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  • Tearoom Manners

    Tearoom manners are a breed all their own. But even regular manners are tricky business. What’s rude and what isn’t seems to change daily. Gents tipping their hats to ladies. Ladies wearing gloves everywhere they went. And so on. Even so, some things are so steady that they are “givens” in polite society and need… Continue reading

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  • My Falling Out with Darjeeling Tea

    Things change. Which is a bit of an obvious statement, I know. So to be a little more specific, I’ll say that tastes in tea change. Although to be fair, I can only speak for myself. I’ve only been drinking tea in a serious way (whatever that means) for a little more than seven years.… Continue reading

  • Tea Moments — Slow Down and Savor

    Rush, rush, rush… sometimes we are so busy that we just gulp our tea, but it’s good to slow down and savor the flavor of that tea now and then. This can be a good thing in two ways. First, it can be quite a stress reliever. Second, it can also help you break away… Continue reading

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  • Tea Pantry Fever

    Tis the season for colds and sore throats and flu and fevers. And the worst fever is tea pantry fever! Recently, one of those seasonal bugs hit me, and I had several days of a scratchy throat, achiness, ears ringing, and a general dull feeling. Anyone who follows me on Facebook and Twitter knows that… Continue reading

  • Coffee Versus Tea (Another Round)

    I grow weary. For purposes of this article, what I’ve specifically grown weary of is the ongoing battle, of sorts, between tea and coffee drinkers. If you look through the archives at my own tea site, you’ll see that I took part in this sort of thing for a time, but now I’m over it… Continue reading

  • Tea — A Global Experience

    Our “shrinking world” has been a catchphrase used for quite a few years now. It basically means that communications and travel have gotten faster and cheaper. Both have certainly made tea a truly global experience. Tea shipments are faster, and you can tweet about them on Twitter, post about them on Facebook and your blog,… Continue reading

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  • 5 Things to Do While Your Tea Is Steeping

    Steeping tea can take a little time, from heating the water and prepping the teapot to the actual steeping. How long it all takes depends on the tea being steeped. The longest steeping time I’ve done for a single infusion was ten minutes for Young Pu-erh. It was an experiment to see if the tea… Continue reading

  • The Tea Princess Loses Internet Access

    Life is full of its bumps and jolts along with the smooth sailing parts. That’s just reality. But how we deal with those bumps and jolts is a key to happiness. For us Tea Princesses, the thing that helps us deal and therefore achieve that happiness is, of course, tea! Thus it was when this… Continue reading

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  • Tea Terminology — “Tea Soup”

    Tea terminology can sometimes seem very fluid (pun intended), so when I saw the term “tea soup” being used, it was no surprise. Since this first sighting, I have seen other sites using this term, too. I suspect, though, that the term has come about based on an issue of translation. The site I originally… Continue reading

  • Pairing Tea and Food — Cream-Style Corn Chowder and Kenyan Tea

    Time for another recipe (the 8th in a baker’s dozen)! This is another that goes great with tea. Be adventurous and give her recipe a try with a pot of the tea named and assess the pairing for yourself. The recipe: Cream-Style Corn Chowder Your mom probably told you not to play with your food,… Continue reading

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