Quick - name a tea estate. Yeah, me too. Even though I've written about tea for nearly a decade, I find that I'm a bit stumped by that one. The few exceptions would be Tregothnan Estate in Britain, and our very own Charleston Tea Plantation, located in South Carolina. Though admittedly these stand out more …
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A Mild Rant About $1,000 Tea
At the risk of seeming a bit insensitive, I'm going to go out on limb here. I'm going to go so far as to say that, if someone can get you to part with $1,000 for a cup of tea, they deserve your money. Perhaps you're not sensible enough to be carrying around such large …
Taste Beats Price – Amen!
I drink tea for the taste. Nothing else. Although I'm perfectly fine with all those other reasons why people drink tea. Maybe it's good for my health in some ways and it seems to give me a boost and whatever else. But I wouldn't bother drinking it if it didn't taste good. Which is why …
Tea Pricing – What Makes Tea Expensive, Part 2
Remember, I’ve been telling you about a very cheap Chinese green tea, and a very expensive Chinese green tea, in part 1 of this article. Also, I said that just like with precious stones or metals “rareness”, or the absence of the same, for that matter, is the decisive factor for the price of a …
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Stretching Your Tea Dollars
Proper tea steeping is generally regarded as a must for enjoying teas at their best. It’s also the way to make sure that the money you spend on these teas is stretched to their utmost value. There is a trend these days for tea vendors to put directions for steeping their teas to get best …
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