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  • Kombucha “Tea”

    For the vast majority of people in the world, the word kombucha probably means absolutely nothing. At this point anyone who does know anything about it is likely to be in one of two groups – a small group of hardcore kombucha fans and enthusiasts or those in the greater population who first became aware… Continue reading

  • Spotlight on Green Tea

    If you’ve been following the flood of reports in the media over the course of the last decade or so you could be forgiven for thinking that green tea is the only type of tea. Never mind that there are five others – black, oolong, white, yellow and puerh. Though all of these types of… Continue reading

  • Drunk on Tea?

    Can you get drunk on tea? It may sound ridiculous to even suggest it, but there are some people who believe that it’s possible…kind of. Tea drunkenness is not exactly the same thing as getting smashed on the real stuff but it can leave you in a more or less altered state. Perhaps the easiest… Continue reading

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  • Bottled Tea and Health

    Tea is good for you, right? As a matter of fact there are numerous studies out there that have shown that it probably is. But (with apologies to George Orwell) it wouldn’t be too far off the mark to suggest that when it comes to health benefits, some of the teas are more equal than… Continue reading

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  • Tea Bags: Evolution and More

    Once upon a time there was tea. If you wanted to make a cup of tea or a pot of tea you steeped the loose leaves in water and that was it. And so it went for many thousands of years. And while it seems likely that during those thousands of years someone came up… Continue reading

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  • Black Tea vs. Green Tea

    All tea is not created equal. If you’ve been drinking tea for even a short time you’ve probably already figured this one out. Now far be it from me to suggest that health should be the primary consideration when trying to decide what tea to drink. While tea has been shown to have a potentially… Continue reading

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  • Reading the Leaf – Issue 8

    Of the assorted and sundry tea magazines currently available to readers, one of the most intriguing might turn out to be The Leaf. Though it has only published online editions thus far – and will presumably continue in this vein – it has turned out seven issues of excellent content that has been focused primarily… Continue reading

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  • The Weird Science of Tea

    Tea – it’s not just for drinking anymore. There are actually a number of things you can do with tea besides drinking it. For starters, you can cook with tea, you can use it to dye clothing and the rumor is that you can even use tea bags to remove unsightly bags and wrinkles from… Continue reading

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  • A Treatise on Foreign Teas

    If you scan the articles published at this site you’ll notice that a number of them deal with the potential health benefits to be gained from drinking tea. There are quite a few of these and it seems that there are new findings being released everyday. But what about the dark side of tea drinking?… Continue reading

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  • See the Tea — In Praise of Glass

    There are a number of variables that contribute to making a great cup of tea. First and foremost among them is the quality of tea you’re using. Using bad or lackluster tea leaves is going to result in a bad or lackluster cup of tea, no matter how much tweaking you subject it to. Other… Continue reading

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