Tea Enjoyment
Moments, stories, traditions, books to read with tea, etc., showing how tea is part of life.
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Traveling Light
I am one of those people who cannot survive without the pleasure of a good cup of tea. This attitude on my part can make traveling the highways and by-ways of average America, as well as visiting most of my coffee-drinking friends and relatives, something of a trick. For example, whenever we start out early… Continue reading
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Tea & Food & Culture
A recent tea tasting experience made very apparent to me the importance of pairing food and tea, and how those two things tie in with culture. Trying a tea from a different culture could be a shock for your tastebuds. Many tea experts agree that teas are often developed to go with the local cuisine.… Continue reading
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Tea on the Road
If you’re a casual tea drinker or if you don’t drink tea at all you might find it unusual the lengths that some tea drinkers will go to to make sure they have a supply of high quality tea when they travel. The number of tearooms and tea houses in the United States alone has… Continue reading
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Let Your “Tea Nose” Do the Talking
Tea drinkers don’t always realize what an asset their nose is for selecting and savoring tea. Your sense of smell is probably 70% of your enjoyment of foods and beverages, especially tea. With thousands of blends, those aromas can tell you a lot about how well you’ll like the taste of the steeped tea. Sometimes,… Continue reading
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Tea — It’s What’s for Breakfast
Tea is a splendid idea any time of day – morning, noon or night, before, with or after a meal. So why is it that we have something called a “Breakfast Tea” and what does it have to do with Breakfast? The blend itself, which is comprised of Assam, Ceylon and Kenyan tea, and is… Continue reading
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Book Review — “Cha-No-Yu: The Japanese Tea Ceremony” by A.L. Sadler
While I may be the tea expert in my small circle of family and friends, I am repeatedly humbled by those out there whose knowledge vastly surpasses my own. I know what I like, and a little bit about the industry, but feel that there is always so much more that I still need to… Continue reading
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Teatime Memory — My Summer Job
Sitting down at teatime is always a great break in the day. You can set aside your tasks and cares to replenish body and soul. For me, this is also a time of reflection. As tea flows from the pot to the cup, so memories flow from the past to the present in my mind.… Continue reading
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Book Review — “The Tea Rose” by Jennifer Donnelly
Jennifer Donnelly’s novel The Tea Rose features the spirited Irish lass Fiona Finnegan. Employed by a tea factory and saving to start her own tea shop, Fiona’s dreams of a happily ever after with Joe Bristow seem assured. Then tragedy strikes, costing Fiona both her father and her future with Joe. Over many years, Fiona… Continue reading
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Going Out For Tea
Tea is hot – if you’ll pardon the expression – and it seems a pretty good bet that it’s going to get even hotter in upcoming years. As interest in tea has surged in recent years there has been a corresponding increase in the number of tearooms and teahouses where we can go to enjoy… Continue reading
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Tearoom Dilemma
Going to a tearoom can pose a dilemma: if you don’t know why you’re there, you can’t get the most out of the experience. Is it for a social event where you and your family, friends, or fellow members of the “Red Hat Society” meet? A meal featuring tea and tiny teatime tidbits (finger sandwiches,… Continue reading
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