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Mince Pies Are Back for the Holidays!
It’s the holiday season, and that means mince pies are back in stock in those brick-and-mortar stores as well as online. (For some strange reason, they become quite scarce during the rest of the year.) Mince pie has been a holiday tradition for centuries, going back as far as the early 1400s and were served… Continue reading
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The Great Sweet Tea Controversy
I’ll admit it right up front. I’m not much of a fan of sweet tea. But that’s okay. The many fans of this syrupy variation on black tea don’t really need my approval. What I didn’t realize until recently is that there’s apparently something of a controversy brewing about this concoction that’s said to have… Continue reading
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5 Teas to Get You Through December
Tree trimming, present buying and wrapping, greeting card addressing and signing and mailing… these are just a few of the many things we’re all busy with in December. We have to make time for tea through it all. And an herbal or two. Here are five choices (one or two may surprise you) to help… Continue reading
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What You Need to Know About Expensive Tea
Fabulously expensive stuff, whether it be tea, shoes, cars, or jeweled doggy dishes, makes for good press and you can curse or envy (or both, if you’d like) the people who can afford such items, depending on your inclination. The topic came to mind recently when I found an article that claimed to list the… Continue reading
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Teaware Patterns: Royal Albert Old Country Roses
Certain patterns used in pottery have quite a history. Old Country Rose from Royal Albert is one of them. It is one of a bunch of patterns, mainly florals, that the company has produced for the past 118 years, and it is the best known. The Royal Albert pottery, established in 1896 in Stoke-on-Trent, pays… Continue reading
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Who Was Okakura Kakuzo (The Book of Tea Guy)?
Tea is a work of art and needs a master hand to bring out its noblest qualities. We have good and bad tea, as we have good and bad paintings–generally the latter. There is no single recipe for making the perfect tea, as there are no rules for producing a Titian or a Sesson. (Okakura… Continue reading
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5 Signs That You’re “Going Santa” at Tea Time
The countdown to Christmas in on, and your time to assume the role of Santa Claus (or one of his helpers) is drawing near. It may even be affecting your tea time. How can you tell? Here are some signs to look for: 1 Vocabulary Morphage This can be a bit deceptive where you think… Continue reading
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Tea Review – English Tea Store Gyokuro
It’s hard to say what the world’s best green tea is. In fact, I’ll go one step further and say that it’s probably impossible to say what the world’s best green tea is. After all, it is a matter of opinion and tastes differ and we all like what we like and so on. But… Continue reading
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Tea in the Movies: “All That Heaven Allows”
Time to look at another movie where a tea reference pops up — actually, it was a teapot, a Wedgwood teapot to be precise. The movie this time around was All That Heaven Allows (1955) with Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson. I’ve seen it a time or two before but hadn’t noticed the teapot or… Continue reading
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Monthly Tea Gadget and Offbeat News Report 13
There are a couple of themes that seem to crop up now and then when it comes to gimmicky tea-related stuff. One is using tea in one way or another to make some sort of art and the other is using tea to make or flavor beer or spirits. The latter is a topic I… Continue reading
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