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5 Steps to Easing Your Online Tea Order
Ordering online is quite commonplace nowadays — the change from store hopping (driving from one store to another) to web site hopping (cruising online from one web site to another) has been relatively swift. Thanks to this wonderful development, we lovers of all things tea have a plethora of choices at our fingertips. There are… Continue reading
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A Narrative of the Conduct of the Tea-Dealers
There are some tea merchants who pride themselves on sourcing directly from growers, eliminating intermediaries. In many cases, however, tea still passes through one or more middlemen before reaching retailers and ultimately consumers. This has long been a common practice within the tea industry, as illustrated by historical documents that have survived through digitization. One… Continue reading
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How Tea Became Hip
How did tea become hip? Hold on a minute. Things have improved in recent years or perhaps even decades, but one could still argue that tea is suffering from an image problem. You know the one – staid tea rooms frequented by ladies of a certain age, neatly trimmed crustless sandwiches, and so on. Not… Continue reading
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The Tea Gadget & Offbeat News Report
You don’t have to look too hard to find a silly news headline these days. One of my favorite tea-related ones in recent weeks comes from the British press. It’s the one that claims that Yorkshire Tea Saved My Lamb’s Life. While I thought I’d heard of many, if not most, of the alleged health… Continue reading
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“Tea in Assam,” by Samuel Baildon
If pressed to choose a favorite type of tea, I wouldn’t have a problem. I’d go with any one of a number of single-estate black varieties from Assam, a state in northeastern India. Though it’s important to note that much of the tea grown in Assam, the world’s single largest growing region, is not necessarily… Continue reading
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Profiles in Tea: Virginia (“Cinnabar”) Wright – a.k.a. Gongfu Girl
What does it take to open a tea shop, especially in a down economy? You’ll need good planning, in-depth tea knowledge, an enduring dream, and perhaps a little madness. Which describes Virginia Wright, proprietor of Phoenix Tea in Burien, Washington, to a “tea.” How did you get involved with tea? I’ve always been interested in… Continue reading
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News Bites From the World of Tea
As mentioned in this discussion of efforts to designate tea as India’s national drink , India’s tea industry has long hoped for official recognition at the national level. However, momentum behind the proposal has been mixed. According to this report on government debate over recognizing tea as a national beverage in India , official support… Continue reading
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Tea Education Through Pictures
There is a Chinese proverb that says “One Picture is Worth Ten Thousand Words”. The modern take on this proverb has reduced the number of words to a mere thousand but the meaning is essentially the same. When it comes to tea education, there is nothing more compelling than a few pictures to illustrate precisely… Continue reading
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Rapping About Tea
[Editor’s warning: The Prep-Unit video linked to in this article will inspire hilarity. Swallow you sip of tea first, and please watch responsibly!] Like it or not, in the minds of many people tea still has a reputation as being a somewhat stodgy item favored by aging ladies with garish hats nibbling sandwiches with the… Continue reading
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Tea Pioneers: The Bruce Brothers
For quite some time now tea and tea culture have been considered a rather genteel sort of pursuit, whether it be the tea parties favored by ladies of a certain age or the quiet meditative pursuits of Asian-style tea drinking and ceremonies. But when it came to the pioneering efforts of certain key tea pioneers,… Continue reading
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