Teas of the World: Japanese Teas, Round 3

And here’s still more teas from Japan (continued from Round 1 and Round 2): Maccha or Matcha — Powdered gyokuro whisked into water. It used to be reserved for the Japanese tea ceremony, but recently people began drinking it as an everyday tea and using it in cookies, cakes, and ice cream. See Matcha vs …

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5 Things I Wish I’d Known About Tea

One does not spring fully formed into this world knowing everything there is to know about tea. It would be nice, but it doesn't work that way. In my own case I was more than four decades along before I even started drinking the stuff. Then it was quite a few years before I started …

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Organizing Your Tea Stash

If you’re like me, you enjoy drinking a variety of different teas throughout the day, the week, the month, the year. So you’ve probably got a bunch of teas on hand to choose from – some purchased, others samples, and perhaps a few gifts – depending on what “tea mood” strikes you. Once you start …

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