William I. Lengeman III
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Flavor First
There are any number of reasons why a person might choose to drink tea – unless you happen to be yours truly. Then there’s really only one reason. For many tea drinkers the appeal of Camellia sinensis, as with coffee and other beverages, is that it makes a fairly effective caffeine delivery system. I’m not… Continue reading
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“Tsiology; A Discourse on Tea” by a tea dealer
If you’re reading this article, you probably noted the title and may have been wondering, as I did, what tsiology is and what it has to do with tea. Fair enough, but I can’t offer much in the way of enlightenment on that count. As far as I can tell, it’s a term that the… Continue reading
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China’s Black Teas: Keemun
If I had to choose one type of tea to drink exclusively for the rest of my life, I’d probably have to go with black tea. If I had to narrow that down even further and choose just one variety of black tea to drink exclusively for the rest of my life, there’s no doubt… Continue reading
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Green Tea and Flu
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), seasonal influenza, which most of us simply know as flu, typically peaks in the United States in January or February. The CDC notes that the severity of flu season is unpredictable and says that the 2010-2011 flu season was less severe than the previous season… Continue reading
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Tea Gadgets and Offbeat Tea News
It’s been a while since our last report on tea gadgets but the flow of new gadgets never seems to stop. Let’s start by getting a few bits of offbeat tea news out of the way. If you’re looking for a surefire formula for getting media attention I’d venture to say that something to do… Continue reading
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The A-Z of Tea Terms
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines “argot” as “an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group.” Read on for a few examples of argot specific to tea and check out The A-Z of Tea Types here. Agony of the Leaves A fanciful description of what happens to tea leaves when hot… Continue reading
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10 Lessons I’ve Learned About Tea
I’m not one of those people who have been drinking tea since birth. As a matter of fact, I’ve only been a tea drinker for a relatively short period of time, about ten percent of my life. But over the course of the past few years I’ve been doing my best to make up for… Continue reading
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The Colors of Tea
Tea is a colorful sort of substance, as you may have noticed. But forget about the many colors of our teaware and all of the other ancillary equipment that comes with tea drinking for a moment and think about the actual colors of tea itself. There’s black, of course, the old tried and true workhorse… Continue reading
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“Tea, Its Mystery and History” by Samuel Phillips Day
Say what you want about life in the digital era, but don’t say that it hasn’t brought us a wealth of books in electronic form that previously were not readily available to most of us. Of course, that includes books about tea, a number of which we’ve taken a look at in these very pages.… Continue reading
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The A-Z of Tea Types
There’s a type of tea for every letter of the alphabet (except maybe V – see below), but of course that’s only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the great wide world of tea varieties. Won’t you sing along with me? ♪ ♫ “A, B, C, D…” ♫ ♪ Assam A state… Continue reading
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