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  • The Horror of Lip Marks on Your Teacups

    Oh the horror of lip marks on your teacups. But let’s face it, folks, life is messy. When your teacup gets those nasty lip marks on it that never seem to wash off and just keep building up, your life can seem even messier, bordering on total disaster. Lipstick is, of course, a culprit here,… Continue reading

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  • Taste Beats Price – Amen!

    I drink tea for the taste. Nothing else. Although I’m perfectly fine with all those other reasons why people drink tea. Maybe it’s good for my health in some ways and it seems to give me a boost and whatever else. But I wouldn’t bother drinking it if it didn’t taste good. Which is why… Continue reading

  • Tea Kettle Philosophy — Going “By the Book”

    The water is heating. The scones are baking (and smelling so good!). The teapot is prepped and waiting. Time for my mind to go wondering. The whole concept of going “by the book” was what popped into my tea-deprived brain. It was a phrase that could either instill confidence or fear of over-rigidity. The phrase… Continue reading

  • Tea in the Movies — “Around the World in 80 Days”

    Tea in the movies is a real requirement when any of the characters are British. At least, that’s how it seems. So, tea being portrayed as an essential ingredient in a civilized life comes as no surprise in a movie adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic novel Around the World in 80 Days. My favorite version… Continue reading

  • The Non-endangered Species “Teaprincessica normalis”

    Let’s face it — the species Teaprincessica normalis is definitely not endangered. There are plenty of us out there with special tearooms, a collection of unusual yet useful teawares, a penchant for finding great places to take tea, and so on. And based on what I see on Facebook and other sites, the tea party… Continue reading

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  • Tea and a Good Book

    Few things are as satisfying as sitting down with a good cup of tea and a good book. I sense many of you readers nodding along in agreement, but I wonder exactly why this is the case. Having recently (and unusually) had some time to get deeply stuck into a good book, I have been… Continue reading

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  • The Wonderful Variety That Is Tea!

    I’m a person who knows what I like and who doesn’t hesitate to say so. I’m also a person who knows that other people have their own preferences. Sometimes, being so vocal about what I like is taken by them as more of a dictate, dissing their choices. Purely unintentional. One person stating an opinion… Continue reading

  • Stopping for Tea in Bremen, Germany

    Should you find yourself wandering around Bremen in need of some tea, rest assured that there is a delightful place to stop. Bremen, a small city in north-western Germany, is an extremely walkable city, especially if you are spending most of your time in the cultural and historic centre of the city known as the… Continue reading

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  • What Makes Music into “Tea Music”?

    Before we get to discuss what would define music as tea music, we first need to answer the question, whether there is such thing as “tea music” at all. It seems that while music seems to be rarely composed for the particular purpose of being tea music, some of the music that is basically produced… Continue reading

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  • Tea — a Replacement for Coffee?

    A recent Tea Forum showed how those of us in North America are becoming more conscious of tea. That is, we’re not just willy-nilly grabbing that cheap teabag, dunking it in tepid water, and slurping down the resulting sorry excuse for tea. As great as all that is, I’d like to go a step further… Continue reading

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