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  • The aleph-beit-gimels* of Kosher Tea

    * These are the first three letters of the Hebrew alphabet, equivalent to our ABCs. Over the past few years, and partially in response to customer demand, more and more tea sellers have been seeking out and qualifying for certifications for their teas, including kosher. The laws governing kosher foods are based on the health and Continue reading

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  • Tea Traditions — Indonesia

    Still known as a premiere producer of coffee (as in “a cup of java,” since Java is one of the coffee growing islands there), Indonesia (formerly the Dutch East Indies) also had a reputation for the quality of its black teas. They have grown tea for over 200 years, with those teas having a reputation Continue reading

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  • Teas from Africa: Mozambique, South Africa, Mauritius

    Two more countries that are notable tea producers on the African continent are Mozambique and South Africa, with the island nation of Mauritius, off the continent’s east coast and directly across from Mozambique, being generally included in this category of teas. In March 2012, Mozambique sold over 67,000 kilos of tea leaves at auction, a Continue reading

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  • Tea Vendors Who Generalize

    Your journey into the world of tea may have started with a tea bag filled with black tea dust, but as you travel, you discover a whole new vista of tea enjoyment. Teas from the African continent, various Asian countries, India and Sri Lanka, and even such not-so-readily-thought-of places as Brazil, Hawaii, South Carolina, and Continue reading

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  • Growing Tea in Britain

    If the tea-loving British were only able to drink tea that had been grown on their own soil, they’d be out of luck. They currently drink about fourteen pounds of tea per person per year but there is only one producer there of any significance – Tregothnan Estate, in Cornwall. While they turn out a respectable Continue reading

  • “Shopping” in Your Own Tea Cabinet

    We moved from the NYC area to semi-rural South Carolina a little over seven years ago. Up north, we were living in a post-war garden apartment complex; the apartments, although well-constructed with thick brick walls that provided good insulation and kept most of the tenants’ business private, were not exactly spacious. To store my teas Continue reading

  • Teas from Africa: Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Rwanda

    As shown in my previous article about African teas, the countries of Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and Rwanda are sizable producers of tea on the continent of Africa, with smallholders playing a key role. In Tanzania (the 4th largest tea producer in Africa), on the east coast, tea is grown in Usambara in the Masai Steppe in Continue reading

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  • Teas from Africa: Kenya, Malawi, Uganda

    As shown in my previous article about African teas, the countries of Kenya, Malawi, and Uganda are key producers of tea on the continent of Africa. Malawi, relatively small in land area, was the first country on that continent to start growing tea commercially in 1878. Their tea is an important component of tea blends, Continue reading

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  • Tea Growing in Thailand

    When you think of tea and of countries where it is grown, Thailand may not even be on the list. However, teas from Thailand are becoming better known to those seeking out something new to try. Whether they count as “rare teas” or not I’m not sure, but production and export are fairly limited at Continue reading

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  • Think Pink: Pink Tea

    The many types of tea might not cover all of the colors in the rainbow, but they certainly come close. The best known, of course, are green and black. After that come white and oolong. Of course the latter is not a “colored” tea in the strictest sense of the world, but there are those Continue reading

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