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Tea Meets Vodka
If you like your tea to have a little bit of a kick, you’re in luck. There are many varieties of alcoholic beverages these days that are flavored with tea. One of the most popular categories appears to be vodka, likely because its relatively neutral flavor allows tea characteristics to come through. It’s difficult to… Continue reading
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More Offbeat Teas
Tea is grown and produced in many countries around the world, but there are several tea-growing regions that are best known for turning out one specific variety of tea. Take Japan, for instance, which is known primarily for its many varieties of green tea and not much else. Or the state of Assam, which is… Continue reading
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Offbeat Tea News
Most of us have probably heard the one about monkey-picked tea. It’s a popular legend (most likely with no basis in truth) about specially trained monkeys who were once sent out to pick leaves that were inaccessible to less agile humans. Trying to go this notion one better, China’s Jiuhua Mountain Tea Plantation recently went… Continue reading
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Offbeat Tea Drinks
For many of us in the West, “tea” once meant a single thing—black tea in a tea bag, often served with milk or cream and a bit of sweetener. Needless to say, that definition has expanded dramatically in recent years. Today, tea drinkers have access to a wide variety of options, from traditional loose-leaf teas… Continue reading
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Tea, Meet Beer
With the rising interest in specialty and artisanal foods and beverages in recent years, a number of creative products have emerged that combine tea with alcoholic drinks. As noted in this overview of tea-infused spirits and alcoholic beverages, these include variations of vodka, liqueur, and malt-based drinks, among others. If beer or ale is more… Continue reading
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Tea, Meet Coffee
Tea is tea varieties and specialty blends, and coffee is coffee gift baskets and gourmet selections—and traditionally, never the twain shall meet. Or do they? While some tea drinkers avoid coffee entirely, and some coffee enthusiasts feel the same way about tea, others enjoy both and are open to crossing these flavor boundaries. Regardless of… Continue reading
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Tea Goes Trendy for Flavors
With the popularity of this tiny hot beverage, it’s easy for some to say that tea has gotten too trendy and that anything too trendy will come to an end. But they said that about soap, about fast food, about hip-hop and all these things are here to stay. Indeed, the American societal embrace of… Continue reading
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Tea and Spirits Revisited
If you’re a teetotaler, you might as well stop reading now. This article is not for you. But if you’re open to flavoring your tea with something a little stronger—or flavoring your stronger drinks with tea—then read on. For more background on combining tea with alcohol, see this earlier article exploring tea and spirits pairings… Continue reading
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