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India's Tea Regions 10 May 2010 | 03:35 am
India's tea industry is well known and it is actually helpful that many of its most popular teas are named for their growing regions. The most well-known areas are Assam, Darjeeling, and Nilgiri. Le...
Learning About Tea 4 May 2010 | 07:34 am
How do I learn more about tea? This is a question I frequently get when I talk to people. Usually it comes at a point that people are realizing that there is more to tea than grocery store teabags. ...
Ti Guan Yin 28 Apr 2010 | 07:14 am
Last time I talked about one of the more famous oolongs, Da Hong Pao or Big Red Robe. Since then I’ve been finding myself drawn to the flavors of another very famous oolong: Ti Guan Yin (or Ti Kuan Y...
The Legend of Big Red Robe 25 Apr 2010 | 02:37 pm
One of the more famous of the oolong teas from China’s Wuyi Mountains is Da Hong Pao or Big Red Robe tea. This tea is also sometimes called Royal Red Robe and it is one of the most highly oxidized oo...
Afternoon Tea and Other Tea Taking 20 Apr 2010 | 03:35 am
The Victorian custom of afternoon tea has certainly remained a big part of established tea culture. We have all seen or at least heard about the chintz-decorated rooms with tiered trays of treats and...
Summer and Sun Tea 11 Apr 2010 | 03:47 pm
Sun tea gained popularity in the United States in the early 1970s although some have been making tea this way for generations. It was definitely a part of my childhood days in Maine. We would fill a...
How to Brew Iced Tea 7 Apr 2010 | 03:04 pm
Iced tea has been popular here in the United States since Richard Blechynden served it at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. He was at the fair to promote Indian tea, but the extremely hot temperatures...
T-E-A in the U-S-A 3 Apr 2010 | 06:57 am
When one considers the world’s tea growing regions, what are the countries that come to mind? China. Taiwan. Japan. India. Sri Lanka. I suspect that not many people would even think of the United St...
The Sharing of Tea 30 Mar 2010 | 02:08 pm
One of my greatest joys is sharing tea. Sometimes it is the opportunity to recommend a great tea to friends. (I suppose this is part of what started me with blogging in the first place.) But more s...
My True Love - Oolong Tea 26 Mar 2010 | 02:15 am
My favorite teas are oolongs. There. I said it. This is not to say that I don’t like other teas or that I would ever want to limit myself to one type of tea. But, the complexity and diversity of f...
