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3 Tea Sets for Valentine’s Day
Beautiful pinks, whites, and reds can add a warm livery to your love-themed tea party. A Valentine’s tea party can be livened up with some festive teaware. Here are a few of our picks for Valentine’s Day tea sets: The Rose Bouquet Bone China Set is a complete set of one 5 ounce teapot, 4… Continue reading
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Tea in East Frisia
Have you heard of East Frisian tea? You probably haven’t. With the recent celebration of Oktoberfest, it got me wondering about how Germans drink their tea. My research then led me to the East Frisians and their tea culture. So who are the East Frisians? East Frisians are a Germanic ethnic group originating from the… Continue reading
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4 Top Tips for Getting Rid of Those Pesky Teacup Stains!
by Guest Blogger Sarah Rosalind Roberts Whether you are a frequent tea drinker or a one-a-day type of person, you will undoubtedly have come across unsightly tea staining on the inside of your cup. This is caused by the tannin found in the tea leaves, leaving behind a brown residue in your mug. It’s a… Continue reading
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Some Tea Décor Items for Your Home
Teapots and teacups aren’t just for steeping tea and drinking it anymore. These days, they serve as garden décor and bird feeders (as seen in this article), but they are also seen as décor items around the house. You can add that certain tea time touch to your house with some of the items I… Continue reading
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Teacup Shapes Compared
Teacup shapes are varied and many. They can be quite mind-boggling, in fact, but a quick comparison will help sort the handy from the not-so-handy, the practical from the impractical, the visually pleasing from the eyesores, and so on. Some folks would probably say that any teacup shape that holds tea is fine. In truth,… Continue reading
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Teacup Styles — Form and Function
Form follows function. At least, that’s what a lot of designers, me included, tend to say and follow. It is as true of teacup styles as it is of User Interface Design (my former profession). First, it might be good to look at what the functions of a teacup are: To hold tea To drink… Continue reading
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Dunoon Tea Mug Design Classics
Some of my favorite tea mugs are from Dunoon. I have sipped many a hot cuppa with meals or by itself, during stormy weather or clear, in beastly heat or bone-chilling cold. Those mugs have never let me down. Time to check out some of their classic designs and see which you might want for… Continue reading
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The Language of Teacup Design
Teacup designs have a language all their own, and when you learn it, you can enjoy your tea even more! Here is a handy chart (with mostly teacups from my own collection but one or two found online) to serve as your interpreter: As you can see, this cup is large enough to hold a… Continue reading
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Aroma Cup Sets – the Playful and Conscious Way to Enjoy Your Tea
You’ve all seen them before, those sets of pairs of tiny cups, one of them high and slim, the other one flat and wide, each of them holding no more than 0.05 l of tea when filled to spill-over level, which they usually are. They can be put into each other in various ways, look… Continue reading
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In My Cups: Indian Clay
I believe I’ve mentioned here once or twice that since 1998 I’ve been running an online chat group that over the years has attracted members from around the globe, from consumers to tea professionals. Some years ago the group was discussing disposable cups and the effects they have on the tea served in them. This… Continue reading
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