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Making Wine from Tea?
Disclaimer: The English Tea Store Blog encourages you to drink responsibly. This is not the first time I’ve written about tea and related products available for purchase , and more specifically about alcoholic beverages made or flavored with tea. For example, see this article exploring beers and similar beverages made using tea , as well… Continue reading
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Get Pinterested in Tea
Where do you draw the line when it comes to social media? There are only 24 hours in a day, and if you tried to keep up with every platform out there, you could easily spend most of that time online. But every now and then, something comes along that’s hard to ignore—even if you’re… Continue reading
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Profiles in Tea: Jennifer Petersen, The Cuppa Countess
I’ve known Jennifer Petersen for many years, and it seems like every time I talk to her she’s involved in some exciting new project. If you ask Jennifer what she does, she’ll tell you simply “I network. I love meeting people and listening to their stories.” Recently I asked Jennifer to tell me her story.… Continue reading
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Tea and the Smallholders
While looking into tea growing and production in Africa, I kept coming across the term “smallholder.” To folks here in the U.S. who aren’t totally immersed in the process of growing tea, this term might be a bit puzzling. Never fear, for the answer is right here. Hee! Just as in farming here in the… Continue reading
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Tea Gadget and Offbeat News, Part ?
I’ve lost track of how many gadget and offbeat tea news reports I’ve written so far, but the supply of unusual tea-related items certainly hasn’t dried up. So let’s jump right in. One of the more curious inventions this time around is Coffee Joulies, stainless steel temperature-regulating beans designed to cool and maintain beverage heat… Continue reading
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Tea in America – Some History
For those of us who appreciate tea, it can be easy to forget that tea drinkers are somewhat of a minority in the United States. Despite popular belief, Americans did not abandon tea following the Boston Tea Party. Today, the country is perhaps best known for its consumption of iced tea and sweet tea, particularly… Continue reading
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Whether Weather Affects Tea
An item on Facebook about drought affecting Assam tea started me wondering whether weather really has an effect on tea. The answer: Well, duh! Of course it does! The real question is “How?” So, I went digging online to see what the “experts” had to say. Not as easy as you would think. The Assam… Continue reading
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Arcane Tea Terms: Hyson & Singlo
In my first look at this topic, I suggested that given the wide range of tea varieties and terminology, a dedicated tea dictionary would be a useful reference. As it turns out, tea authority James Norwood Pratt has already produced such a resource. This ties in with this earlier exploration of archaic tea terms such… Continue reading
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Movin’ on … TeaGuide Tea Room Directory Closes
It was a little over sixteen years ago when I first discovered tea on the Internet. In those nascent times people met online via newsgroups, with its tons of topics about everything under the sun. From a tea newsgroup I found the Teatime listserv, originally created by a tea chemist for tea professionals but later… Continue reading
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