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Christmas Tea
By Stephanie Hanson It’s been Christmas since August in the department stores, but now it’s getting to the point where normal people start thinking about holiday parties. We’re only a few weeks away from that crazy holiday month and constant holiday music everywhere you go. So, it’s also time to start thinking about having a… Continue reading
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A Tea by Any Other Name
By A.C. Cargill There’s a trend to apply the term “tea” rather loosely these days. Just about any beverage steeped from plant matter is being called tea. From hibiscus, to chamomile, to rooibos and honeybush. Even gardeners have gotten into the act, calling their watered down organic fertilizer “compost tea” (wouldn’t want that in my… Continue reading
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Book Review — “The Story of Tea”
I come across many tea books as I peruse the shelves at book stores and libraries, where I spend a great deal of my free time. Many of them are redundant, but this book is not one of them. The Story of Tea by Mary Lou and Robert J. Heiss is one of the most… Continue reading
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Tea Moments — Long Shadows at Teatime
By A.C. Cargill It’s early Autumn, but the afternoon has the chill of Winter, making this a great time for tea. The snaky shadows of tree limbs, stripped of most of their leaves, are spreading across the wooden boards of our back deck. Oak leaves that were once little “factories” turning sunlight into energy now… Continue reading
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The DeWitt Wallace Museum
By Stephanie Hanson This past weekend, I had the pleasure of visiting the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum in Williamsburg, Virginia. Never have I seen so many teapots and tea paraphernalia in one place. In fact, it was quite overwhelming, and requires many hours of scrutiny to fully absorb. The collection focuses on Early American… Continue reading
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How Sweet It Is!
It never ceases to surprise me how many people apologize for wanting to put sugar in their tea, as if admitting a serious tea-drinking faux pas. I’ve always invited my guests to do what makes them comfortable and to drink their tea in any fashion they feel most pleasing. Still, I get meek apologies as… Continue reading
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Bamboo Charcoal
Since tea is mostly water it stands to reason that tea is only as good as the water in which it is brewed.T he importance of good, clean water cannot be stressed enough. There are numerous different filtration systems that you can use to purify your brewing water, but there are also some very simple… Continue reading
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The Skinny on Tea and Skin
By William I. Lengeman III If you weren’t paying attention in school when the topic turned to human anatomy, you may not realize that the skin is your body’s largest organ. With this in mind, it only makes sense that you should do everything you can to take good care of it, and according to… Continue reading
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How I Make Teapots
by Andy Titcomb Once the teapot design has been planned and drawn, I carve a model either out of clay or solid Plaster of Paris. From this I take a mould which can be anything from two to 20 pieces depending on the complexity of the shape. The process I use to make the actual… Continue reading
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The Languages of Tea – Chinese
By Adam Yusko In the primer on Japanese tea words, you probably noticed the syllable “cha” came up often. That’s because Cha is the word for tea in most, if not all, of Southeast Asia. I find putting together a list of Chinese tea words which you should know about a bit difficult, as when… Continue reading
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