Teawares and Equipment
Teacups, teapots, and anything used to enjoy tea and prepare tea.
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Tea Gadget and Offbeat News, Part ?
I’ve lost track of how many of these gadget and offbeat news reports I’ve done thus far (which serves to explain the ?), but that doesn’t mean that the well of gadgets and news has come anywhere close to running dry. Perish the thought. So let’s get on with it. One of the more curious… Continue reading
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The Appeal of Tea to Techies
Tea has a definite appeal to folks who are techies. It’s true, even though people often think of tea drinkers as genteel, sipping from their teacup and then dabbing their lips delicately with a linen napkin to soak up any stray drops. Quite a few tea folks I’ve become acquainted with in-person and through the… Continue reading
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Farewell and Goodbye, Dear Chatsford Teapot!
Do you remember the first teapot that you really loved using? Maybe it was the perfect shape, or the perfect size, or your favourite colour. Whatever made it special, you used it just about every day. Maybe you still do. My first teapot love was a Chatsford four-cupper. I bought it almost twenty years ago… Continue reading
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Traditions Pottery Brings Tradition to Your Tea Time
Just as tea has its traditions and variety, so does the pottery many of us use for preparing and enjoying that tea. We’re quite thankful for these potters who keep the old-time methods and looks alive. One such team is Janet and Mike Calhoun of Traditions Pottery in the North Carolina mountains just south of… Continue reading
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Getting into Hot Water — Tea Kettles Galore
The key ingredient in tea is water, specifically hot water, and the way to heat water is most often in a tea kettle. There are tea kettles galore and new ones being introduced every day, so it’s pretty easy to get into hot water. It’s a little trickier, though, to select the kettle that’s right… Continue reading
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Kit-tea Collectibles
Cat lovers are suckers. Really. Not only do we put up with all kinds of kitty nonsense, like the recent demolition of my cherry-red teapot – knocked off the counter by Panther chasing Skyler – but we happily fill up every nook and cranny of our homes with collections of pretty much anything and everything… Continue reading
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The Art of Tea Packaging
Packaging is all about branding and marketing, and, like just about anything that can be bought and sold, tea has not escaped the branding phenomenon. Some might consider all this packaging to be highly unnecessary. After all, all you really need are the tea leaves, and buying them in bulk is often cheaper and more… Continue reading
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5 Ways to Keep Your Pot of Tea Warm
For those of you who like to steep up a nice 4- or 6-cupper potful of tea the problem of how to keep the tea warm in-between cupfuls is a well-known issue. Different ways have been devised over the years to handle this and keep your pot of tea warm. Here are five of the… Continue reading
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Signs Your Tea Kettle Needs to Retire
That old faithful workhorse of your daily tea time may need to retire. “Retire?” you ask. Yes, as in “let the poor thing rest and go play a round of golf or two.” No pension involved here, though. Just a bit of kind-heartedness and common sense. The top reason for retiring a tea kettle is… Continue reading
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The Tea Gadget & Offbeat News Report
You don’t have to look too hard to find a silly news headline these days. One of my favorite tea-related ones in recent weeks comes from the British press. It’s the one that claims that Yorkshire Tea Saved My Lamb’s Life. While I thought I’d heard of many, if not most, of the alleged health… Continue reading
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