William I. Lengeman III
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The Tea Biz – Go Big or Go Home?
What’s good for General Motors is good for America. Forget about the fact that this is a rather famous example of a misquote, of sorts. Accurate or not, consider that in some people’s minds this statement has come to signify that a particular business can become so large that its fortunes and misfortunes might have… Continue reading
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Coffee Versus Tea (Another Round)
I grow weary. For purposes of this article, what I’ve specifically grown weary of is the ongoing battle, of sorts, between tea and coffee drinkers. If you look through the archives at my own tea site, you’ll see that I took part in this sort of thing for a time, but now I’m over it… Continue reading
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All I Want For Christmas
As an accident prone young feller, I was without my two front teeth for a while. But I’ve got that covered now, so I’ll turn my attentions to a few tea-related items I might like to see under the Christmas tree. First, a few things that won’t be on my list. Like those fancy high-falutin’… Continue reading
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Tea Review: English Tea Store Keemun Panda
If pressed to choose my least favorite type of tea, I’d probably have to go with Lapsang Souchong. For those who may never have heard of it, it’s a Chinese type of black tea whose leaves are cured/flavored by exposing them to the smoke of a pine wood fire – or at least “real” Lapsang… Continue reading
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Classic Tea Party Books
The phrase “tea party” has a number of meanings nowadays. It might refer to an actual tea party, complete with actual tea and those cute little crustless sandwiches. Or it might refer to a political movement of recent vintage. Or it could refer to a number of political uprisings that took place during our colonial… Continue reading
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The Founding of Golden Moon Tea
What makes someone start a tea business? Especially in a day and age when we’ve seen a number of relatively big players elbow their way to the top of the heap, not to mention what seems like a never-ending stream of smaller merchants who have also tossed their hats into the ring? For Marcus Stout,… Continue reading
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Monthly Tea Gadget and Offbeat News Report I
If you’ve been to this site before, you may have noticed that we’ve featured quite a few editions of gadget and offbeat news reports thus far. But since it’s such a frequent feature, the Esteemed Editor decided to put one together every month, and this will be the first of them. So, let’s get on… Continue reading
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Tea Review: English Tea Store’s Nine Bend Black Dragon
You could probably spend a lifetime studying the topic of Chinese tea, if you were so inclined, and still not get to the bottom of it. All of the major types of tea are grown there and the sheer number of varieties that fall into those categories are enough to put a strain on your… Continue reading
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“The Past and Present State of the Tea Trade of England,” by Robert Montgomery Martin
When setting out to pen a book on tea, writers of previous centuries didn’t really concern themselves much with coming up with a snappy title. I’ve written about a number of such tomes in the past here and the subject of this article is hardly no exception. Then again, perhaps a title like The Past… Continue reading
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Tea in Strange Places – Hawaii
With all due respect to the good people of our fiftieth state, most of us in the other forty-nine and likely much of the world at large probably think of it as a sun-drenched vacation spot whose main exports are pineapple, macadamia nuts, and a high grade of coffee known as Kona. But in recent… Continue reading
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