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Review — Harney & Sons Irish Breakfast Teabags
Name: Irish Breakfast Brand: Harney & Sons Type: Black tea, Assam blend Form: Paper tea bags Review: I’m not much for tea bags, and even less enthused about paper tea bags and the teas that they contain. While paper tea bag tea isn’t necessarily bad, it is typically one-dimensional. The fine particles of tea may… Continue reading
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Drunk on Tea?
Can you get drunk on tea? It may sound ridiculous to even suggest it, but there are some people who believe that it’s possible…kind of. Tea drunkenness is not exactly the same thing as getting smashed on the real stuff but it can leave you in a more or less altered state. Perhaps the easiest… Continue reading
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Tea Caffeine Be Gone, Part II
All this talk about how tea gets decaffeinated got me to wondering what all the flap was about. In Part I, I looked at methods people recommend for removing caffeine from tea. Now, let’s look at why anyone might want to do this. One thing I found out about caffeine makes me glad I’m not… Continue reading
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Tea Caffeine Be Gone, Part I
As one who lives the “tea life,” I keep a nice tasty cupful within easy reach throughout the day, but the caffeine it contains is always on my mind. There’s decaffeinated tea, but I wonder at how the caffeine gets removed and if that process is safe. The topic seemed simple when I began. Instead,… Continue reading
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Our House Shows We Love Tea
No one who visits our house could ever doubt that we love tea! The signs are everywhere you look. First, in the firm belief that two mugs are not enough for the two of us and in celebration of the seemingly endless creativity that abounds out there among mug makers, we exchange our hard-earned cash… Continue reading
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Ginger Tea and “Shades of Milk and Honey”
English Tea Store brand Ginger Tea is a classic tea with a twist. The high-quality black tea leaves brew into a rich, golden liquid just right for polite tea society, yet the mild ginger brings a hint of glamor and heat to the overall sipping experience. It’s similar to what you’ll find in reading Mary… Continue reading
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Keep Your Tea Cozy
How frustrating to steep up a pot of tea for family and friends only to have it grow cold as you share good food and conversation. Tea cozies to the rescue! “Cozy” (also spelled “cosy”) is defined in The American Heritage® Dictionary as “snug, comfortable, and warm.” Sounds very appropriate for these keepers of the… Continue reading
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Last Taste of Summer
Fall is in the air, coming in on a cool breeze under a cliched blue sky with light puffs of clouds. So, this afternoon we hung up our hammock. The end of summer may not seem like the typical time for such an activity, yet it was the allure of the cooler weather that made… Continue reading
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Time Travel and a Garden Party
Time travel is possible, or at least the feeling of time travel.This weekend I went to the Virginia Scottish Games. If you have never been to a Scottish Games, make the effort. Lots of men in kilts throwing heavy objects, an abundance of deep-fried anything, endless variations of meat and pastry, Celtic kitsch, and some… Continue reading
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Harvest Season
Typically, we think of harvest time being closer to Halloween or Thanksgiving. Harvest festivals have sprung up as alternatives to Halloween celebrations, and Thanksgiving celebrates the bounties of the harvest. Yet, the harvest season actually begins a bit earlier. A Celtic holiday, Lughnasadh (Lu-na-sa), celebrates the beginning of the harvest on August 1st. We may… Continue reading
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