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Tea Quiz: Pair the Taste with the Tea
Can you pair a taste description with the tea it’s referring to? Take this quiz and find out. But first a bit about tea taste descriptions. Describing the taste of a tea can be like trying to describe color to someone who has never seen. Or music to someone who has never heard. Plus there… Continue reading
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5 “Motherly” May Teas Not to Miss!
The fifth month of the year is beginning, a time for the real Spring time to begin (finally!) and to celebrate motherhood. In recognition, here are some teas that I would tend to think of as spring-like and not to miss in May: 1 Give Mom some choices: English Tea Store Flavored Black Tea… Continue reading
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Historical (Sorta) Decisions Made Over a Pot of Tea
If you’re expecting anything serious…or historically accurate…or even decisive, best to move along. This is strictly tongue-in-cheek. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. The “Green Light” Given for Starting Construction on Knossos Palace (2000 BC) Okay, so they didn’t have tea in Crete yet…or did they? How do you make such a decision without tea?… Continue reading
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It’s a Tea Leaf’s Life…
by Guest Blogger Sarah Rosalind Roberts Everyday millions of us drink cups of tea, but how many of you have ever wondered about the journey the tea leaf takes to make it to your mug? This is the story from the tea leaf’s point of view. Hello – I am Camellia sinensis. It’s early spring… Continue reading
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3 Good and 3 Bad Reasons for Celebrity Tea Endorsements
From Hugh Jackman to the Beatles to “the Oprah,” famous faces are popping up related to tea. All this to get you to go ga-ga (or should I say “go Lady Gaga”?) over their tea and rush out to buy some (and inspire various tea accessories like these Beatles-themed ones). Good or bad, it seems… Continue reading
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Scottish Breakfast Tea, Meet a Nutty Mix!
Tea time has gone nuts around here. The usual tea time treats such as scones with clotted cream and raspberry preserves have been replaced, at least temporarily, with nuts! Maybe it’s that whiff of Spring in the air. Maybe it’s those cute little stuffed bunnies next to the pink and white mug. Or maybe that… Continue reading
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3 Things to Look for When Buying a Chawan (Tea Bowl)
The chawan was in fashion, out of fashion, and is now back in fashion here in the West (Europe and North America). All over the course of a mere three or four centuries. If you’re thinking of buying one or more, there are some things to consider first. Actually, three things top my list of… Continue reading
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Is There Any “Should” in Tea?
There are lots of tea blogs, lots of tea professionals advising on this and that about tea, Facebook groups about tea, tweeters on Twitter focused on tea, and more, and many of them talk about how you should do this with tea and that with tea. But is there any real “should” in tea? Well,… Continue reading
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Tea Drinking During the Civil War
There is no shortage of legends about our sixteenth president, Mr. Abraham Lincoln. You probably heard a few of them in school when you were growing up. One persistent tea-related legend is the notion that he once said, “If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me… Continue reading
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Cultivar versus Varietal in Tea Plants
The world of tea is full of all kinds of terms, many that are bandied about willy-nilly and not used correctly. Not long ago an attempt was made to clarify using “cultivar” versus “varietal” when talking about tea plants. Now, I’m all for going for such clarity, but I think the very short article didn’t… Continue reading
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