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Making Tea a Part of Your Christmas Tradition
Christmas traditions build up over the years, from setting up the tree and decorating it to the after gift unwrapping clean-up. Tea can be a part of those traditions as a thirst quencher and stimulator to keep your energy up. Here’s my list of the various teas hubby and I enjoy while we go merrily… Continue reading
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10 Lessons I’ve Learned About Tea
I’m not one of those people who have been drinking tea since birth. As a matter of fact, I’ve only been a tea drinker for a relatively short period of time, about ten percent of my life. But over the course of the past few years I’ve been doing my best to make up for… Continue reading
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20 Reasons to Drink Tea in December
December is upon us. It’s a month chock full of all sorts of activities, from cleaning up the Thanksgiving leftovers to baking and shopping and partying to celebrate the Winter Holidays. Keep the teapot full of hot, tasty tea to celebrate these times, to serve to guests who drop in for a holiday visit, and… Continue reading
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In the Leaves for December
Well here we are at the end of the year with the festive season firmly upon us. Even the despicable attempts of the shops who started stocking mince pies in September haven’t dampened my excitement! After a long search to find a Christmas brew that wasn’t an obvious and cynical attempt to use up the… Continue reading
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Winter Yard Work and a Cup of Tea
Yard work doesn’t end when Winter comes. It just gets a bit easier, mainly because there are fewer bugs on the hunt for fresh feeding grounds (like my arms and legs). You do have to bundle up a little more, though, since the weather is usually a bit nippy then. A hot thermos of tea… Continue reading
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Tea and the Brass Buttons
Tea is known to stimulate and to calm. What better beverage to partake of while doing something tricky (at least to this person who rarely holds a needle and thread) like replacing all the buttons on an otherwise splendid blazer? For this teetotaler there is none. The problem: A few years ago, I bought a… Continue reading
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Review — Scottish Breakfast Tea
Name: Scottish Breakfast Tea Brand: English Tea Store Type: Black tea, blend Form: Loose leaf Review: This is an interesting blend of Indian teas, including Assam, as well as Keemun from China. According to a video produced by the English Tea Store, one of the goals in the blending of this tea was to suggest… Continue reading
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Review — Wild Blueberry Organic Black Tea
Name: Organic Wild Blueberry Black Tea Brand: English Tea Store Type: Black tea, flavored Form: Loose leaf Review: Now this is the sort of flavored tea that I like: It doesn’t club me over the head with flavor, and I can still taste the tea. At the same time, it is unmistakably a “blueberry” tea:… Continue reading
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Profiles in Tea: Kevin Gascoyne of “Camellia Sinensis”
Quite possibly the most knowledgeable Darjeeling expert outside of the Himalayas, Kevin is the black tea specialist for Québec-based Camellia Sinensis. Along with popular tea rooms in Montréal and Québec City, Kevin and his partners operate niche retail and wholesale businesses recognized for their high quality teas. I met Kevin about ten years ago when… Continue reading
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