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  • What’s All This “Tea Liquor” Talk?

    Awhile back the whole issue of tea drunkenness got a once over (see “Is There Really Such a Thing as Being “Tea Drunk”?”), but now we’re going to back up a bit and look at what could be causing this condition: “tea liquor.” Everywhere I look tea drinkers and tea vendors are talking about the… Continue reading

  • How to Serve Tea in Bed

    Whether you are caring for an invalid or treating your spouse or “special someone” to a bit of pampering, knowing how to serve tea in bed can make all the difference in the enjoyment of that occasion. Essential Ingredients This is going to sound like a total no-brainer, but sometimes even the obvious needs to… Continue reading

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  • Pairing Teas with Fall Food Favorites

    Pairing tea and foods in the way that brings out the best of each can be tricky. Add to that the strong flavors that burst on the scene during the Fall season. If your teas can’t hold their own and work with, not against, those strong flavors, you’ll be in for a horrific “battle of… Continue reading

  • On Microflavoring Tea

    Don’t bother looking for a definition of the term “microflavoring” by the way. I tried looking for it, just to be sure, and I didn’t find one. Which is not surprising, given that it’s a term I just recently coined. I don’t expect that it’s going to catch on, but here’s the story of how… Continue reading

  • 5 More Tea Time Faux Pas

    Tea time is for enjoyment, but being on your best behavior is good, too. It makes things more pleasant for everyone. Having explored some rather … uh … well … inappropriate tea time behavior in previous articles (10 Egregious Tea Time Behaviors and Top 5 Tea Time Faux Pas), I am expanding on the list… Continue reading

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  • Tea and the Old-Time Gas Station

    Businesses doing things with care, giving attention to the tasks and to their customers — it all seems to have passed away. Everything is rush-rush, self-serve (like those annoying automated check-out lanes in stores), and somewhat homogenized customer service wise. That can include service at the tea shops. What brought all this to mind was… Continue reading

  • How to Have a Quiet Autumn Tea Moment

    Maybe it’s the longer hours of darkness. Maybe it’s the cooler temperatures, especially at night. Or maybe it’s all the beauty of nature around us with the leaves changing colors against skies that are sometimes crisply blue and sometimes full of clouds thick and full like great wads of gray cotton. Whatever the reason, this… Continue reading

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  • How to Go “Full British” at Tea Time

    There are lots of ways to enjoy tea. None seems more emblematic, though, that the “full British” tea time. But how do you achieve that? Here are some ways. Use British-style Teawares British-style teawares are, by definition, anything that fits that tradition of the uniquely British tea time, whether it’s tea with a “full English”… Continue reading

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  • The “2 Cuppa” Morning

    Ever have one of those days when your alarm clock becomes an endangered species as you fling it across the room for waking you too early and your eyelids go on strike and refuse to rise except to locate the alarm clock that survived its encounter with the bedroom wall so you can smash it… Continue reading

  • A Few Thoughts on Tea Storage

    Allow me to brief you on the fundamentals of tea storage. As an added bonus, I am going to attempt to do so in just one sentence. Store your tea in a cool, dry place in an airtight container that’s not exposed to light. That’s it. Actually you could say a little more about tea… Continue reading

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