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You Know You’re a Spoiled Tea Drinker When…
In a previous article (You Know You’re a Spoiled “Tea Princess” When…), I showed how you can evolve into a person who has to have that tea just so and therefore carries a “tea kit” with you. There is another level of spoiled tea drinker, though, one that can be just as persnickety and exacting… Continue reading
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Recipe for Apple Tea Tart
It’s apple picking time; the brisk autumn air fills our lungs with the changing season. A warm cup of tea and a slice of apple tart await you… The day before: ½ gallon pressed apple cider 1 cinnamon stick 3 allspice berries whole Pour the apple cider into a large pot with cinnamon and allspice. Bring… Continue reading
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5 Ways to Prepare Your Palate for a Tea Tasting
So, you’re going to try some new teas or you are going to a tea tasting event. How do you prepare your palate for this experience? Yes, you need to prepare or your time and effort (and the cost of the event) will be wasted. That delicate aroma, that initial flavor hit and lingering aftertaste,… Continue reading
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Just Making Do at Tea Time
The great Scottish poet Robert Burns was writing about a nest of mice when he penned that famous line about the best laid schemes of mice and men that go often awry. But it could just as easily refer to my plans for obtaining tea, which often seem to go quite awry, in spite of… Continue reading
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Timing Your Humor When Drinking Tea
I’ve said it before and will say it again — laughter and drinking tea don’t mix. Unless you need a good rinsing through your nose of hot tea. So, timing your humor when drinking tea is essential. And if you are around others while they are imbibing this wondrous brew, you might want to refrain… Continue reading
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5 Teas to Get You Through October
Pumpkins carved into scary, funny, or friendly designs and lit from within are a symbol of the month of October. But so are brilliantly hued tree leaves that shine against a bright blue Fall sky before they follow the wind and gather in piles on the ground. And then there are haystacks and farmers’ markets… Continue reading
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Victoria Wood’s Nice Cup of Tea
If you’re like me and you live over here on the left side of the Atlantic, the name Victoria Wood might not mean that much to you. If you need to get up to speed, consider that, as a headline in one Canadian magazine put it, Wood is “The Funniest British Comedian You’ve Never Heard… Continue reading
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Are You Ready for the Holiday Tea Time Season?
Every year it seems as if that holiday season sneaks up on us, with each year getting faster and sneakier. By the time you’ve outfitted the kids for another school year, picked the perfect pumpkin to carve, and calculated the poundage of turkey needed to feed the number of relatives who’ll be gathered at your… Continue reading
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Tea in Strange Places (and the Olympics) – Sochi
Like so many others I have to admit that I’d never heard of the Russian city known as Sochi until I found out that it would be hosting the Winter Olympics in 2014. Sochi is located in the far western region of the country, on the Black Sea. It’s notable for tea lovers because it… Continue reading
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Super-heated Water and Tea Flavor
The problem with boiling water for tea in a microwave, something that many tea aficionados abhor, is mainly the problem of “super heating.” But what is this and does it impact the flavor of the tea steeped using it? According to an episode of “Good Eats,” which hubby and I used to watch a lot,… Continue reading
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