William I. Lengeman III
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Why Your White Tea Tastes Lousy
Not so long ago, in the quest to find the next big thing in tea (a notion which pretty much equates to “the next green tea”) it seems that a lot of media types and tea merchants began to turn their attention to white tea. This makes some sense, to be honest, since white tea,… Continue reading
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Gunpowder Green Tea Varieties
No one can truly say how many varieties of tea there are, at least not with any degree of accuracy. Suffice to say that it’s a very large number – in the hundreds, at least, and perhaps even into the thousands. Even if you discount the other five types (black, oolong, puerh, yellow, white) and… Continue reading
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Chai 101
If you’re drinking tea, then technically you’re drinking chai. At least if you’re located in one of several countries where the words “chai” and “tea” are one and the same. But for most tea drinkers, what we think of when someone mentions chai is a little different. The creamy blend of spicy hot tea known… Continue reading
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Book Review — “The True History of Tea”
I’ve had the pleasure of reading and reviewing a number of excellent tea books over the past few years, several of which took a reasonably close look at the history of tea. But worthwhile though these might be, in the history department they don’t really hold a candle to Mair and Hoh’s thorough and entertaining… Continue reading
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A Guide To Tea Festivals
If you’re a serious tea lover you probably don’t need much of a reason to kick up your heels and sing the praises of tea. But if you’re looking to gather with like-minded souls to celebrate the merits of Camellia sinensis, here are a handful of noteworthy festivals to add to your calendar. Charleston Tea… Continue reading
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Beyond Black: Expand Your Tea Horizons
As iced tea season looms on the horizon, visitors to these pages have already run across a few articles that take a look at various facets of this warm weather favorite. Of course, the best part of the iced tea experience is drinking mass quantities of it — particularly when you take into consideration the… Continue reading
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The Tea Bag
While not all tea drinkers are enamored of tea bags as an alternative to loose leaf tea, there’s no question that the tea bag is a popular choice for millions of tea lovers worldwide. By some accounts, which are probably more legendary than factual, tea drinking came about in 2737 B.C. when Chinese emperor Shen… Continue reading
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Types of Breakfast Tea
Breakfast may or may not be the most important meal of the day but it’s safe to say that for countless people around the world the breakfast time pick-me-up is the most important drink of the day. If you live in the United States, for example, your morning beverage of choice is likely to be… Continue reading
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Shincha For Spring
In the spring, if we might paraphrase the great poet Alfred Lord Tennyson just a bit, a tea lover’s fancy may turn to thoughts of shincha. Japan is renowned for a number of excellent varieties of green tea and, of these, shincha is considered by many to be one of the best. A Japanese term… Continue reading
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