Tea Enjoyment
Moments, stories, traditions, books to read with tea, etc., showing how tea is part of life.
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The DeWitt Wallace Museum
By Stephanie Hanson This past weekend, I had the pleasure of visiting the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum in Williamsburg, Virginia. Never have I seen so many teapots and tea paraphernalia in one place. In fact, it was quite overwhelming, and requires many hours of scrutiny to fully absorb. The collection focuses on Early American… Continue reading
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Tea Scents Wafting My Way, Part II
By A.C. Cargill Tea scents wafting my way are one of life’s great pleasures, especially since I have a very “sensitive sniffer.” However, that can be an asset and a problem, as I explained in Part I. While I avoid perfumes (and the people wearing them) as much as possible, rather than risk getting a… Continue reading
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Tea Rooms, Tea Courts, and Tea Dances
In the late 1800s the best hotels in the U.S. and the U.K. began to host tea rooms and tea courts. The tea service served in the late afternoon gave the genteel Victorians a place to meet for a sip of tea and conversation. Many of these tea courts became the epitome of elegance like… Continue reading
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Tea Scents Wafting My Way, Part I
By A.C. Cargill Tea scents wafting my way are one of life’s great pleasures, especially since I have a very sensitive nose. Very. No, it’s not grossly oversized like Rostand’s fictional character, Cyrano de Bergerac, or even as large as one-time Vaudevillian and comic actor Jimmy Durante or singer/actor Barbra Streisand. Quite the contrary. It’s… Continue reading
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Tea Moments — Remembering a Thanksgiving Past
By A.C. Cargill The holiday season is fast approaching, starting with Thanksgiving, a time of year that fills people with memories both good and bad. For me, Thanksgiving is always a bit harrowing, since cooking and entertaining has never been my forté. As I sip my tea, a particular memory comes to mind. Early in… Continue reading
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Tea and Travel
Tea. Lovely tea. As a long time fan of camellia sinensis, I’ve more tea than any sane person should have, stashed away in a large cabinet at home – everything from delicate white teas and sticky sweet matcha to smooth-as-silk darjeelings and it-tastes-like-dirt lapsang suchan. Every morning I have a cup to start my day.… Continue reading
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Tea Time Memory – Kitty Waits for Tea
By A.C. Cargill Teatime can also be pet time, especially if you have a cat. Our cat, “TC,” was especially companionable as we sat and sipped and snacked. No disparagement meant to other pets (dogs, birds, fish, lions, tigers, and bears —oh, my!) or their owners, and I admit that I might be a bit… Continue reading
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Tea Party Basics
Are you looking for a fun and affordable way to get together with your friends? Do you like to entertain, yet want to be able to relax and enjoy time with your guests? Do you have a daughter who would love to have a party for her little girlfriends? Then consider hosting your own tea… Continue reading
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Tea Aromas
Popular throughout the world, black tea has one of the most complex aromas of anything we eat or drink. Black tea is formed by oxidizing the tea leaves and letting their essential oils and enzymes come alive. Black tea may have many aromas including, fruity or flowery. Green tea by comparison has a more delicate… Continue reading
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Devonshire Cream Tea
Straight from our friend Gavin in the UK! The history associated with these most delicious and World Famous of Afternoon Teas is both long and interesting. It was in the mid 1600’s when tea first became really “fashionable” in the UK, and that was all because of a Portuguese Princess, Catherine of Braganza, who loved… Continue reading
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