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Tea Pioneers: Richard Twining
Say what you want about a company that has been in business longer than the United States, but it’s safe to assume they are doing something right. Twinings of London, founded in 1706 by Thomas Twining, remains one of the oldest continuously operating tea companies. More than three centuries later, members of the Twining family… Continue reading
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Tea Pioneers: Thomas Twining
Starting a business can be a tough row to hoe. Nowadays, according to the United States Small Business Adminstration about half of all small businesses here are likely to fail within the first five years. So if you managed to somehow come up with a business that were to survive for the next 300 years… Continue reading
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Tea Pioneers of Great Britain
The British were not the first people to drink tea, nor even the first Europeans to adopt it. They have grown tea domestically only in very limited quantities, and they do not currently lead the world in per capita consumption. And yet, when we think of great tea-drinking nations, Great Britain is often among the… Continue reading
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The Earl Grey Tea House
Many tea lovers are probably aware of at least the basics of the Earl Grey story. Earl Grey, the tea, is a type of flavored black tea infused with the distinctive oil of bergamot, a small citrus fruit grown primarily in Italy. Earl Grey, the person, is Charles, 2nd Earl Grey—the figure for whom the… Continue reading
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Don’t Mess with My Earl Grey
Earl Grey can be something of an acquired taste for some tea drinkers, present company included. But for those Earl Grey fans who have acquired the taste, it’s one that they’re quite passionate about. If you need any proof of that, then consider the outcry that recently broke out when Twinings changed the formula of… Continue reading
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Honeybush Adventure
A few years ago, in a tea store in Chicago, Illinois, I had a honeybush adventure. The aftermath is still with me now, haunting my dreams and reminding me of how much I’ve learned since then. The tea store was in a shopping center. Hubby and I were in Chicago to visit friends and couldn’t… Continue reading
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Over 200 (correction: 300!) Years of Twinings Tea
One of the more established tea companies around is Twinings. Since 1706 when the company opened a warehouse in London, they have been wowing their customers with such classics as English Breakfast. In the mid-1800s they created a tea flavored with oil of bergamot and named it after the 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister from… Continue reading
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Who Are Twinings of London?
What can you say about a tea company that’s been in business longer than the United States has been a nation? Quite a lot more than we can fit into this article, I’m sure. But suffice to say, for starters, that any company that’s been around for 300 years (and change) must be doing something… Continue reading
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The Great Bag Debate
My grandfather came to the US via port-of-call in Boston. He left Birmingham as a young man and sailed to America to find a better life. When he came to the US, the tea he knew was loose, despite the fact that teabags were invented in 1907. Teabags were initially made from Chinese silk and… Continue reading
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