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  • Theine, Theanine, and Tea

    It’s a bit of a paradox that a drink that contains caffeine can often impart to the drinker a feeling of calm and relaxation. That drink is tea, of course, and the calming compound contained therein is known as theanine. As I noted in an article I wrote here about theanine a few years ago,… Continue reading

  • The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Iced Tea

    From time to time some publication will weigh in on the worst iced teas in all of history – or something to that effect. Perhaps I exaggerate just a bit, but the fact remains that all iced tea is not created equal. You might even go so far as to say that many iced teas… Continue reading

  • Recent and Upcoming Tea Books 7

    How should one conduct oneself at a tea party? Well, if you’re going to learn how I guess the key is to start young. Which is where a book like Tea Party Rules, by Ame Dyckman, might come in handy. It’s geared at tea partiers aged 3-5 and is described as a “laugh-out-loud funny look… Continue reading

  • The Tea Trade, Circa 1834 – The Book

    By the time 1834 rolled around the British had been drinking tea for a couple centuries and tea had gone from being a precious commodity that was only available to those with deep pockets to something resembling the national icon that’s so beloved to this day. The British were just beginning to explore the notion… Continue reading

  • Boseong – Korea’s Green Tea Central

    In the time I’ve been drinking and writing about tea – that’s about eight years now – I’ve never had the pleasure to sample any Korean tea. It’s a major oversight and one that I need to rectify but for the moment I’ll have to live with it. With all due respect to South Korea,… Continue reading

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  • Offbeat Tea & Tea Treats

    I’m still not sure what the make of the name Teagurt, if I do say so myself. Is it clever or just plain dopey? I guess that’s not for me to decide. In any event, if you weren’t tipped off by the name, you might want to know that Teagurt was described in a recent… Continue reading

  • Historical Takes on Iced Tea

    As I write this, we’re approaching the midpoint of summer, and if that’s not a prime time for iced tea drinking, I’m not sure what is. It’s hard to say with any certainty who might have been the first to come up with iced tea. But we here in America are enthusiastic fans of it… Continue reading

  • The Great Tea Bag vs. Loose Tea Controversy

    Unless I’m forgetting something, I think it’s fairly safe to say that there aren’t that many terribly contentious issues having to do with tea. There’s that business about whether to put the milk in first and some minor disagreement about how to evaluate the caffeine content and there may be something else that’s slipped my… Continue reading

  • Wild Tea, Mid-Atlantic Style

    As a native of Pennsylvania, writing this article for tea merchants who are headquartered in the same state, I’d like to be able to say that it’s a hotbed of tea production. But it’s not and it probably never has been. But I ran across an interesting story not so long ago about the time… Continue reading

  • Iced Tea Around the World

    For as long as I have been writing about tea the common wisdom about American iced tea consumption is that we drink a lot of it. The figure given for the percentage of tea we drink in iced form is typically in the range of 80-85%. Which I don’t dispute, although I find it odd… Continue reading

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