Awhile back I wrote a quiz for serious tea drinkers. Then, a smart alecky tea drinker I am “friends” with on Facebook commented “What about us unserious tea drinkers?” (I’m paraphrasing since I can’t find the comment.) Steven, just for you and all the other unserious, smart alecky tea drinkers out there, I did my …
Month: April 2012
Tea, Testosterone Doping, and Babies
Sensational headlines are hardly unusual nowadays (or in the past, for that matter, to be historically accurate about it). Five minutes of the most cursory research would probably turn up more of them than you could shake a stick at. But for my money one of the more sensational tea-related headlines to come down the …
The Tea Trio Set
If you cruise the antique stores or online sites that specialize in classic teawares, you’ve come across the tea trio set. There are some folks who even collect them in different patterns from different makers for a truly eclectic tea time. A tea trio set consists of a teacup, a saucer, and a dessert plate, …
Offbeat Teas & Tisanes
The world of tea is a pretty vast one. It's comprised of countless varieties of proper "tea" (which is derived only from the Camellia sinensis plant) and there are also numerous tea-like beverages that are often lumped in with tea. Most of these are more properly known as tisanes. When you consider that all of …
Website Review: The Tea and Jazz House
As a tea consultant, one of the best parts of my business is offering advice to tea business startups and seeing them flourish. It’s rather like a mother or father waving their child off to school. Mary Cali from The Tea and Jazz House is one such ‘cool cat’. After offering business guidance, I was …
The Tea Princess Has a “Breakdown”
Your fave “Tea Princess” had a teensy weensy bit of a breakdown recently. No, I didn’t succumb to the screaming meemies, but I did struggle valiantly for over a week with a temperamental computer that finally died. Even expert assistance could not revive it. Sigh! Somehow I made it through this trying and traumatic time, …
Pairing Tea and Food — Pomegranate Vanilla Scones and Sencha Tea
Foodies are folks who like to talk about, write about, blog about, and tweet about food. From restaurant reviews to original recipes, nothing related to food escapes their notice. This cook’s goal isn’t necessarily to come up with recipes that go with tea, but she often does just that. I have picked a baker’s dozen …
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Is Tea Really Number Two?
The consensus seems to be that tea is the second most commonly consumed beverage in the world, after water. It's a fascinating fact that's often repeated and I've done so myself on a few occasions. Of course, there are a number of other "facts" about tea that are of dubious origin, including the one about …
White Tea?
If you’ve been around tea drinkers awhile, that is, the hard-core kind who try various new blends (no, not that flavored stuff, but blends of various tea types) and the latest tea trends, or if you’ve been a devoted reader of this and other tea blogs, you’ve heard of white tea. But do you know …
Taking Tea in Durham, UK: A Defensive Strategy
When visiting a new place, it can be hard not to become overwhelmed by the number of things there is to do and see. It is tiring to bounce from one thing to another, without a break, in an attempt to see as much as possible in your time there. My strategy for avoiding such …
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