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The Tea Anarchist’s Handbook
I spend all of my day drinking tea. I taste for professional reasons. I blend and taste and I taste the blends of others in our company. I taste competitor teas. I don’t ever taste tea bags, except every so often when someone invents a “new kind that actually tastes good”, which it invariably doesn’t.… Continue reading
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Some Relatives of the Tea Plant to Grow in the U.S.
The rush to grow tea in the U.S. is on, with brave agronomical pioneers in several states boldly going where… you know the rest. But wait, there are already several relatives of the tea plant (Camellia Sinensis) blooming from coast to coast. Well, almost. Camellias, azaleas, and rhododendrons are the generally known names. You can’t… Continue reading
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The Perfect Shade of Tea
When it comes to tea the notion of color plays a role in a number of ways. To start with, there are the main types of tea. Four of these (black, green, white, yellow) are named for colors. There’s also oolong, which is sometimes (but not so often) referred to as blue tea and keep… Continue reading
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Lining Up Your Arsenal of Teawares
Tea is said to soothe and invigorate. But it can do neither if you don’t line up your arsenal of teawares for a proper steeping. The basics are the same, but the details can vary, depending on which tea you are steeping. Start with the tea and the rest will follow. Black Tea Flavored or… Continue reading
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7 Tea Leaf Styles That Steep Poorly in a Tea Ball
In 5 Reasons to Ditch the Tea Ball, I gave you just that. But if you need more convincing, here are tea leaf styles that don’t do too well in a tea ball (and, quite frankly, I don’t think there is any kind left that does do well). Here are the basic issues per tea… Continue reading
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A Primer on Water Types and Tea
[Editor’s note: See a list below of more articles on this blog about water, including recommendations on which is best for your tea.] Water should be a fairly simple thing. You use it to wash your cat and to fill water balloons and most importantly, you use it to make tea. But of course when… Continue reading
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5 Reasons to Ditch the Tea Ball
Over the past year or so I have been listing 5 of this or 3 of that. From 5 signs that your tea time is morphing into something along this particular line or that to 3 reasons for doing something a certain way. It seems a convenient way to highlight the highlights, the salient points,… Continue reading
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Should You Stir, Swirl, or Dunk During Tea Steeping?
Stirring, swirling, and dunking during tea steeping seem to be common activities. Are they done out of habit or necessity, though? A little bit of tea experiments might be needed here. What Are Stirring, Swirling, and Dunking? Basically, these are all ways to move the tea pieces around in the tea steeping vessel. Which you… Continue reading
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On the Science of Perfect Tea
I currently contribute a monthly column to this site on tea books and one on tea gadgets and offbeat news. I don’t intend to start writing about perfect tea on a regular basis, but given how many people are offering advice on achieving this lofty goal it’s safe to say there’s no shortage of material… Continue reading
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How to Properly Measure Different Types of Tea
One of the keys to a proper cuppa tea is getting the ratio of water to tea just right. So, many tea vendors and tea advisors say to use a certain number of teaspoons full of tea per cup of water. There are several things to note here, so we are going to go through… Continue reading
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