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William I. Lengeman III

  • Is Black Tea the New Green Tea?

    One could make the argument that there are essentially six broad categories of tea: black, green, white, oolong, puerh, and yellow. For the average tea drinker, the last two of these probably don’t turn up on the radar very often, if at all. White and oolong may be a little more familiar, especially with the… Continue reading

  • Oxygen, Water and Tea

    I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. If you’re not convinced of the importance of water when it comes to preparing tea, try making a cup of tea without it. Which may be a bit extreme but, if you consider how much of your tea is composed of water, then it stands to… Continue reading

  • Keeping Cool with Iced Tea

    Fortunately, there are a number of solutions for preparing iced tea without heating up your surroundings. One of the easiest of these methods is simply to use the microwave to heat water for tea, a solution which does so without throwing off any residual heat. While some of the truly serious tea fanciers suggest that… Continue reading

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  • Tea Meets Vodka

    If you like your tea to have a little bit of a kick, you’re in luck. There are many varieties of alcoholic beverages these days that are flavored with tea. One of the more popular of these categories lately seems to be vodka. Perhaps it’s because vodka is a clear, relatively flavorless liquid that distillers… Continue reading

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  • Iced Tea Tidbits and Trivia

    National Iced Tea Month (June) is gone, but iced tea season is still upon us. That’s especially noteworthy in the United States, where more than eighty percent of all tea consumed is iced. While we’re not known for being one of the great tea-drinking nations, our consumption of iced tea is so substantial that in… Continue reading

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  • Fighting MRSA with Tea?

    I have to confess that before writing this article I was a little bit out of the loop when it comes to MRSA. Which is to say that not only did I not know that it was a problem, but I had never even heard of it. So, as a service for those of you… Continue reading

  • Gadgets, Gadgets and More Tea Gadgets

    I report on tea gadgets here from time to time, as you may have noticed. If you’re wondering why these reports turn up so often, there’s a perfectly simple explanation — the tea gadgets just keep on coming. Whether they may be the good, the bad or the pointless, the flow of tea gadgets is… Continue reading

  • Sam Johnson Stands Up for Tea

    One of the great men of English letters, Samuel Johnson lived in the eighteenth century and is arguably best known as the subject of one of the most famous biographies of them all — James Boswell’s Life of Samuel Johnson. Much more importantly, at least for purposes of this article and tea culture in general,… Continue reading

  • More Offbeat Teas

    Tea is grown and produced in many countries around the world, but there are several tea-growing regions that are best known for turning out one specific variety of tea. Take Japan, for instance, which is known primarily for its many varieties of green tea and not much else. Or the state of Assam, which is… Continue reading

  • The Buzz on Rooibos

    We’ve featured a few articles on rooibos in these pages before. It’s an herbal beverage that’s not exactly a new phenomenon in our part of the world, but then again it’s far from being a household word, at least not yet. If rooibos is not a word that’s in your vocabulary just yet, here’s a… Continue reading

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