Devonshire Tea is going to attempt to break the current world record for making cups of tea in one hour, using a team of 12 helpers. As of the posting of this article, the record is 491, so Gavin Sheppard, Debbie Kay, and the rest of the “D-Team” have quite a challenge ahead. You don’t …
Day: July 27, 2011
Sam Johnson Stands Up for Tea
One of the great men of English letters, Samuel Johnson lived in the eighteenth century and is arguably best known as the subject of one of the most famous biographies of them all — James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson. Much more importantly, at least for purposes of this article and tea culture in general, …
Tea and the Pioneer Spirit II
In January of 2010, I wrote about tea and the pioneer spirit, where that sense of frugality which comes from people living off the land day by day carries through to my desire to get the most from my teas. Time to add to that story. My first sequel. Don't you just hate sequels? They …
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