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Tea Bowls in the British Museum
Whilst some of you tea drinkers out there might be familiar with a gaiwan (a Chinese lidded bowl used for the preparation and drinking of tea, pictured here), its simpler relative, the chawan, might be less well-known to you. Chawan literally means ‘tea bowl’ and, unlike the gaiwan, it has no lid or saucer. It is,… Continue reading
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Pairing Teas with Fall Food Favorites
Pairing tea and foods in the way that brings out the best of each can be tricky. Add to that the strong flavors that burst on the scene during the Fall season. If your teas can’t hold their own and work with, not against, those strong flavors, you’ll be in for a horrific “battle of… Continue reading
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On Microflavoring Tea
Don’t bother looking for a definition of the term “microflavoring” by the way. I tried looking for it, just to be sure, and I didn’t find one. Which is not surprising, given that it’s a term I just recently coined. I don’t expect that it’s going to catch on, but here’s the story of how… Continue reading
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Seasonal Tea Flavors from Top Brands
Every year around this time the various name brand teas come out with specially flavored teas to fit the holiday mood in the air. We present a few that can get you started. Twinings Christmas Tea — A gift in a teabag! Great either on its own or with milk and sugar. The blend starts… Continue reading
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Recipe for Herb Crusted Chicken with a Tea Aioli
Infusing tea into dishes is generally done by steeping the tea in a liquid of some sort and integrating that into the dish. We are going outside the box just a bit to explore another way to put tea into your recipes. I don’t want to give away too much, but let’s just say tea… Continue reading
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Teapot Styles — Christmas Cheer
Snowmen and Santas and Evergreens, oh my! Teapots with Christmas designs won’t lead you on a yellow brick road through a haunted forest and up to the city of Oz to meet a wizard, but they will say, “There’s no place like home … there’s no place like home … for the holidays!” And the… Continue reading
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More Offbeat Tea Patents
It’s hard to say how much time and energy has been exerted over the years on the problem of how to deal with wet, squishy used tea bags, but “a lot” would be a good guess and probably something of an understatement. I wrote about some of these possible solutions in my last article about… Continue reading
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3 Perfect Teas for Your Thanksgiving Feast
Last year I listed teas for your Thanksgiving holiday tea time and the year before that I wrote about starting your Thanksgiving plans with tea. So you’re probably wondering what three teas did I miss or are there new teas out there? Read on to find out! The key to serving teas with your Thanksgiving… Continue reading
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Recent and Upcoming Tea Books 10
Though the focus here is (obviously) on recent and upcoming tea books every once in a while I like to mention one that’s been around for a while. I mentioned this one here about four years ago but I thought I’d throw it out there again. You may have read reviews of Harney & Sons… Continue reading
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Tea Kettle Philosophy — Sibling Rivalry
The kettle is on (a recent survey showed that about 30% of regular tea drinkers use a kettle on the stove to heat water), the teapot is prepped, and my mind has some time once again to drift into reverie, tending toward the philosophic variety. The idea of sibling rivalry comes to mind, especially with… Continue reading
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