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Tea and the Pop-Up Restaurant
Tea rooms can take a lot of time, effort, and money to open. Then, if you aren’t able to generate enough buzz about the place, you could find your stream of customers running at a mere trickle or even at a pace akin to a leaky faucet. There is a grand experiment going on with… Continue reading
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Noble Fleming — Master of Tea
Too many folks in the tea world play fast and loose with the term “tea master.” It seems the title is being adopted by anyone who feels they’ve studied or worked with tea for sufficient time – however arbitrarily long that may be, from years to weeks. To my mind, there are very few people… Continue reading
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A Year of Great Blog Articles
From the World Tea Expo inLas Vegas to more tea-related info than you can shake the proverbial stick at, it’s been a busy year for our team of tea writers and for me as blog editor. Members of the team have drifted in and out, but through it all blog readership has grown, and we all… Continue reading
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10 Super Things to Toast with Tea in April
Fill your teacup with some tasty tea and get ready to toast some memorable occasions in April. There are the obvious ones, such as April Fool’s Day on the 1st and Easter on the 8th. However, as always, I present some not-so-well-known occasions to toast. Children’s Book Day — April 2nd — From “Goldilocks and… Continue reading
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When Tea Fools
With April Fool’s Day just behind us, I started thinking about common tea confusions I have seen, and about some teas that have fooled me before.Phoenix Mountain Oolong — This oolong tea, grown in the Guangdong province of China, consists of long dark leaves—a good reminder of why these teas are called “black dragon.” This… Continue reading
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Intuitive Tea
Way back a number of years ago when I first started getting serious about high-end teas, I bought every tool, gizmo, and gadget in order to prepare the tea “properly.” My collection included several kinds of measuring spoons, a gram scale for metric weights, a small postal scale for avoirdupois weights, and an instant-read water… Continue reading
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Tea Gadget Ratings — Round 3
Once again, we’re taking a closer look at tea gadgets that seem to pop up on the market like mushrooms after a Spring rain. Over the past couple of years intrepid and tireless tea journalist William I. Lengeman III has sought out the weirdest, cutest, and downright silliest tea gadgets out there. Other tea lovers… Continue reading
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Tea Is Not a Miracle Weight Loss Cure
According to the National Center for Health Statistics about one-third of all adults in the United States are obese, with another one-third being overweight but not obese. With that in mind it’s probably no surprise that weight loss is a topic of no small concern hereabouts, not to mention a road to riches for many… Continue reading
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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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Offbeat Tea News and Gadget Redux
A day without a zany new novelty tea infuser is like a day without sunshine, or so the old saying goes. Which might not be exactly how the saying goes, now that you mention it, but sometimes it seems that there are enough novelty tea infusers coming out to have a new one everyday. This… Continue reading
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