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  • Recipe for Tea Glazed Fruit Parfait

    Breakfast can be so rushed in the morning. Trying to pick out something tasty that will keep you full while in the middle of getting ready for your day. This wonderful delight can be made ahead of time and ready to eat without any effort at all. You can also have it as a wonderful… Continue reading

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  • 8 Things to Know About the Dutch and Tea

    As I had pointed out in a previous article on this blog, the Dutch were pioneers in bringing tea to Europe and the Western Hemisphere. They and France were at one time the top tea drinkers there. And then Britain got into the act, with tea rooms eventually edging out pubs as the most popular… Continue reading

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  • Tea as a Mouthwash – Pros & Cons

    The next time you reach for a bottle of mouthwash, you might wonder whether a cup of tea could serve a similar purpose. But is that really the case? I’ve previously written about tea and oral health in this overview of green tea’s potential benefits for oral hygiene and this earlier discussion of how tea… Continue reading

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  • When Tea Bloggers Get It Wrong

    Mistakes happen. It’s just part of life. This is true of those of us who blog about tea, too. So what should you do when a tea blogger gets something wrong? Well, as with many things, there’s the helpful approach and the not-so-helpful approach. The Not-So-Helpful Approach You see something wrong on a site and… Continue reading

  • Tea Gadget and Offbeat News Report 17

    We’ve written about Tregothnan Estate many times at this site and here’s the proof. It’s noteworthy for the fact that it’s the only significant producer of tea in a place where tea is consumed with great enthusiasm – the United Kingdom. Recently, it was announced, as one of the British papers put it, that “English… Continue reading

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  • Trying Out Tregothnan’s Earl Grey Tea

    Following on from my explorations of Tregothnan’s Classic Tea, I also had a chance to find out how their Earl Grey stands up to the other Earl Grey blends out there. As mentioned in my previous article, the Tregothnan teas currently being stocked by Waitrose appear only to be sold in bagged form. For the… Continue reading

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  • How Much Does the Tea Leaf Consistency Matter?

    For some Japanese teas, the standard of quality is consistency of the leaf shape and size. But for other teas this particular characteristic is of no consequence. That brings up the question: how much does the tea leaf consistency matter? And the answer is obvious: it depends on which tea you’re talking about. One thing… Continue reading

  • Trying Out Tregothnan’s Classic Tea

    Tregothnan Classic Tea (photo by Elise Nuding) Tregothnan Tea Review: England’s First Tea Plantation Tregothnan holds a unique place in tea history as the first and only tea plantation in England. Located in a quiet corner of Cornwall, this estate cultivates Camellia sinensis to produce a range of distinctly English teas and herbal infusions. The… Continue reading

  • Marco Polo and Tea

    Those of us with a decent education have heard of Marco Polo (also portrayed in a classic black-and-white movie by Gary Cooper in 1938). A French tea company has even named three special products after him (a scented black tea, a black tea blend, and rooibos herbal infusion). But how does he relate to tea?… Continue reading

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  • Fascinating Tea Trivia & More

    If you’re like me, you probably spend a lot of your time sitting around and musing over the great questions of existence. Take this one, for example. What would happen if you dumped all of the world’s tea into the Great Lakes? Okay, so maybe none of us were wondering about that one. But someone… Continue reading

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