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 …
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Why do folks who review teas end up plastering large photos of the tea leaves all over the review? Who cares about the leaves and what they look like? Well, I do for one. And so do a lot of folks reading those tea reviews. Time to find out what all the fuss is about. …
Generally I do one of two things with spent tea leaves: toss them into the begonia, or just throw them into the garbage can. A few years ago, a tea friend came up with a more creative idea for using infused tea leaves. She sent me a greeting card that she’d created by incorporating used …
Cramming your full-leaf teas into a tiny infuser ball or tea stick can be tantamount to torture. At least it seems so to this tea drinker. All that effort to grow, harvest, process, package, and bring to market those leaves of the Camellia Sinensis bush, and you don’t let them unfurl fully in that hot …
By Kathy McCarthy [reposted from our sister blog] A pyramid teabag is exactly what it sounds like, a teabag in the shape of a pyramid. Introduced a little over ten years ago, this teabag was thought to be an improvement over the traditional pocket-shaped teabag because the pyramid shape gives the tea leaves more room to …
By Stephanie Harkins Tea tasting, much like wine tasting, cheese tasting or any other sampling of a food or beverage, includes utilizing all five of your senses and focusing on how the experience feels to you personally. By using your sense of smell, sight, taste and touch, you can not only evaluate teas accurately, but …
I'm sure this won't be the first time you've seen a discussion about the importance of using the right water for tea. In fact, there have been similar posts on this very blog, but it's an issue important enough to bear repeating. Tea is, of course, largely water by volume, so it makes sense that …
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