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  • Tea Moments — Slow Down and Savor

    Rush, rush, rush… sometimes we are so busy that we just gulp our tea, but it’s good to slow down and savor the flavor of that tea now and then. This can be a good thing in two ways. First, it can be quite a stress reliever. Second, it can also help you break away… Continue reading

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  • Tea — A Global Experience

    Our “shrinking world” has been a catchphrase used for quite a few years now. It basically means that communications and travel have gotten faster and cheaper. Both have certainly made tea a truly global experience. Tea shipments are faster, and you can tweet about them on Twitter, post about them on Facebook and your blog,… Continue reading

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  • Futili-TEA

    You steep up a potful. In a twinkling, the pot is empty. You steep up another potful. Again — whoosh! — it’s empty. On and on. It’s pure futili-TEA! And it’s enough to make any Tea Princess or even the most manly Tea Guy go to a level of frustration usually described as “aaaaaggghhh!” Time… Continue reading

  • The Tea Princess Loses Internet Access

    Life is full of its bumps and jolts along with the smooth sailing parts. That’s just reality. But how we deal with those bumps and jolts is a key to happiness. For us Tea Princesses, the thing that helps us deal and therefore achieve that happiness is, of course, tea! Thus it was when this… Continue reading

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  • 10 Super Things to Toast with Tea in December

    The 12th month of the year is here. A final 31 days to get all of your goals for the year finalized. Yeah, right! I know I got all my New Year’s Resolutions done in January (guffaw!). But seriously, we can get so busy preparing for and then enjoying the holidays during November and December… Continue reading

  • The Twelve Teas of Christmas

    Traditions have to start somewhere, and so it is with things like the twelve teas of Christmas. Now, the word “tea” can refer both to the beverage and to a meal (ranging from a few treats to several courses). With that in mind, I present my take on a well-established Christmas tradition — that almost… Continue reading

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  • 5 Tea Tricks at the Office

    In my article Avoid the Strain of Tea Steeping with the 2-Teapot MethodI hinted at some ideas on how to use that method even at the office. One commenter on that article sort of beat me to one of those items, but I’m including it here anyway. There are other tea tricks that come in… Continue reading

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  • Tea and the Holiday Shopping List

    Tea helps save your sanity while shopping — whether in actual physical stores or online — for whatever gifts are on your list. Scarf for your cousin Mike. Latest Taylor Swift CD for your sister Cassie (she’s off to college now, so Mom and Dad won’t have to listen to it). Cheese-and-crackers-and-beef-sausage gift pack for… Continue reading

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  • Tea and Conversation

    Is conversation really becoming a lost art, as some folks claim? Are we as a culture no longer able to discuss diverse topics rationally, intelligently, and charmingly? After the recent screeching election cycle one might reasonably wonder … For centuries, ladies and gentlemen – starting at very young ages – were taught by mentors, tutors,… Continue reading

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  • A Visit From the Tea Fairy

    Is there such a thing as too much free tea? Oh, please. Perish the thought. But I will say that every once in a while I am presented with so much free tea that it almost seems a bit overwhelming. Not that it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to me, mind you. It went… Continue reading

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