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  • The Original Tea Partiers

    It’s a funny thing about tea. Specifically the fact that a drink that we tend to associate with prim and proper little ladies sitting down to ever so civilized afternoon teas or perhaps with equally refined scenes of Asian serenity, as in the Japanese tea ceremony, should also have been associated, over a period of… Continue reading

  • Upcoming Tea Books

    Start making space on your tea bookshelf now. There are always new tea books in the works and the upcoming months are no exception. New titles in our future include the latest installment in a popular tea-themed mystery series, another tea-related novel that’s not a mystery, a how-to on reading tea leaves, a travelogue on… Continue reading

  • A Treatise on Foreign Teas

    If you scan the articles published at this site you’ll notice that a number of them deal with the potential health benefits to be gained from drinking tea. There are quite a few of these and it seems that there are new findings being released everyday. But what about the dark side of tea drinking?… Continue reading

  • More Upcoming Tea Books

    If you’re looking for some new tea-related reading, you’re in luck. The next few months will see a number of interesting new tea books hitting bookstore shelves. We’ve already taken a look at a few of these titles in this article. If you’ll scroll down you can get the lowdown on a few more. Tea… Continue reading

  • Tea Books, Kindle Style

    If the word Kindle doesn’t ring a bell it’s time to come out from under your rock. If you have heard of the Kindle then you’re probably aware that the gadget, brought to us by Amazon, is one of the best known and most popular of an increasing number of ebook readers that have been… Continue reading

  • Upcoming Tea Books

    If you’re caught up on your tea-related reading and you’re looking for something to add to your bookshelf, you’re in luck. The next few months will see an assortment of interesting tea books making their way to bookstores. Here are a few. A Full Cup: Sir Thomas Lipton’s Extraordinary Life and His Quest for the… Continue reading

  • Thomas Lipton’s Full Cup

    By William I. Lengeman III You don’t have to be a tea drinker to recognize the name Lipton tea brand and its global presence in over 100 countries . It’s one of the most widely recognized tea brands in the world, available in more than 110 countries. But how did it become so dominant? The… Continue reading

  • The Mystery (Books) of Tea

    Tea is a fairly straightforward subject, one that’s devoid, for the most part, of any sort of mystery and intrigue. Right? Well, not so fast. If you’d like to see how the topic of tea can form the basis for a tale of mystery – or for a whole bunch of them, for that matter… Continue reading

  • Book Review — “Tea Travels” by Ellen Easton

    I have three passions in life: food, tea, and books. When all three come together, I’m in seventh heaven. It often happens through cookbooks—and when I discover a new one, it can be hard to resist. My cookbook shelf is already overflowing, yet I’m always tempted to add just one more. My most recent find?… Continue reading

  • All the Tea Books on China

    It should come as no surprise to anyone that there are a number of excellent books about the role tea has played in China. After all, China is generally accepted as the birthplace of tea drinking and culture and is still one of the top producers of tea worldwide, not to mention the point of… Continue reading