Tea has a definite appeal to folks who are techies. It’s true, even though people often think of tea drinkers as genteel, sipping from their teacup and then dabbing their lips delicately with a linen napkin to soak up any stray drops. Quite a few tea folks I’ve become acquainted with in-person and through the …
Month: July 2012
“The Cultivation and Manufacture of Tea” by Edward Money
Tea was still a relative newcomer to India in 1878 when Edward Money published the third edition of his book, The Cultivation and Manufacture of Tea. Tea growing in the Assam region had commenced about four decades earlier and about twenty years after that in the Darjeeling region. By this time, the Indian tea was …
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Tea Growing in Thailand
When you think of tea and of countries where it is grown, Thailand may not even be on the list. However, teas from Thailand are becoming better known to those seeking out something new to try. Whether they count as “rare teas” or not I’m not sure, but production and export are fairly limited at …
Think Pink: Pink Tea
The many types of tea might not cover all of the colors in the rainbow, but they certainly come close. The best known, of course, are green and black. After that come white and oolong. Of course the latter is not a "colored" tea in the strictest sense of the world, but there are those …
Red Tea vs Black Tea — More Tea Nomenclature Debacles
Red tea versus black tea is a tricky matter when it comes to tea nomenclature. Jason Walker of Walker Tea Review cautioned people to know the difference when using these terms. I second that statement. The online search for a clear distinction, though, did not get me much closer to a definitive answer. There seem …
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Farewell and Goodbye, Dear Chatsford Teapot!
Do you remember the first teapot that you really loved using? Maybe it was the perfect shape, or the perfect size, or your favourite colour. Whatever made it special, you used it just about every day. Maybe you still do. My first teapot love was a Chatsford four-cupper. I bought it almost twenty years ago …
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More Tea Advertising Icons
One of the earliest advertisements for tea, at least in the western world, may have been the one which appeared in a London newspaper in 1658, "That excellent and by all pysitians approved China drink called by the Chineans Tcha, by other nations Tay, alias Tee, is sold at the Sultaness Head, a Cophee-house in …
Tea e-Books Do’s and Don’ts
So, you want to write a book about tea and publish it as an e-book? Well, there are some do’s and don’ts to keep in mind as you undertake this venture. Forewarned is forearmed, as the saying goes. Publishing electronically is the way to go nowadays, with the Nook, the Kindle, iPads, and other devices …
Tea and Healthy Skin
There is a myriad of claims out there connecting tea and skin health. A lot of these have to do with the high levels of antioxidants in white tea and green tea, especially as “antioxidants” has become more of a buzzword in the anti-aging and wrinkle prevention industries. The links between tea and skin health …
Signs My Hubby Is Now a Real Tea Guy
The expression “It’s a guy thing” is rarely applied to tea. In fact, for many folks, tea is for women and “sissy men” (the kind that don’t belch a lot or spend the weekend putting new brake shoes on the pickup). Anyone who thinks this, though, hasn't met my hubby. While he is neither prone …
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