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5 Ways to Prepare Your Palate for a Tea Tasting
So, you’re going to try some new teas or you are going to a tea tasting event. How do you prepare your palate for this experience? Yes, you need to prepare or your time and effort (and the cost of the event) will be wasted. That delicate aroma, that initial flavor hit and lingering aftertaste,… Continue reading
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Just Making Do at Tea Time
The great Scottish poet Robert Burns was writing about a nest of mice when he penned that famous line about the best laid schemes of mice and men that go often awry. But it could just as easily refer to my plans for obtaining tea, which often seem to go quite awry, in spite of… Continue reading
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Timing Your Humor When Drinking Tea
I’ve said it before and will say it again — laughter and drinking tea don’t mix. Unless you need a good rinsing through your nose of hot tea. So, timing your humor when drinking tea is essential. And if you are around others while they are imbibing this wondrous brew, you might want to refrain… Continue reading
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Review of Spring Pouchong from The English Tea Store
I investigated Pouchongs in some depth a while back on this blog, having previously not known very much about them. However, although I had researched them thoroughly, I had not had a chance to sample them as much as I would like, and as such they featured on my list of five teas that I… Continue reading
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5 Teas to Get You Through October
Pumpkins carved into scary, funny, or friendly designs and lit from within are a symbol of the month of October. But so are brilliantly hued tree leaves that shine against a bright blue Fall sky before they follow the wind and gather in piles on the ground. And then there are haystacks and farmers’ markets… Continue reading
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Victoria Wood’s Nice Cup of Tea
If you’re like me and you live over here on the left side of the Atlantic, the name Victoria Wood might not mean that much to you. If you need to get up to speed, consider that, as a headline in one Canadian magazine put it, Wood is “The Funniest British Comedian You’ve Never Heard… Continue reading
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Are You Ready for the Holiday Tea Time Season?
Every year it seems as if that holiday season sneaks up on us, with each year getting faster and sneakier. By the time you’ve outfitted the kids for another school year, picked the perfect pumpkin to carve, and calculated the poundage of turkey needed to feed the number of relatives who’ll be gathered at your… Continue reading
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Cascara: The Coffee “Tea”
A while ago I wrote an article for this blog about the herbal infusion made from the coffee plant. Since then, I have had a chance to explore it a little more, and can my experiences with it. Although it is tempting to bill this beverage as one that might suit those partial to both… Continue reading
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5 Fall Flavors to Spice Up Your Tea Time, Part 2
Part 1 of this article gave you flavors 1 and 2. Here are the other three flavors and some treats and teas made using them: 3 Pumpkin & Other Squashes A key member of the squash family, the pumpkin became a feature of All Hallows’ Eve which we now know as Halloween. Carved into scary… Continue reading
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Monthly Tea Gadget and Offbeat News Report 11
Would you like to be able to swing your cup of tea around your head without splashing or spilling any? Nah, I didn’t think so. But a recent article in the British press highlighted a gadget called the SpillNot, which will allow you to do exactly that. I’m not sure why you’d want to but… Continue reading
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