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William I. Lengeman III

  • On Tasting Tea

    If you’ve ever had the misfortune to drink tea while you have a cold, you’ve probably discovered a simple truth: even the best tea in the world is no good unless you can taste it properly. Professional tea tasters use a strict set of procedures to make sure that they can do their job effectively,… Continue reading

  • The Natural History of the Tea-Tree

    As I noted in a recent article in these pages, the massive Google Books archive is a treasure trove for anyone with an interest in history, casual or otherwise. That includes tea lovers too. That article took a look at a volume from 1882 called The Tea Cyclopaedia. But there are tea books in the… Continue reading

  • On the Merits of Good Tea

    So try this: go to Google and type “how to prepare the perfect cup of tea” (without the quotes). Or better yet, I’ll save you the trouble — I did so, and Google was happy to supply me with a little more than two million results. Which tells me that there’s a lot of interest… Continue reading

  • Taking Tea to the Next Level

    Who will be the Starbucks of tea? Don’t laugh – it’s a phrase that’s cropped up in recent years as tea’s popularity continues to grow and Starbucks remains the 800-pound gorilla of the hot beverage market. In fact, it’s a phrase that’s become popular enough to return about three thousand results on a Google search.… Continue reading

  • A Proper Cup of Tea

    What’s the right way to prepare and consume tea? Fill a gaiwan with a large amount of loose leaf tea, steep for 15-30 seconds at a pop, serve in teeny tiny cups and repeat until the leaves have lost every trace of flavor? Drop two cheap black tea bags into a mug, zap them in… Continue reading

  • Perspectives on Tea: The Tea Cyclopaedia

    Say what you want about Google’s ambitious plan to digitize every book in the known universe (and perhaps in all parallel universes too), but you can’t say that it hasn’t been a boon to tea historians and anyone else who has an interest in seeing how tea used to be produced and consumed. A cursory… Continue reading

  • The Road to Tea

    All roads lead to Rome — it’s a phrase that used to mean exactly that. Some of the first great road builders, the Romans, were renowned for the network of high quality roads that fanned out throughout their empire. These days the phrase could be taken to mean that, regardless of what route you choose, you’re… Continue reading

  • A Guide to Indian Tea

    Where does your tea come from? That depends. There are many tea-growing countries around the world, including the United States and England, which grow relatively marginal amounts of the stuff. But in all likelihood the tea you’re consuming right now comes from one of the world’s top five producers. In order of output they are… Continue reading

  • On the Reliability of Tea

    It’s happened to me many times and I strongly suspect that other tea drinkers have experienced the same problem. That tea that was so fantastic the first few times I drank it turns out to be a disappointment when I sample another batch. I’ve even experienced this not so desirable phenomenon from one cup of… Continue reading

  • Kombucha

    There’s no such thing as bad publicity — or so the saying goes. Which may or may not be true, but it seems that the great flapdoodle over kombucha last summer only served to make this once cultish beverage better known to many consumers. To summarize briefly, it began in Summer of 2010 when Whole… Continue reading

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