The other day someone asked me, “Is the tea world getting silly?” And I replied, “Gee, I sure hope so.” As a tea blogger whose tea review site is hosted by a talking teapot, I can also say I have contributed my share of silliness to the world of tea. But the roll call of …
Day: June 29, 2013
The Pros and Cons of Sun Tea
It's kind of sunny here in my part of southern Arizona right now, so much so that grown men are weeping and the trees are bursting into flames. Perhaps I'm exaggerating just a bit, but what better time to revisit the topic of sun tea, something that was touched on several years ago, in these …
The Logic and Nonsense of Tea Infusion Period Instructions
“Put 1 teaspoon of xxx tea in a suitable vessel or teapot and pour over with boiling hot water and leave for ca. 3 minutes before drinking”. Who doesn’t know them, the omnipresent 1- or 2-sentence instructions commonly given by suppliers on tea packages, usually centered around, or even being more or less reduced to …
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