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  • A Brief Look at Some of the Lesser Known Black Teas

    As I’ve mentioned many times in these pages I’m a big fan of black tea. While I drink other teas on occasion, these days it’s the black stuff that makes up the greatest portion of my consumption, and when I find a new tea site that’s always the first section I look at. I’d venture… Continue reading

  • 10 Egregious Tea Time Behaviors

    Having tea by yourself relieves you of having to worry about your behavior. But a tea time where you have company present is another matter and one where good behavior can be a must. Even with friends and family where you are all at your ease with each other, there are some things that are… Continue reading

  • Tea for Three

    A little while ago I wrote on article on tea for two, and since then I have ended up hosting tea for three people a few times. Tea for two is a fairly straightforward undertaking, but somehow I find tea for three can become unduly complicated. Maybe it’s that it’s harder for three people to… Continue reading

  • Teacup Styles — Form and Function

    Form follows function. That principle applies not only to design fields like user interface design, but also to something as simple as a teacup. At its most basic level, a teacup has two essential functions: To hold tea To allow tea to be consumed comfortably As long as a teacup’s design supports these functions, it… Continue reading

  • Monthly Tea Gadget and Offbeat News Report 10

    In the time I’ve been writing about tea, I’ve come across a wide range of gadgets—many of them unremarkable, but some that truly stand out. I tend to favor sleek, modern designs, and one that caught my attention recently is the Quattro aluminum teapot featuring a pivoting design by Snezana Jeremic. Its combination of minimalism… Continue reading

  • Tea Moment — A New School Year Begins

    Across the nation the school break for Summer is at an end, the backpacks have been filled with the requisite supplies (paper, pencils, pens, and more), and another nine months of “reading, writing, and ’rithmetic” begins. You, the parent, get your tea moment in what is now a relatively silent house. Which can be good… Continue reading

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  • How Much Tea Should You Be Drinking?

    So, how much tea should you be drinking? The answer is highly subjective and varies from person to person. Still, there are some general guidelines worth considering. For instance, consuming extremely large amounts—like the well-publicized case of a person drinking the equivalent of 150 tea bags per day—clearly falls into the category of excess. For… Continue reading

  • Teas of the World: “Black Oolong” Teas

    To some of us the term “black oolong” can be a bit of a puzzle. We know black teas as one thing and oolong teas as another. Time to take a closer look. First, we here in North America and much of Europe know black tea as a fully oxidized tea where the dry leaves… Continue reading

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  • Tea Quiz: Can You Match the Tea to the Leaves?

    In a previous article I had shown some photos of tea leaves and asked if you could identify them. Some were easy and at least a couple were difficult. One responder commented that a look at the steeped liquid helps when identifying teas from photos. I thought it would be good to see how this… Continue reading

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  • Stephen Twining – 10th Generation Tea Guy

    Many decades ago, for a school assignment, I undertook the task of seeing how far back I could trace my ancestry. Given my limited resources, I was only able to go back a few generations but it was an interesting project nonetheless. In this particular respect I find it a little hard to relate to… Continue reading

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