Tea can be just like any other interest that you pursue. It can be a sideline item in your life, a hobby, or an all-consuming passion. The timeline below will help you figure out which position tea is holding in your life and how far along you are. Early Stage of Getting Serious About Tea …
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If you spend quite a bit of time online, especially on social media sites following some of your fave companies (like the owners of this blog), sooner or later you’re going to see a photo of some teapot just like one you own. It happened to me the other day and was significant in part …
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Light, creamy and oh so delicious, this Italian based desert is one sure to delight. Traditionally this is made with coffee but, as that famous misquoted line from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre goes, we don’t need no stinkin’ coffee here. Puerh tea offers the depth and richness that coffee does as well as …
Some teas are best when steeped in a gaiwan. Others in a Yixing style teapot. And still others were specifically produced to be served British Style, that is, steeping up a strong and somewhat bitter liquid that reacts well to milk and sugar (these should enhance, not drown out, the tea’s flavor). Sure, you can …
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A little while ago I wrote an article called A Space for Tea. One of the segments in that article dealt with kits that one could buy if they wanted their own Japanese tea house. Which came with a fairly stiff price tag, it should be noted. On a similar theme, here's an article in …
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This will hardly be a thesis, but I thought it might be interesting to get a little bit of historical perspective on oolong, that type of tea that is generally less known than black and green but better known than relatively obscure teas such as white, yellow, and puerh. Needless to say it's not mentioned …
Which tea strainers are best, out of all the options available to us these days and even more being designed every day, is a question those of us who steep our tea loose consider of some importance. Time to do a bit of comparing. Tea strainers have been a part of tea time since Anna, …
Let's be blunt about this whole tea and health thing. There are a lot of flaky claims being made these days. Which is not to say that there are no benefits to your health to be gained by drinking tea. It's just that you need to take a lot of these claims with a grain …
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Many of us think of a teacup as just something to hold the tea for us to drink. Others use teacups to read the signs and see what the future holds. And still others think a teacup is an extension of themselves and their personality. Well, that last one is so true. Time to see …
By now I'm sure we all know how tea drinking got its start - or at least we know how the most popular legend about this subject goes. An ancient Chinese emperor, a kettle of boiling water, and some tea leaves that accidentally fall into it. There you have it. Which probably isn't true, to …
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