William I. Lengeman III
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The Books of The Book of Tea
What’s the most influential book ever written about tea? Ancient Chinese scholar Lu Yu wrote one that’s said to be one of the first ever written about tea, but it’s not very easy to get your hands on an English copy nowadays. In much more modern times, the blue ribbon might arguably go to the… Continue reading
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How Many People Drink Tea?
The commonly accepted wisdom is that tea is the second most popular beverage in the world, after water. If you don’t believe me then head to that repository of all known wisdom – the Internet – where this theory has been shared more times than you can shake a teaspoon at. Whether it’s true or… Continue reading
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A Few Thoughts on Tea Storage
Allow me to brief you on the fundamentals of tea storage. As an added bonus, I am going to attempt to do so in just one sentence. Store your tea in a cool, dry place in an airtight container that’s not exposed to light. That’s it. Actually you could say a little more about tea… Continue reading
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Monthly Tea Gadget and Offbeat News Report 12
I’ve seen a lot of tea gadgets. This is the twelfth monthly installment of this report and I wrote many more before we began numbering them. So you’d think that I might have become a bit jaded when it comes to tea gadgets, and perhaps I have. But every once in a while one comes… Continue reading
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Green Tea and Depression
While many of us tend to reach for the word depression any time we feel “blue” or “down,” the truth is that real depression is a serious medical issue. The National Institutes of Health describes the problem in the following terms: “Major depressive disorder is one of the most common mental disorders in the United… Continue reading
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Are Tea Drinkers Happier Than Coffee Drinkers?
So what gives? Are tea drinkers really happier than coffee drinkers? Well, it’s probably a bad idea to make such bold and sweeping statements that take in millions (billions?) of people around the world. But that didn’t stop the British press from reporting not so long ago on a study comparing the two groups. There’s… Continue reading
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Tea and Digestion
Digestion is probably one of these things most of us take for granted. Like breathing and a heartbeat and the like, it’s a function that doesn’t attract much of our attention until something goes wrong. Which for many people is apparently quite often, if you consider the constant barrage of advertising one sees for antacids… Continue reading
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“Home-Grown Tea” by George Frederick Mitchell
It’s been noted a number of times in these pages that the United States has never actually been a hotbed of tea production. But there was apparently enough interest in the topic that in 1907, the USDA released Farmers’ Bulletin 301 – Home-Grown Tea, by George Frederick Mitchell. It’s a brief but interesting work that… Continue reading
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A Mild Rant About $1 Million Dollar Tea
I can’t recall who introduced me to the idea that there are people who allegedly have “more money than sense.” But it was a phrase that came to mind, some months back, when I wrote an article that examined (and questioned) the notion of paying $1,000 for a cup of tea. I should note that… Continue reading
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