Cats have a reputation for liking fishies, birdies, and other tidbits. They have been known to try to sip from teacups, too, especially if you use milk in your tea, and to nibble on whatever goody you are eating with your tea. Many tea lovers are also cat lovers, so it’s pretty natural to think …
Month: January 2012
The Stages of Tea Enjoyment
You start out wanting something hot to drink. But you don’t want something too sweet, so hot cocoa is out. And you can’t take all that caffeine, so coffee is out. Then, you find that box of teabags in the back of the cupboard. Hey, if they can do it in the movies, surely you …
Yunnan Black Tea (Dian Hong)
As much as I like a great cup of Chinese or Japanese green tea, I have to say that, for me, there's nothing quite like black tea. I've said it many times before and I'm sure I'll say it many more - for me Assam is the be all and end all when it comes …
Can You Brew Tea Like You Brew Coffee?
The Tea-Cha company, headed by Ian Bersten, has proposed a revolution in tea preparation: brew it like you would brew coffee. Is that really possible? Ever being the one to like to test things out and run little mini-experiments, I looked forward to receiving the newest model of Bersten’s brew filter and giving it a …
Fave “Gulper” Teas for Breakfast
Busy lives need fuel to get the day started out right. For tea devotees, no breakfast is complete without a brisk cuppa. “Gulper” teas are best, usually having a bigger caffeine punch and stronger flavor that goes well with many typical breakfast foods like waffles and eggs and bacon. Awhile back I divided teas into …
Favourite Tearooms in Australia — Part IV
Carrying on my tearoom theme, I want to draw attention to another tearoom that I had the pleasure of visiting in Adelaide. Tbar is a wonderful tea salon which, according to their website serves loose leaf tea with reverse osmosis water. As I walked into the salon, I was faced with a wonderful array of …
Tea Kettle Philosophy ― “Decade Birthday Angst”
Celebrating birthdays with tea can be a great alternative to the age-old tradition of going out with friends and getting plastered, or having a mild heart attack when you walk in your front door and are greeted with shouts of “Surprise!” Yes, tea is a saner and safer way to celebrate. But it’s also a …
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Shelley Jacobs Rodner — Inspired by Tea?
Tea inspires. From poets to painters, from writers to musicians, and most especially interior decorators. Such inspiration truly flows to award-winning decorator Shelley Jacobs Rodner of Bethany Beach, Delaware. There is one word to describe the interior designs of Rodner, and it is not one I bandy about in a haphazard manner: CLASSY!! Rich colors, …
Trying the Tea-Cha Pet
We all know that the only way to make a good cup of tea is to steep orthodox loose-leaf teas for two to seven or more minutes. And that tiny particles of tea are the nasty stuff that fills cheap teabags, not for making real tea. Well, a little device called Tea-Cha’s Pet challenges these …
Ian Bersten Proposes Tea, the 21st Century, and Beyond — Part 3
Part 1 talked about Bersten’s book to bring us tea drinkers into a more modern approach. Part 2 let you know who this dedicated tea inventor was. Now, we need to take a quick look at the tea company he founded in 2008. About Bersten’s Company Their site is Tea-cha.com (“cha” means tea, so it’s …
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