Teawares Card Game

Do your teawares have a secret life, that is, recreational activities they engage in when they’re not busy steeping tea for you? Yes, it sounds silly and downright improbable, after all, these are inanimate, insentient objects. Right? Well, we thought so, too, until… Ever have one of those nights when you try and try and …

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The Poetry of Tea

I can't honestly say that I've never written a poem about tea and I have a feeling that I probably never will. But I can see how it could happen. Every once in a while a tea comes along that's sufficiently amazing that it could conceivably inspire a few lines of verse. And for that …

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Blending Your Leftover Teas

What do you do with all of those tidbits left in your various bags of loose leaf teas? A teaspoon full of a malty Assam. A pinch of Keemun Panda. And so on. Well, if you’re like me, the last thing you want to do is toss them out. That would be tea sacrilege. And …

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