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Getting Fresh with Tea, Part II
Getting fresh with tea is essential, especially as your knowledge of tea grows and you start branching out from the teas available in the grocery store aisles. In Part I, we considered the shelf-lives of various teas. Some are “short-termers” that shouldn’t be stored too long after opening the airtight package for the first time.… Continue reading
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Tea 101
Once upon a time, tea drinking was a relatively simple thing. If you lived in the East and drank tea it was likely to be green, while those of us in the West tended to favor black tea. Here in the United States tea drinkers were likely to take it black, in iced form, and… Continue reading
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Cha Cha Cha: Japanese Tea
When it comes to quantity, Japan is not a top producer or consumer of tea, but tea drinking is still an integral part of Japanese culture. One of Japan’s greatest contributions to tea drinking, the Japanese tea ceremony, is renowned the world over. Tea came to Japan by way of China. Tea seeds may have… Continue reading
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An Orchard in Your Teapot, Pt. III — Teas with Fruity Aroma and Flavor
Some teas are so fruity tasting that they’re like an orchard in your teapot. Unlike teas that have pieces of fruit in them or fruit oils added to them, these teas have a natural fruity flavor. They are also real teas, not fruit-filled herbal infusions. The most well-known of these “fruity” teas is Darjeeling. That… Continue reading
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Tea Taste Terms Circus
The lexicon of tea terms keeps growing, sort of like when the Ringling Brothers Circus joined with Barnum & Bailey. The vital question, though, is if these terms have any real meaning. There are lots of claims about how teas taste and a host of terms that have “cropped up” (pun intended) to describe those… Continue reading
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A Bouquet in Your Teapot, Pt. III — Teas with Floral Aroma and Flavor
One of the most amazing aspects of some teas is the bouquet they create in your teapot. This statement is sort of a double entendre. First, the word “bouquet” can refer in general to fragrance. Second, “bouquet” can also mean a physical bunch of flowers. In this case, I am talking about fragrance but specifically… Continue reading
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Beyond Black: Expand Your Tea Horizons
As iced tea season looms on the horizon, visitors to these pages have already run across a few articles that take a look at various facets of this warm weather favorite. Of course, the best part of the iced tea experience is drinking mass quantities of it — particularly when you take into consideration the… Continue reading
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Gateways to Tea
I’ve spent the last five years sampling a wide variety of tea, not to mention writing about tea, studying and reading about tea and more. But it wasn’t always thus. For the majority of my days I was not a tea drinker. Growing up I barely knew what tea was – my only experience with… Continue reading
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Single-Estate vs. Blended Teas
What makes a tea desirable? It’s a tricky question and a proper answer could probably fill a volume or three. But when it comes to flavor profiles there are essentially two different mindsets. Many tea drinkers tend to stick with one or a few teas, drinking them on a regular basis and demanding a flavor… Continue reading
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