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  • Tea — Stimulant or Relaxant?

    by Thomas Kasper Editor’s note: Thomas Kasper is from Germany but now resides in Thailand where he studies and writes about tea. He is also a freelance writer and translator (German, English, and Thai). We are pleased that he is now contributing some of his tea knowledge to this blog. One of the seemingly unresolved… Continue reading

  • Tea Kettle Philosophy — Kitchen Layers

    In our house, and probably in yours, tea is prepared almost always in the kitchen. So, naturally, as I awaited those bubbles to form and the tea kettle to put forth its shrill whistle, my surroundings led my brain down a merry path and ended up with the idea that kitchens have layers. Not quite… Continue reading

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  • Might as Well Face It, You’re Addicted to Tea

    Are you addicted to tea? Oh, phooey. I have to admit that I find it a bit tiresome the way people toss around the word “addiction” so casually these days, often in situations where it simply doesn’t fit. Yeah, you might like chocolate or baseball or anime a whole lot, but it’s highly unlikely that… Continue reading

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  • Tea and a Good Read — “A Dream of Daring” by Gen LaGreca

    Hubby baked up a batch of Sticky Fingers apricot scones, piled some on a plate, and passed them to me. I steeped a pot of strong dark Assam and poured a cuppa, keeping the pot nearby for a refill. Ah, all set, time to dive in to the latest masterpiece from indie author Gen LaGreca:… Continue reading

  • Tea — Great Socializer or Ritualized Individual Distinction?

    Editor’s note: Thomas Kasper is from Germany but now resides in Thailand where he studies and writes about tea. He is also a freelance writer and translator (German, English, and Thai). We are pleased that he is now contributing some of his tea knowledge to this blog. Tea brings opposites from a huge spectrum of… Continue reading

  • Getting into a Conversation About Tea

    Getting into conversations about tea has definitely been an ice breaker for me on more than one occasion. It’s funny how, as soon as you mention you are into tea, other tea lovers immediately open up. On one occasion, I was attending a work-related event where I didn’t really know anyone. I was there to… Continue reading

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  • All Things in Moderation…Even Tea?

    There is an idiom “Moderation in all things” which is usually taken to mean roughly “do not do anything too much or too little” — it’s one I turn a bit sideways to “All things in moderation.” And that includes tea…or does it? The trick here, of course, is how you define “moderation.” That definition… Continue reading

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  • Umami and Tea

    Forget for the moment that it sounds like something from a playground joke (umami’s so fat…). If you’re like me, you probably weren’t aware until relatively recently that umami is one of the five major taste types, along with sweet, sour, bitter, and salty. But it’s nothing new, as a matter of fact, having been… Continue reading

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  • Tea and the La-Z-boy

    Back in the days before I began taking tea enjoyment more seriously (in fact, it was also a few years before I met hubby dearest), I had quite an adventure with a piece of upholstered furniture. Don’t worry — this is strictly G-rated. And you can fix yourself a nice cuppa hot tea to enjoy… Continue reading

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  • 5 Things I Wish I’d Known About Tea

    One does not spring fully formed into this world knowing everything there is to know about tea. It would be nice, but it doesn’t work that way. In my own case I was more than four decades along before I even started drinking the stuff. Then it was quite a few years before I started… Continue reading

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