Day: September 3, 2014

More Tips on Steeping That Perfect Pot of Tea

On By Little Yellow TeapotIn Preparing Tea and HerbalsLeave a comment

The tips just keep coming. It seems that everyone who has ever steeped tea has the perfect method (even author George Orwell). And I’m here to present even more tips on steeping that perfect pot of tea. I’m going to begin by defining the goal here a bit better. Let’s think about a few things. …

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“The Use and Abuse of Tea” (1877)

On By William I. Lengeman IIIIn Resources and InformationLeave a comment

If you were a medical person in 1877 and happened to be reading Physician and Surgeon: A Professional Medical Journal, you would have run across an article called The Use and Abuse of Tea. It begins with the following statement, "A French observer has recently tabulated the evil results which in many cases follow the …

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