Tea – Black
Can be used in combination with Tea – Indian and Tea – Chinese where appropriate.
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Which Is Better – Orthodox Style or CTC Style Tea?
Forget politics, religion, taxes, and other topics that are typically the subject of debates around the water cooler (such as why that line backer made that move in the second half of the first quarter of that football game). The debate over whether Orthodox style tea is better than CTC style tea is popping up… Continue reading
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Black Tea – Meet Green Tea
Variety is the spice of life. It’s a somewhat overused phrase, but when it comes to tea drinking it’s true. I’m a black tea drinker first and foremost, and there’s nothing I like more than a good Assam. But I also like to mix things up with other varieties of black tea from time to… Continue reading
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Teas of the World: Chinese Yunnan Teas
The Yunnan Province of China is home to some of the finest teas from China. A few years ago the Chinese government even went so far as to give approval to a proposal that limits the labeling of any Chinese tea as “pu-erh” to only those grown and processed in this province. This was in… Continue reading
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(Sort of) Arcane Tea Terms: Congou
Language is an ever-changing thing, as anyone who’s ever struggled to read Chaucer or Shakespeare can probably attest to. The British Library was so convinced that the English language is constantly in flux that they created a web site to try to document some of those changes. Of course, the language of tea has changed… Continue reading
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Tea Review – English Tea Store Black Peach
When I drink tea, I like to taste the tea and nothing else. Everybody has their own preferences and I’m not saying my way is better than anyone else’s. But I like my tea untainted by any such substances as milk, sugar, lemon, sauerkraut (just seeing if you’re paying attention) and the like – the… Continue reading
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Tea Review – English Tea Store Nonsuch Estate Nilgiri
I have mixed feelings about India’s teas. If I had to pick a variety of tea that’s disappointed me the most over the years, I’d go with Darjeeling. I’ve only been drinking tea for about eight years now and in the early days I found myself quite impressed with the unique flavor profile of this… Continue reading
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On Houqua the Tea Guy and Hu-Kwa the Tea
As I’ve said many times before, there are a few types of tea I’ve tried really hard to like. But in several of these cases I finally realized that all of my efforts were in vain. There’s Earl Grey, of course, which still tastes like liquid perfume to me, and there are a few others.… Continue reading
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Review of Scottish Breakfast Tea from The English Tea Store
Type of tea: Black Loose or bagged: Loose Recommended steep time: 3-8 minutes, depending on preferred strength One of the teas featured in a list of teas I would like to explore more, Scottish Breakfast tea from the English Tea Store is a bold, strong black tea without flavouring or scenting. It can be brewed… Continue reading
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A Brief Look at Some of the Lesser Known Black Teas
As I’ve mentioned many times in these pages I’m a big fan of black tea. While I drink other teas on occasion, these days it’s the black stuff that makes up the greatest portion of my consumption, and when I find a new tea site that’s always the first section I look at. I’d venture… Continue reading
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Teas of the World: “Black Oolong” Teas
To some of us the term “black oolong” can be a bit of a puzzle. We know black teas as one thing and oolong teas as another. Time to take a closer look. First, we here in North America and much of Europe know black tea as a fully oxidized tea where the dry leaves… Continue reading
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