William I. Lengeman III
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“Tea Planting in the Outer Himalayah” by Alexander Thorburn McGowan
It’s not just a job. It’s an adventure. We know it best as the slogan for the United States Navy. But it probably could have worked just as well about a century and a half ago for those hardy Britishers who left their homeland and made their way to India to become tea planters. One… Continue reading
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How I Spent 2012 (Tea Edition)
There’s a popular notion that over the course of seven years the cells of the human body regenerate and you’ve essentially become a new person, at least in the physical sense. Whether it’s true or not is not for me to say, but it’s a concept that occurred to me as I reflected on my… Continue reading
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The Year in Tea – A Retrospective
The year in tea closed with a bang, of sorts. If you pay even a little bit of attention to the tea industry you probably already know that. Even if you know nothing about tea you might have heard about the wheeling and dealing between some of the big players in tea retailing and those… Continue reading
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Monthly Tea Gadget and Offbeat News Report II
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to pay tribute yet again to the ingenuity of tea gadget makers everywhere – with a side of offbeat tea-related news. Let’s get on with it. First up, the end of the tea bag. Well, don’t get too worked up about that one yet. There might be a… Continue reading
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A Guide to Tea Festivals
If you’d like to take your love for tea to the next level, why not try a tea festival? Though many of these are geared toward members of the tea industry, some are open to the general population. This is not a comprehensive listing of such gatherings, but it covers some of the best known… Continue reading
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“A Tea-Planter’s Life in Assam” by George M. Barker
Once upon a time, if you wanted a cup of tea, you pretty much had one choice. Well, actually two choices. You either drank tea that came from China or you’d drink no tea at all. And when circumstances call for a cup of tea, the latter choice is hardly a suitable option. The problem… Continue reading
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“A History of the Sale and Use of Tea in England” by Various Authors
I have to confess that my Latin is a little rusty (as in almost non-existent), but through the miracle of the Internet I was able to determine that Defensio Non Provocatio roughly translates to “Defense No Recourse.” Or perhaps that online translator gadget is dead wrong and it doesn’t actually. Another source I found suggests… Continue reading
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Iced Tea – It’s What’s for Winter
It is the wrong half of the year to even be talking about iced tea. I get it. I’m wondering if my Esteemed Editor will even be able to read through another piece that addresses my slightly offbeat tea-related quirk. I won’t go over the basics of it again, since I already did that here,… Continue reading
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My Falling Out with Darjeeling Tea
Things change. Which is a bit of an obvious statement, I know. So to be a little more specific, I’ll say that tastes in tea change. Although to be fair, I can only speak for myself. I’ve only been drinking tea in a serious way (whatever that means) for a little more than seven years.… Continue reading
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Tea Review: English Tea Store Organic Assam TGFOP
In my recent review of the English Tea Store’s Golden Heaven Yunnan, a Chinese black tea, I may have spoken a bit rashly. After many years of enthusiastically banging the drum for Assam tea, I made the comment that “I’m starting to wonder if I don’t like Yunnan better.” Which wasn’t exactly a definitive statement,… Continue reading
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