William I. Lengeman III
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Tea Is Tops with Natural Foods Shoppers
What are “natural” foods? Hmmm. If there was ever a term that brought to mind the phrase “buyer beware,” it’s that one. There’s apparently no clear definition for “natural,” as it relates to food, but that doesn’t keep grocery shoppers from gravitating toward foods that are perceived as such. As one tea news site reported… Continue reading
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A Little More Smoke
I’ve written about smoky teas a number of times in these pages, mostly discoursing about how much I didn’t like them. My latest opus on this topic is here. Once upon a time you would not have heard a good word pass from my lips about smoky teas. Not that it was for lack of… Continue reading
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Tea or Coffee Reigns Supreme in the UK – Which Is It?
So, which is more popular in the United Kingdom – coffee or tea? Well, that’s an easy one. After all, the United Kingdom might not be the place where tea drinking was invented, but they certainly spared no enthusiasm when it came to adopting the practice. But’s it’s not quite that simple. Or at least… Continue reading
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The Poetry of Tea Names
If you haven’t noticed yet, let me direct your attention to the fact that many tea names are comparatively bland and utilitarian. Let’s leave aside for now any names that have to do with a specific tea merchant such as Twinings, PG Tips, and the like, and focus on some of the rest. Perhaps one… Continue reading
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Monthly Tea Gadget and Offbeat News Report VII
It’s been a long time since I’ve used one of those tea infusers that you stuff with tea and stick into a cup of hot water. The consensus is that they’re not the best at making tea, since they don’t usually allow the water sufficient room to swirl around the leaves. I can buy that,… Continue reading
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Rethinking the Perfect Cup of Tea
I’ve written about that elusive creature known as the perfect cup of tea on a number of occasions now. My most recent thoughts are here. I’m still not convinced that such an item exists. But I guess all we can do is to try our best to get as close as we can to that… Continue reading
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Virtual Tea Estate Tours
I’ve noticed something over the course of the years that I’ve been writing about tea. Actually I’ve noticed quite a few things but the one most pertinent to this discussion is that while there are a zillion and a half tea merchant sites, tea blogs and whatever other Internet stuff related to tea, there don’t… Continue reading
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On the Origins of Earl Grey Tea
If memory serves right there’s only one major type of tea that’s named for a person and that would be Earl Grey, a variety that’s most often made by flavoring black tea with the aromatic oil from the peel of a citrus fruit called bergamot. Which makes for a very aromatic product indeed, and it’s certainly… Continue reading
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Taste Beats Price – Amen!
I drink tea for the taste. Nothing else. Although I’m perfectly fine with all those other reasons why people drink tea. Maybe it’s good for my health in some ways and it seems to give me a boost and whatever else. But I wouldn’t bother drinking it if it didn’t taste good. Which is why… Continue reading
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The Teaist Manifesto
In the last book column I wrote for this site I made mention of a book I’d run across that had to do with coffee, of all things. Let me once again make it perfectly clear that I have not gone over to the dark side. I’m pretty sure that I’ll be a tea drinker… Continue reading
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