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The “AppeTEAzer” Pot of Tea
Can’t wait for that large pot of tea to steep up? Sounds like time for an “appeTEAzer” pot of tea. It’s usually about a one- or two-cup potful and can save your sanity while you’re waiting for that 6-cupper to steep. You might think this makes no sense. After all, black tea takes about five… Continue reading
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Teas of the World: Chinese Anxi Teas
China, the much-acknowledged birthplace of tea drinking in the world, is a large country divided into provinces. Fujian is one such province and is also a source of some fine teas. They are so varied, though, that we will start with the county of Anxi. Time to go exploring! About Anxi County The area has… Continue reading
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The Perfect Way to Use Tea as a Visitors-To-Your House Controller
As a tea person with quite a number of aspects of my personal, social and professional life being centered around tea, I have among other things developed a tea-based system of controlling visitors to my house that has become not only increasingly efficient in the course of the years, but has also reached a probably… Continue reading
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Tea Kettle Philosophy — The Demise of the White Picket Fence
The kettle is on, and my water boiling skills are being stretched to their max. Okay, it’s a black tea, so full-boil water is needed. That means I have plenty of time for a bit of mind wandering into the forest that is sometimes the province of philosophical thought (as in “you can’t see the… Continue reading
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Tea Is Tops with Natural Foods Shoppers
What are “natural” foods? Hmmm. If there was ever a term that brought to mind the phrase “buyer beware,” it’s that one. There’s apparently no clear definition for “natural,” as it relates to food, but that doesn’t keep grocery shoppers from gravitating toward foods that are perceived as such. As one tea news site reported… Continue reading
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5 Teas to Get You Through June
This is the month that finishes out Spring and heads into Summer. It’s a time to plant and tend crops and gardens, to celebrate Dads everywhere, for kids to celebrate being off from school, and for you to wrap up your first half of the year projects. Let’s see what tea can do for us… Continue reading
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3 Ways to Have a Tea Time Picnic
Summer is fast approaching, but even here in springtime, the urge to be in the great outdoors is irresistible. For us tea lovers, that means putting on a tea time picnic. There are three basic approaches: 1 Take along store-bought bottled tea To me, this is the very bottom of the proverbial barrel. No offense… Continue reading
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The Poetry of Tea Names
If you haven’t noticed yet, let me direct your attention to the fact that many tea names are comparatively bland and utilitarian. Let’s leave aside for now any names that have to do with a specific tea merchant such as Twinings, PG Tips, and the like, and focus on some of the rest. Perhaps one… Continue reading
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Rolled vs. Open Tea Leaves: Does a Tightly Rolled Form Affect the Infusion Time?
A good question, isn’t it? It came to me often, when I started diving into tea a few years ago. I was drinking myself through all the green, Oolong and black teas from my country of choice, north Thailand, and initially was surprised to find that they would produce at least all their finer teas… Continue reading
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The Diabolical Tea Plot
The title of this article may sound like the title of some cheap “potboiler” novel, but it is very much in earnest! There is a diabolical tea plot in our house, and I am exposing it as a warning to others. You may have a similar diabolical tea plot going on at your house and… Continue reading
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