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  • Tea Cookbooks

    Tea, it’s what’s for dinner…sort of. For many of us, tea is the drink of choice with dinner or any type of meal, for that matter. And tea is just fine without any food to go with it, now that you mention it. But, as we’ve mentioned here a number of times before, tea can… Continue reading

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  • More from the World of Tea

    Tea is a drink that’s grown and consumed the whole world over. Do we even need to point out (yet again) that much pointed out statistic that it is the second most popular drink in the world after water? Enough said. Here are a few tea-related items of interest with a global flair. So just… Continue reading

  • Learning About Tea Can Be Fun

    Don’t know a lot about tea? Don’t worry. There is a ton of information out there. You don’t have to approach it like drudgery or school homework. It can be lots of fun. No one person can possibly know everything about tea, even those who have been in the business 30 years or more. New… Continue reading

  • Tea in Strange Places

    If you’ve been keeping track of food-related trends in recent years you might have noticed the rise of the so-called locavore movement. It’s a movement that espouses a relatively simple notion, that we should strive to eat foods that are locally grown. Which is all well and good and an admirable concept, but in the… Continue reading

  • The Artistry of Tea

    There’s the art of tea and then there’s the art that you can make from things that are tea-related, for lack of a better term. As you may have already noticed, there is often a high level of artistry that infuses many of the items that we use to prepare, serve and drink tea and… Continue reading

  • Tea Cookbooks Revisited

    Drink tea. Sure. Eat tea? Why not? As we pointed out in an article in these pages not so long ago, tea is not just for drinking. It can also be used as an ingredient in a wide assortment of recipes, including sweet and savory dishes. If you’re looking for more information about this subject,… Continue reading

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  • Should Children Drink Tea?

    Should kids drink tea? It’s a question that gets tossed around a lot and it doesn’t have a one-size fits all answer. Before exploring this issue, some definitions are in order. Tea, strictly speaking, is a beverage made from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant, which means that it usually contains caffeine. Herbal teas,… Continue reading

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  • More Dispatches from the World of Tea

    Tea is grown and consumed the whole world over and, as we’ve been led to believe, is alleged to be the second most popular beverage in the world – after good old H2O. Here are a few more news flashes from that great wide world of tea. Did you hear the one about the tea-drinking… Continue reading

  • Saving British Tea?

    By William I. Lengeman III Is tea under threat in Britain, a country that’s pretty much a poster child for our beloved leafy beverage and which chose it, a few years back, as one of the icons that have formed the nation’s identity? Well, not so fast, Jack. While there are those who decry the… Continue reading

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  • Teaviews: Tea Reviews for the Masses

    The United States is not a particularly tea-centric culture. There’s a tidbit that should come as no news flash to anyone. But even if we take this into consideration, it’s important to remember that we Americans have access to a staggering variety of tea. It may be the junky stuff in tea bags that we… Continue reading

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