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  • Boston Tea Parties: Not What You Think

    During college, I had many opportunities to visit the beautiful city of Boston. Being a history major in love with early American history, I enjoyed wandering the streets of this old town, stopping in for a cup of tea along Newbury Street. I paid many visits to the Museum of Fine Arts, and even enjoyed Continue reading

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  • Thomas Lipton’s Full Cup

    By William I. Lengeman III You don’t have to be a tea drinker to know the name Lipton. It’s a household name, probably more so than any other brand of tea and is one of the most popular ones on earth, especially if you consider that it’s currently available in more than 110 countries. But Continue reading

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  • Milk Tea

    Milk and tea. For some tea drinkers this blend is the most normal combination in the world, one that’s taken as much for granted as pairing peanut butter with jelly or pancakes with maple syrup. For other tea lovers, tainting a fine cup of tea with the likes of milk or cream is an abomination Continue reading

  • Tea Moments — Enjoying a Cloudy Summer Day

    Hey, tea lovers, Summertime is here in the Northern Hemisphere. That usually means days filled with plenty of sunshine — great weather for enjoying a tall, cold glass of chilled (iced) tea. However, we do get our share of cloudy days where heat and humidity collude in a dramatic display — sudden, intense downpours accompanied Continue reading

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  • 10 Possible Health Benefits of Rooibos

    At this point in time there are probably few who would argue the point that tea can confer a range of health benefits upon those who consume it. Similar claims are made for rooibos, an increasingly popular South African beverage that is gradually making its way into more teacups worldwide. While research on the health Continue reading

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  • The Difference a Teacup Makes

    A teacup is a teacup is a teacup — right? Uh, well, to many of us, yes. But to others of us… There is that section of the population that observes a vast difference in the flavor of tea when it is sipped daintily from a teacup and saucer made of fine bone china or Continue reading

  • The Mystery (Books) of Tea

    Tea is a fairly straightforward subject, one that’s devoid, for the most part, of any sort of mystery and intrigue. Right? Well, not so fast. If you’d like to see how the topic of tea can form the basis for a tale of mystery – or for a whole bunch of them, for that matter Continue reading

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  • Charleston Tea Plantation: An American Classic

    When you think of great tea-growing regions, quite frankly, the United States is not going to be one of them. This has always been the case and most likely always will. Americans are also not among the world’s top tea drinkers. What we do consume tends to be in the form of iced tea and Continue reading

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  • “Gulper” Teas

    What are the qualities of a “gulper” tea? Just as there are “sipper” teas that cannot be gulped or you will miss savoring every complexity of their usually delicate flavor, there are teas so hearty with one predominant flavor characteristic that they beg to be gulped. I call these my “gulper” teas (pretty obvious). There Continue reading

  • “Sipper” Teas

    Some teas have such delicate and often complex taste and aroma that they whisper “Sip me!” These are what I call “sipper” teas (duh! pretty obvious). These teas are best experienced by letting them envelope your tastebuds in small amounts, giving you a chance to savor their flavor. Perhaps a quick review of how we Continue reading

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