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By A.C. Cargill Darjeeling teas are all the same, right? Wrong! This tea growing area in the West Bengal region of India among the Himalayan mountains boasts quite a variety, due in large part to the plethora of tea estates there. While some Darjeeling teas live up to the nickname [...] Continue Reading… By William I. Lengeman III By most accounts there are six main categories of tea. All of these come from the same plant - Camellia sinensis – and do not have anything to do with those beverages often known as herbal teas or tisanes. Categories of real tea include black, [...] Continue Reading… By William I. Lengeman III As noted in these pages previously, rooibos is a unique herbal beverage that is also known as redbush and which is produced in only one specific region of South Africa. In most parts of the world it is hardly a household name, but by the [...] Continue Reading… By William I. Lengeman III Breakfast - it’s the most important meal of the day, or so we’re told. Which means that our breakfast tea is the most important cup (or two or three) of the day. Of course this is not always the case, but there are still many [...] Continue Reading… By William I. Lengeman III Japanese green tea - if you wanted to distill that phrase down to its very essence you could just say Japanese tea. For when it comes to tea production and consumption in Japan it’s safe to say that green tea is by far and above [...] Continue Reading… By William I. Lengeman III Of all the world’s tea-growing nations and regions, in terms of sheer production, Africa, China and India are considered to be among the most noteworthy. For serious tea fanciers, however, the most important tea growers are probably China, Japan and India. By William I. Lengeman III Afternoon Tea You could make the argument that tea is the perfect drink for any time of day. But, to be fair, if you’re sensitive to caffeine (present company included) you may not want to pound down a cup or four right [...] Continue Reading… By A.C. Cargill Not every tea makes an acceptable chilled (iced) tea. When cooled, some teas become bitter or just downright make your teeth hurt with every sip. Other teas cry out loudly for milk and sweetener but don’t taste good chilled, according to my personal experiments. Fear not, though. [...] Continue Reading… By William I. Lengeman III Gunpowder Green Tea No one can truly say how many varieties of tea there are, at least not with any degree of accuracy. Suffice to say that it’s a very large number - in the hundreds, at least, and perhaps even into [...] Continue Reading… By William I. Lengeman III If you’re drinking tea, then technically you’re drinking chai. At least if you’re located in one of several countries where the words “chai” and “tea” are one and the same. But for most tea drinkers, what we think of when someone mentions chai is a [...] Continue Reading… |
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