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Sam Johnson Stands Up for Tea
One of the great men of English letters, Samuel Johnson lived in the eighteenth century and is arguably best known as the subject of one of the most famous biographies of them all — James Boswell’s Life of Samuel Johnson. Much more importantly, at least for purposes of this article and tea culture in general,… Continue reading
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Tea Veterans — Bruce and Shelley Richardson
Tea just seems to be one of those subjects that draws people into it, hooks them until they don’t want to do anything else. They end up devoting their lives to the study of the leaf and over the years become true tea veterans. Awhile back, I wrote about Jane Pettigrew, known in the UK… Continue reading
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Offbeat Tea News
Most of us have probably heard the one about monkey-picked tea. It’s a popular legend (most likely with no basis in truth) about specially trained monkeys who were once sent out to pick leaves that were inaccessible to less agile humans. Trying to go this notion one better, China’s Jiuhua Mountain Tea Plantation recently went… Continue reading
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What to Call Tea Lovers?
Quick, without looking it up – what’s an oenophile? If you like to drink wine or you know anything about it, you might already know that an oenophile is, as the Merriam-Webster Dictionary puts it, “a lover or connoisseur of wine.” It’s a word that’s derived from “oinos,” the Greek word for wine. According to… Continue reading
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The Natural History of the Tea-Tree
As I noted in a recent article in these pages, the massive Google Books archive is a treasure trove for anyone with an interest in history, casual or otherwise. That includes tea lovers too. That article took a look at a volume from 1882 called The Tea Cyclopaedia. But there are tea books in the… Continue reading
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Tea Fakery
Fakery abounds in the tea world, as with many other products. Why not? Expensive teas, commanding prices in the hundreds or even thousands of dollars, are as tempting to counterfeiters as are the works of Gucci and other designers. They say that knowledge is power, though, so with a bit of knowledge, you can tell… Continue reading
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The Controversy of “Tisane” versus “Tea”
A big controversy is swirling in the world of tea: what is a “tisane” versus what is a “tea.” Every time I get into a discussion of this with people, either in person or through social media (Twitter and Facebook), I’m reminded of a recent conversation of “car” versus “bicycle”: “How do you like my… Continue reading
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Riding the Tea Price Rollercoaster
Prices go up. Prices go down. It’s true of clothing, an ounce of gold, food, gas, and — the most important thing of all — tea! It can be quite a ride, with your budget straining or relaxing as the direction changes. When it comes to tea, you can beat the move ups with some… Continue reading
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Perspectives on Tea: The Tea Cyclopaedia
Say what you want about Google’s ambitious plan to digitize every book in the known universe (and perhaps in all parallel universes too), but you can’t say that it hasn’t been a boon to tea historians and anyone else who has an interest in seeing how tea used to be produced and consumed. A cursory… Continue reading
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The Road to Tea
All roads lead to Rome — it’s a phrase that used to mean exactly that. Some of the first great road builders, the Romans, were renowned for the network of high quality roads that fanned out throughout their empire. These days the phrase could be taken to mean that, regardless of what route you choose, you’re… Continue reading
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