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  • Blueberry Herbal and “Journey to the Center of the Earth”

    Jules Verne’s classic story, Journey to the Center of the Earth, is a panoramic tale of voyage and fortitude. It’s also a mixture of charm and density of detail, to which Blueberry Herbal is the perfect tea-companion. In the novel, the story is told by Axel, the nephew of Professor Otto Lidenbrock. He reluctantly accompanies… Continue reading

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  • Tea Garden

    by Stephanie Hanson Gardening season is drawing to a close for many here on the East Coast. Fall flowers are in full bloom, and we still have apples, pumpkins, and root vegetables to look forward to. And yet, its almost time to start thinking about next year’s garden, thinking about what could be improved. Or… Continue reading

  • Tea in the Movies

    Confession time: I’m a movie addict. Romance, comedy, drama, mystery, historic, sci-fi, romantic comedy, dramatic romance, mysterious sci-fi, romantic historic, sci-fi comedy… well, you get the idea! We can learn a lot about life and lifestyles from these movies. Some try to depict how we really live. Others show how they think we live. Still… Continue reading

  • Tea and Spirits

    By William I. Lengeman III The next time you can’t decide whether to have a drink or a cup of tea, maybe it’s time to consider sampling a beverage that combines both in one bottle. If you thought Long Island Iced Tea was the ultimate combination of tea and alcohol, well, not so fast. This… Continue reading

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  • Tea Moments — The Kids Are in School

    The school supplies have been bought, packed neatly into the kids’ backpacks, and await their chance to help your kids be the sterling scholars you know them to be. Your kids are outfitted in the latest “must have” fashions and equipped with the latest gadgets. These are all signs of one thing: It’s “Back to… Continue reading

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  • Tea Taster – A Tea Lover’s Dream Job

    By William I. Lengeman III To many of us tea-lovers, tea-taster might seem like the ultimate profession, a vocation as desirable as the fabled mattress tester. Tea tasting may conjure images of a crackling fire, a plate of delicacies and bottomless wells of fine tea, but in reality tasting tea for a living is hard… Continue reading

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  • Rooibos: South Africa’s “Redbush” Herbal 

    Rooibos is a South African herbal “tea” whose popularity has grown by leaps and bounds in the course of the past decade. According to one source, worldwide export sales of the plant grew by 400 percent in a five-year span ending in 2003. Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) takes its name from an African word of Dutch… Continue reading

  • Instant Tea

    The question is, “Are you really in that big of a hurry that you cannot boil water for a cup of tea?” Developed in the 1930s instant tea did not find a commercial application until the 1950s. Soluble teas are certainly convenient, and there is heated debate about whether that is worth sacrificing the flavor… Continue reading

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  • Observations of a Tea Drinker: The Cardinal’s Nest

    Springtime brings out the birdwatcher in me and combines well with my life as a tea aficionado. There’s nothing like grabbing a steaming cupful and staring out the kitchen window or patio doors to see these feathered fliers flitting among the ever-increasing palette of blooms in our garden or thorny roses on the trellis against… Continue reading

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  • More About Sun Tea

    This is a follow-up to the article that I wrote on the dangers of sun tea, The Dark Side of Sun Tea, this past June. While I still hold that it’s wise to avoid making tea by this method, there is less clear evidence about the topic than I had previously been led to believe.… Continue reading

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