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5 English Tea Store Teas To Try for National Iced Tea Month
Did you know June is Iced Tea Month? It’s the perfect month for it since the weather begins to warm up by then. Not sure which tea to start with? Here are a few of our favorite teas to enjoy with ice: English Tea Store’s Long Island Strawberry Green Tea is perfect for summer. Sweet… Continue reading
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5 Teas to Get You in the Fall Spirit
Summer has come and gone with memories of summer vacation still fresh in your mind. What’s next? You ask yourself as you peek out the window. The green trees sway in the wind with a lone yellow leaf and you immediately know. It’s almost Autumn. People are excitedly bringing out their Fall decor, with pumpkins,… Continue reading
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Celebrate National Milk Day
In the 90s there were commercials for Got Milk? which promoted the consumption of dairy milk to a young audience. They even included celebrities sporting milk mustaches in print ads. Now, although the era of Got Milk? is over, it’s not been forgotten. In fact, there’s still a day devoted to milk which is January… Continue reading
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February 2015 Teas of the Month – Ceylon Green
Our first February tea of the month is ceylon green. Imported from Sri Lanka, our Ceylon Green is characterized as smooth and subtle. According to wikipedia, tea production is one of the main sources of foreign exchange for Sri Lanka. Originally known as Ceylon, Sri Lanka is an island country in the Indian Ocean. Great Britain occupied… Continue reading
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Blueberries in the Morning
One thing I love the smell of in the morning, is blueberries. Blueberry muffins, blueberry pancakes, and now blueberry tea. Recently I tried out the English Tea Store’s Blueberry Green and it’s one of my new go-to teas – refreshing enough to wake me up but also somewhat calming. Good for a weekend morning where you can… Continue reading
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Teas of the World: Low-Grown Sri Lankan (Ceylon) Teas
Last but not least, here are some low elevation (low-grown) Ceylon teas. The number 3 or 4 player in tea growing in the world is the island nation off the south coast of India. Formerly named “Ceylon,” it is now called Sri Lanka. The teas, though, are still referred to as Ceylon teas. They are… Continue reading
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Tea Review — The English Tea Store’s Lovers Leap Estate Tea
Ceylon tea is still something of an unknown (or perhaps lesser known these days) quantity for me, but that’s gradually starting to change as more samples start to trickle in. I sampled a few from another merchant a while back that were good but not great. Most recently I took the English Tea Store’s Organic… Continue reading
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Teas of the World: High-Grown Sri Lankan (Ceylon) Teas
The number 3 or 4 player in tea growing in the world is the island nation off the south coast of India. Formerly named “Ceylon,” it is now called Sri Lanka. The teas, though, are still referred to as Ceylon teas. They are used in many blends, including brands like Barry’s and PG Tips, instead… Continue reading
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Ceylon & Her Planting Enterprize
For tea lovers the island nation of Sri Lanka is probably best known as a producer of a type of tea known as Ceylon – which was the former name of the country. But it wasn’t always so. Prior to about 1870, coffee was actually one of the main crops grown there and tea was… Continue reading
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