Day: May 13, 2013

Tea in the Movies — “Around the World in 80 Days”

On By Little Yellow TeapotIn Tea EnjoymentLeave a comment

Tea in the movies is a real requirement when any of the characters are British. At least, that’s how it seems. So, tea being portrayed as an essential ingredient in a civilized life comes as no surprise in a movie adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic novel Around the World in 80 Days. My favorite version …

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Why Teas Are “Broken”?

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“Broken tea”… amazingly, while I never encountered this term before I became an active tea geek, I used to think of tea itself as “broken tea” then, small flakes of something that faintly seems to be of natural origin, but no idea whatsoever, whether this was actually leaves once, or pieces of some wood or …

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