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Tea – Brands

Barry’s, Bewley’s, Devonshire Tea, Harney & Sons, PG Tips, Taylors of Harrogate, Typhoo, Williamson, etc.

  • Exploring Devonshire Tea

    Featured in a recent article of mine as one of the teas that I would like to explore more, Devonshire Tea is a black tea that I decided to get to know a little better this month. A blend of different black teas (rather than a pure black tea) this blend uses teas grown in… Continue reading

  • Tea Pioneers: Richard Twining

    Say what you want about a company that’s been around longer than the United States, but you’ve gotta assume that they’re doing something right. There may be other tea companies that have been doing business as long as Twinings of London but I’m not aware of any. The firm got underway 307 years again, in… Continue reading

  • PG Tips Monkey Pens Life Story

    It might be stretching the point a bit to say that PG Tips, the popular British tea maker, built their success on their clever advertising campaigns. It would have all been for nought if no one liked their tea but it probably didn’t hurt that they’ve come up with some of the best known ad… Continue reading

  • Tea for St. Patrick’s Day

    St. Patrick’s Day is approaching once again. Whether or not you like to celebrate this religious-turned-secular holiday, it tends to make rather a splash in the media and as such you probably will hear something about the numerous celebrations taking place. But a holiday is a holiday (even if it’s not an official U.S. holiday),… Continue reading

  • 3 Teas Compete — Which Is the Better Builders Tea?

    Prepare to get hammered … uh, squared off … hm, nailed … er, leveled … oh heck, let’s just get acquainted with a British-ism: builders tea. It’s one of those odd names like “toad in the hole” and “spotted dick.” A quick peek reveals something more familiar, such as “sausages in Yorkshire pudding batter” and… Continue reading

  • The Founding of Golden Moon Tea

    What makes someone start a tea business? Especially in a day and age when we’ve seen a number of relatively big players elbow their way to the top of the heap, not to mention what seems like a never-ending stream of smaller merchants who have also tossed their hats into the ring? For Marcus Stout,… Continue reading

  • Stash Tea and Me

    I came to tea rather late in life, having discovered its many and varied charms less than a decade ago. But back in the good old days, when I was just beginning to make my acquaintance with this beverage, I experimented with quite a number of varieties from the good people at Stash Tea. Some… Continue reading

  • Tailoring Your Tea to Your Water

    Different regions have different types of water. This may be an obvious thing to point out, but since water is essential to drinking tea, this simple statement has implications for tea lovers everywhere. As our editor pointed out in a recent article, your water could be the reason that your tea didn’t taste quite like… Continue reading

  • Lyons Tea

    When it comes to annual tea consumption the Irish are right near the top of the heap. They are ranked third on the list of the world’s top tea drinkers, downing a rather impressive amount of tea that averages more than seven pounds a year per person. Lyons Tea is one of the companies that’s… Continue reading

  • Comparing Tea Brands…to Themselves

    If you have a tea brand that you drink all the time, you probably know it intimately. Presumably you continue to buy it because you like it. After all, the whole idea of a brand is that you know what you are getting. Living in the global world that we do, you might expect these… Continue reading