Embracing Tea Myths, Legends, and Stories

Tea history is full of myths, legends, and stories, enough to keep the Brothers Grimm, were they alive today, busy for years writing them all down. These tales enrich our tea experience as long as we remember they are not necessarily fact. Who among us really expects a cabin in the woods inhabited by three …

Continue reading Embracing Tea Myths, Legends, and Stories

Tea, Meet Beer

With the rising interest in specialty and artisanal foods and beverages in recent years have come a number of the latter that have sought to merge tea in one way or another with something that has a little more of a punch. As noted in an earlier article on this blog, these include various formulations …

Continue reading Tea, Meet Beer