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Tea Rituals
Tea with its antioxidants and immune boosting properties is not only nutritionally regenerative, but its external properties are restorative as well. One of the only Far Eastern traditions to find a real home in Western civilization, tea rituals are shared world wide. Tea, and the rituals surrounding it, bridges the gap between many different peoples… Continue reading
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The Tea Sandwich
As you are enjoying your afternoon cup of tea, you may be contentedly munching on a tea sandwich. This tradition began, as you might imagine, in Britain. Credited to an inventive British Duchess who found a genteel way to enjoy an afternoon snack, the tea sandwich comes in a variety of trappings, but there are… Continue reading
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Sugar Cubes
The story of the sugar cube is a bit of a love story. It began in 1843 in Dacice, Moravia, which is now the Czech Republic, when Juliana was preparing to have some of her friends over for a friendly, gathering. At this time, sugar refineries did not yet produce granulated sugar. Sugar was produced… Continue reading
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Instant Tea
The question is, “Are you really in that big of a hurry that you cannot boil water for a cup of tea?” Developed in the 1930s instant tea did not find a commercial application until the 1950s. Soluble teas are certainly convenient, and there is heated debate about whether that is worth sacrificing the flavor… Continue reading
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Tea Quality
There are over three thousand varieties of tea, and it would be nice if there were a way to gauge the quality of your tea, even perhaps to grade it. There is, but since tea grades do not follow a worldwide standard, communication is difficult. Green and oolong tealeaves are usually whole and not graded,… Continue reading
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Tea Balls
It sounds a little like an hors d’oeuvre or an exotic delicacy, but a tea ball is just another name for a tea infuser. Tea balls made out of sterling silver were very popular at the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century. There was a huge variety of shapes… Continue reading
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Tea with Milk, Lemon or Sugar
Adding milk, lemon, or sugar to your tea will likely make a tea purist pop his top. The purist considers adding a spoonful of sugar to be the equivalent of wasting a perfectly good cup of tea, because you could get the same result by adding a spoonful of sugar to a cup of hot… Continue reading
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Tea and Wine – More Alike Than Different
When you think of a tea totaler, the last thing in the world that it brings to mind is a fine glass of wine. But if you think about it, these two seemingly polar opposites are probably much more alike than they are different. Among the things that both tea and wine have in common… Continue reading
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Tea Harvest
In Asia, harvesting tea is traditionally a woman’s job. Their speed, small motor dexterity, delicate gestures and patience are considered essential for gaining the highest yield from a crop. They gather from the top of the plants and toss the leaves into the baskets strapped to their backs. The tea bush produces a small bud… Continue reading
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Reading Tea Leaves
The ancient practice of divination has always accompanied tea drinking and meditation in both China and Japan. The tea ceremony is an act of meditation, and the analysis of the left over tea leaves reflects the state of things at that precise instant. The interpretation of the different patterns and symbols that the tea leaf… Continue reading
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