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  • Tea — The Smart Choice

    Confirmation, if it was needed, that tea is the clever person’s drink of choice has come from a new Dutch study, published in Nutritional Neuroscience, which seems to show that a cup of tea will improve your brain power. Evidence that tea is as good for the mind as it is for the body is… Continue reading

  • Toasting Tea Time

    Want something a bit different at tea time? One very traditional treat in the U.K. and elsewhere is toast with butter and jams or preserves. Nothing unusual there. But if you cut those pieces of toast into shapes using various cookie cutters, you’ll turn ordinary into fanciful. Even just plain toast with the right toppings… Continue reading

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  • A “Peeps” Tea Party

    Unless you have been living in the remote reaches of some very unenlightened corner of the planet, such as, oh, Siberia, you have probably heard of “Peeps.” In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if the folks in Siberia did know about these sweet little treats. They certainly know about tea and keep their samovars fired… Continue reading

  • Manuka

    Tea so often seems to be the answer to my problems and now it turns out it even has the potential to heal me. Manuka is the Maori name for Leptospermum scoparium, a shrub native to New Zealand. It is also called Tea Tree but shouldn’t be confused with the Australian Tea Tree plant which… Continue reading

  • The Story of Bewley’s, an Irish Fave Tea

    There was a time when tea was unknown on the “Emerald Isle” that we call Ireland. And then came people with entrepreneurial spirit who thought, “Hey, I think some tea would go over big here.” One of these people was Samuel Bewley, founder of what is now a top tea brand in not just Ireland… Continue reading

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  • 20 Reasons to Drink Tea in April

    Just as in March, there are tons of days in April to celebrate with a cuppa tea. I have focused on 20 of these dates to get you started and skipped some obvious dates, like Easter on the 24th and Tax Day on the 15th. The point is to bring some lesser known dates to… Continue reading

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  • Green and White Teas for Spring

    As I move into spring, I find myself eschewing the rich black teas that I drank all winter and pulling out the green and white teas that have patiently sat in the back of my tea shelf for so long. Spring brings warmth, sun and green leaves and plants, making me want to drink something… Continue reading

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  • Tea vs. Colas

    Considering that one of the main colas on the market, Coca-Cola, is having an anniversary this month, it seems fitting to take a look at how tea and colas compare. The official date for the invention of Coca-Cola was March 29, 1886, making it a much newer beverage in mankind’s thirst-quenching arsenal compared to tea.… Continue reading

  • Tea, Meet Coffee

    Tea is tea and coffee is coffee and never the twain shall meet. Or shall they? Well, if the truth must be told sometimes they come pretty close. While some tea drinkers wouldn’t touch coffee with a ten-foot stirring stick and there are coffee drinkers who feel the same way about tea, there are also… Continue reading

  • Tea and the Lady with the Fly

    What’s the connection between tea and the lady with the fly? Well, first of all, the former is a beverage that has been around for millennia, and the latter two are characters in a silly albeit entertaining little poem. For those of you not familiar with the poem, it starts out with a poor old… Continue reading

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