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  • Tea Catechins 101

    With all of the attention to the many alleged health benefits of tea nowadays, you tend to hear certain terms a lot. One of those terms is catechins. Which leads to the obvious question – what are they? I have to admit that, as much as I write about tea, I wasn’t completely clear on… Continue reading

  • Thinking Like a Beginner About Tea

    Those of us who have been drinking tea for a while might tend to forget that there are a lot of people for whom tea is a mystery. Which is probably more likely to be the case in a country like our own United States than someplace that’s more tea-centric, like the United Kingdom. I… Continue reading

  • Things to Do While Drinking Tea

    There are any number of things you can do while drinking tea. The possibilities are probably limited only by the imagination. But there might be a few things you don’t want to try. I don’t drink tea while sleeping (I’m still working on that one), and I’m betting that trying to drink it while you’re… Continue reading

  • “Tea,” by Edward Bamber

    I’ve lost track of how many old tea books I’ve written about by now. But it’s safe to say that, if you were so inclined, you could spend quite a bit of time reading these volumes, all of which I’ve accessed online for free. I was starting to think I was exhausting the supply of… Continue reading

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  • Green Tea: The Early Years

    When I was a younger feller I was not particularly aware of tea. But I knew enough to know that “tea” and black tea were one and the same. I’m sure there must have been a few people here in the United States – even in those unenlightened days – who drank other types of… Continue reading

  • A Primer on Tea Serving Robots

    It’s likely that most of the robots actually in use these days are being put to work in less than glamorous situations, such as being employed in some type of industry. But it’s the more or less human type robots that we see in science fiction that tend to capture people’s imagination. Robots that tend… Continue reading

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  • On the Fine Art of Tea Pouring

    Pouring tea is how we get the tea from the pot to the cup, and that’s about all there is to it. Right? Well, perhaps not so much, now that you mention it. There’s actually a little more to it than that. As previous articles in these pages have noted, you can learn how to… Continue reading

  • Recent and Upcoming Tea Books 18

    When I wrote a profile of tea person and author Babette Donaldson a little while back it somehow escaped my notice that she had written a tea-themed book for children. Although I guess it’s more correct to call it a book for both children and adults. It’s called Fun With Tea: Activities for Tea Loving… Continue reading

  • A Briefing on Billy Tea

    For tea at its most basic (and probably hair-raisingly strong) you might try preparing it in the manner that’s used in the Australian bush – using a billycan, sometimes simply referred to as a billy. Rather than attempt to instruct you in this art I’ll point you to our previous articles on the topic. As… Continue reading

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  • Fresh-Brewed Iced Tea from a Convenience Store?

    I ran across a press release recently that announced that a certain well known convenience store chain was rolling out something called “fresh-brewed” iced tea in its stores. Which got me to wondering. I’ve seen this phrase used before and have never thought much about it, but just exactly what does fresh-brewed tea mean? I… Continue reading

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