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September 9, 2011

  • The Color Purple (of Tea)

    Of the six main categories of tea, four are commonly associated with a specific color. There’s black and green, of course, along with white tea, which has grown in popularity in recent years. Yellow tea is another category—lightly processed and somewhat similar to green tea—but it remains relatively unknown. The two types not strongly tied… Continue reading

  • Tea Moments — A Castle on My Teaspoon

    Teaspoons are great for adding a touch of sugar to your teacup or for shoveling sticky toffee pudding and green tea ice cream into your mouth. Did you know that teaspoons are also capable of holding up castles? Ok, not real castles, but tiny replicas do well on them. One of the most architecturally astounding… Continue reading