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  • Holiday Tea Recipes

    By Stephanie Harkins [reposted from our sister blog] Tea can make a wonderfully flavorful addition to holiday festivities. And even though a pot of hot tea on a cold winter’s day is a delight indeed, there are also a few recipes that I myself have created with teas to make the holidays a bit more special.… Continue reading

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  • Proper Tea Tasting Techniques

    By Stephanie Harkins Tea tasting, much like wine tasting, cheese tasting or any other sampling of a food or beverage, includes utilizing all five of your senses and focusing on how the experience feels to you personally. By using your sense of smell, sight, taste and touch, you can not only evaluate teas accurately, but… Continue reading

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  • Tea Spoon Collecting

    By Kathy McCarthy While you do not give much thought to an ordinary spoon as you stir your warm cup of tea on a blustery winter’s eve, teaspoons can tell the story of the ages. Many collectors use spoons in their collections as an historic reference hearkening back to significant changes, either political, social or… Continue reading

  • Tea Storage

    By Kathy McCarthy While it would be ideal if you could wrap tea up, put it on the shelf and have it ready for you whenever you wanted it, unfortunately it is not quite that simple. While tea can last a good, long time if you store it properly, it does not last forever. White… Continue reading

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  • Loose Leaf Tea

    By Kathy McCarthy [reposted from our sister blog] If you have never been particularly fond of tea, consider for a moment what kind of tea you have been drinking. If your idea of brewing a cup of tea is grabbing a box of teabags off of your grocer’s shelf and dunking them in a cup of… Continue reading

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  • Enjoying Tea

    By Chris Robideaux [reposted from our sister blog] Enjoying tea is something many people around the world like to do. The most popular teas are probably black, green, herbal and chai teas. Brewing a good cup of tea is not only a great way to de-stress after a difficult work day, but a fine sensual treat… Continue reading

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  • Herbal Tisanes

    By Chris Robideaux [reposted from our sister blog] Herbal “teas,” also known as tisanes and herbal infusions, come in many forms, and are cultivated in different parts of the world. They can contain varying amounts of dried leaves, pieces of fruit, grasses, flowers, spices, seeds and other botanical elements which give them their unique aroma and… Continue reading

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  • It’s Tea Time!

    Recently a friend extended an invitation to me to join her for teatime. At first, I was apprehensive of accepting the invitation since I was ignorant about tea etiquette. You see, drinking tea is not complicated; the difficult part it is how one conducts themselves. I began searching the Internet for information on the subject.… Continue reading

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  • Tisanes

    A tisane is not a true tea, but a herbal concoction that is brewed just like tea. While tea is a leaf plucked from the Camellia sinensis plant, tisanes are leaves plucked from just about everything but the Camellia sinensis plant. These herbal drinks can include anything from Chamomile to Peppermint and can even be… Continue reading

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  • Chinese Herbal Tisane

    Disclaimer: This is not medical advice. Consult your physician before starting any herbal tisane regimen. by Chris Robideaux [reposted from our sister blog] Also known as medicinal herb “tea,” Chinese herbal tisane has long been touted as having healing and detoxification properties. Primarily made from herbs found in the Guangdong region of China, this type of… Continue reading

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