is definitely a coffee drinker’s paradise, with a coffee shop on every corner (almost), thanks to a certain chain. Add to that the almost sacred tradition of “sweet tea” and that coffee chain buying a certain tea chain. What’s a tea company to… Continue reading
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Mega Tea Vendors
Mega tea vendors produce the lion’s share of tea sold and consumed in the world. Here in the U.S. a certain coffee shop chain that already owned one fairly well-known tea company recently acquired another (a rather sizable one). Justified concerns abound. Will it degrade the overall tea market here? Will their flavored teas dominate?… Continue reading
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“Tea Planting in the Outer Himalayah” by Alexander Thorburn McGowan
It’s not just a job. It’s an adventure. We know it best as the slogan for the United States Navy. But it probably could have worked just as well about a century and a half ago for those hardy Britishers who left their homeland and made their way to India to become tea planters. One… Continue reading
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2 Great Books to Get You Started Collecting Teapots
Many of us who love tea also love tea things, and often build collections of teapots, teacups, and various tea accoutrements. I myself must have at least thirty or forty teapots and about as many teacups, along with gaiwans, aroma cups, and other “stuff.” No doubt many of you do too. A couple of years… Continue reading
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The Best of the English Tea Store Tea Blog in 2012
The year 2012 has been a busy one for this blog, with a number of writers contributing their efforts to bring you informative and entertaining articles about not only tea but all things associated with it. As editor, it is my privilege to select some of my favorites and also reader favorites (based on comments,… Continue reading
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The Year in Tea – A Retrospective
The year in tea closed with a bang, of sorts. If you pay even a little bit of attention to the tea industry you probably already know that. Even if you know nothing about tea you might have heard about the wheeling and dealing between some of the big players in tea retailing and those… Continue reading
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