Tea – Other
For anything not in the other tea categories
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Teas of the World: U.S. Grown Teas
In our exploration of teas of the world, we can’t miss out on those grown in the U.S. One tea plantation is fairly well-known, but others are only recently gaining any attention in the arena of tea. Time to pay them a visit. [Side note: Before we proceed, I wanted to state that when researching Continue reading
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Wild Tea – When Tea Grows on a Tree
From pictures in books, TV, and online, we are used to pictures of wide and beautifully styled tea gardens, with tea growing in bushes, usually no more than half a meter high, often less, with thin and tender trunks and branches, but in fact this is only half the story. The species tea, Camellia Sinensis, Continue reading
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Teas of the World: South Korean Teas
Teas are grown in an ever-increasing number of countries in the world, primarily India and China. But a number of Asian countries are getting into the act, including South Korea. The first thing to know is that Koreans call just about anything steeped/infused in hot water by the term “tea.” Something to keep in mind Continue reading
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$130 Tea Deconstructed
Stop the presses! The word seems to have gotten out not so long ago that a certain well-known French tea retailer was opening a store in New York City and was said to be selling tea for $130 a bag (as one newspaper put it). Gasp! This tidbit made its way to various media outlets, Continue reading
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In Search of the World’s Oldest Tea Tree
Where does your tea come from? Well, to start with it comes from a plant called Camellia sinensis. Statistically speaking, based on production figures, that plant is most likely to reside somewhere in China, India, or Africa. The actual plant the tea was harvested from probably took the form of a small, rather neatly manicured Continue reading
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Everything I Didn’t Know About Korean Tea
Pull up a chair while I tell you everything I know about Korean tea. Although you probably wouldn’t have time to sit down. As for the title of this article, I’m not going to actually attempt to tell you everything I don’t know about Korean tea, because that would be a lot. So I’ll confine Continue reading
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A Chemical Study of the Tea Industry in South Carolina
When you think of the great tea-producing regions of the world, South Carolina is probably one of the first that springs to mind. Okay, maybe not. If the truth be told, in spite of all of its many achievements, the United States has never been a player when it comes to tea production. Or tea Continue reading
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Tea in Strange Places – Hawaii
With all due respect to the good people of our fiftieth state, most of us in the other forty-nine and likely much of the world at large probably think of it as a sun-drenched vacation spot whose main exports are pineapple, macadamia nuts, and a high grade of coffee known as Kona. But in recent Continue reading
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Tea in Strange Places – The Latest
My most recent article about tea in strange places was concerned with a few of the more offbeat places you can go to drink tea. Prior to that I wrote several installments that focused on growing tea in places that are not normally considered hotbeds of tea production. See the latest of those articles here. Continue reading
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5 Teas Perfect for Cooler Weather
Cooler weather means more hot tea, and that means teas that have a more robust flavor that can take the heat. I’ve listed five of my fave cool weather teas and, just to show they’re appealing to others, too, I’ve included some customer comments for each one (typos and all). Check ’em out if you Continue reading
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