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  • Automatic Tea Makers — The Best of the Rest

    Nowadays, there are a number of tea-making gadgets on the market whose makers have sought to automate the process to as great a degree as possible. While they can be quite useful, they also tend to be pricey, and tea purists often look down their noses at them. But the notion of an automatic teamaker… Continue reading

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  • Mixing Teas

    How many varieties of tea are there? There’s no way to be sure, but there are probably more than anyone would dare to count. First, let’s consider that there are numerous varieties that fall into one of the six major categories of tea: black, green, oolong, white, puerh, and yellow. Next, consider that there are… Continue reading

  • Tea and Temperance

    I’ve written a number of articles at this site and my own about the many and varied things you can do with tea and alcohol. This is no time to rehash the topic, which you can read more about here, for starters. Suffice to say that tea and alcohol come in two main forms –… Continue reading

  • Is Tea a Magic Elixir?

    The short answer – no. Allow me to elaborate a bit. There seems to be a popular notion afoot these days that tea is a potent and miraculous substance that can cure virtually every malady and make us all live to be two hundred years old. I’m exaggerating a bit, but if you do even… Continue reading

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  • A Journey to the Tea Countries of China

    Most of us have probably heard the expression all the tea in China. Which is quite a lot of tea, now that you mention it, given that China is the world’s number one producer of the stuff. But there was a time when all the tea in China and all the tea in the world… Continue reading

  • Tea Lover’s Library 101

    If you’re getting ready to start a tea library or if you just want a few good volumes to help beef up your knowledge of tea, there are any number of options available to you. Here are a few good works to get started with. The True History of Tea By Erling Hoh, Victor H.… Continue reading

  • Tea vs. Coffee — Which Is Better For You?

    Which is healthier – coffee or tea? It’s a topic that probably can’t be adequately addressed within the confines of a short blog post, but it’s an interesting subject to examine nonetheless. First off, I’d like to place myself firmly in that camp — and I’m sure I won’t be alone — of those people who wouldn’t… Continue reading

  • Icons of Tea Advertising

    There are several well-known celebrities who have sung the praises of tea and gotten paid for it, presumably quite well. They include actor Hugh Jackman and rapper Eminem, who have done high-profile advertising campaigns for Lipton, and hockey great Wayne Gretzky, who has served as a spokesperson for Bigelow Tea. But those of us who… Continue reading

  • Is the Sun Setting on Britain’s Tea Empire?

    There’s probably no other nation that’s more closely associated with tea drinking and culture than the United Kingdom. They’ve gone so far as to coin their own term for a cup of tea (“cuppa”) and their annual per capita consumption (5.2 kg) is more than double that of the next closest contender (Turkey, 2.1 kg).… Continue reading

  • Tea and Adult ADHD

    Tea is now being considered as a possible help for adults with ADHD. If you’re like me, the acronym ADHD is one that you might not have been familiar with until recently. It stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), up to five percent of all children… Continue reading

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