Day: October 31, 2011

Review — The English Tea Store’s Chocolate Orange Black Tea

On By Lainie PetersenIn Product and Tea Reviews, Tea - Black, Tea - Flavored1 Comment

Name: Chocolate Orange Brand: English Tea Store Type: Black Tea, Flavored Form: Loose leaf Review: The holiday trifecta of diet doom is fast approaching: Halloween with its mini-candy bars, Thanksgiving with cornbread and candied sweet potatoes and Christmas, which supplies me with enough calories to hold me for a full year. I need some flavored …

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Is the Sun Setting on Britain’s Tea Empire?

On By William I. Lengeman IIIIn Tea EnjoymentLeave a comment

There's probably no other nation that's more closely associated with tea drinking and culture than the United Kingdom. They've gone so far as to coin their own term for a cup of tea ("cuppa") and their annual per capita consumption (5.2 kg) is more than double that of the next closest contender (Turkey, 2.1 kg). …

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