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5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Bagged Tea
“Bagged tea is low quality.” “Tea in bags is the worst.” “Tea bags are disgusting. I wouldn’t drink the bilge steeped from them.” You’ve heard such statements, I’m sure, from the “tea snobs” among us. I have said such things myself. Tea is bagged to meet customer demand. People want the convenience, and I can’t… Continue reading
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Review of Harney & Sons Yanagi Green Tea
Folks often tell me that they would like to drink green tea but don’t care for the taste or for the difficulty in preparing it. I think “dishwater,” “weeds,” and “not worth the effort” are the words most commonly used to describe their past experiences with green teas. Over the years I’ve identified a couple… Continue reading
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Tea Pioneers: Thomas Twining
Starting a business can be a tough row to hoe. Nowadays, according to the United States Small Business Adminstration about half of all small businesses here are likely to fail within the first five years. So if you managed to somehow come up with a business that were to survive for the next 300 years… Continue reading
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Twenty Years in the Republic of Tea
Do you need a gimmick to stand out in the great wide world of tea selling? There are many successful merchants whose continued existence disproves that notion. But a great gimmick probably doesn’t hurt, especially if it’s combined with a good product. Take the case of the Republic of Tea, for instance. While they offer… Continue reading
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Review ― Yorkshire Harrogate from The English Tea Store
Tea Name: Yorkshire Harrogate Tea Type: A blend of unspecified black teas This tasty and economical version of Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire tea is a true find! Open the pack and inhale a wonderful jammy fragrance emitting from those dark brown broken tea leaf pieces. Hubby and I steeped some of those leaves for 4… Continue reading
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Tea Tin Parade
That “Pioneer Spirit” is alive and well in me, the part that just can’t bear to let go of something with a smidgen of potential to be used in one way or another. This is especially true of empty tea tins. Tea was originally shipped from The East to Europe in metal-lined wooden chests, fine… Continue reading
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Tea Traditions — Malta
In the blue Mediterranean lies an archipelago of islands, one of which is named Malta. Not quite the setting where you would expect tea experts and tea traditions dating back centuries. And best known as the origin of “The Maltese Falcon” — you know, that troublesome little statue that people were bumping each other off… Continue reading
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Don’t Mess with My Earl Grey
Earl Grey can be something of an acquired taste for some tea drinkers, present company included. But for those Earl Grey fans who have acquired the taste, it’s one that they’re quite passionate about. If you need any proof of that, then consider the outcry that recently broke out when Twinings changed the formula of… Continue reading
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John Harney — Recognizing a True Tea Master
Cha Jing, the classic book of tea written by Lu Yu in the 8th century CE, is still read and revered by tea lovers the world over. It now lends its name to a tea industry award. World Tea Media, producers of World Tea Expo, introduced the Cha Jing Lifetime Achievement Award at World Tea… Continue reading
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