Toasting the First Day of Fall with Tea

For some folks, Labor Day is officially the end of Summer, which among the folks in the Hamptons also means it’s the last day to wear white until Memorial Day, but officially Summer continues until around the end of the 3rd week of September. I always like to observe this official version of the change …

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How to Handle Your Teabag

To dunk or not to dunk? To squeeze or not to squeeze? I suspect that for many people who use a teabag to prepare tea it's probably quite common to dunk the bag repeatedly and to squeeze it when you're finished. There are even specially constructed tongs that are designed to assist with the latter …

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