Here’s an image showing two different teas: whole leaf and dust used in the tea bag. Both are in the same broad price range: 25-40 cents a cup for…
Teabags don’t grow on bushes. The challenge is to make the tea taste as if they do. There’s a long way to go. Teabags today are a set…
It’s been a long wait this year but winter flush teas from the Nilgiris – the Blue Mountains of the south of India – have finally arrived. We…
Australian native tea trees were no match for Camellia sinensis when it came to a colonial cuppa. ‘Switch to Tea’ urges the billboard. You can see it from…
Time frames in Chinese history are rather stretched out compared to the West, where the US is still a recent, mere 250 year old, creation. So, it may…
I received a FedEx package this September from the folks at Teabox. In it were five of their high-end South Asian oolongs. I had just returned from a…
There’s one thing that you really need to know about the teaspoon: it is a precision instrument, meticulously calibrated to help ensure an excellent cup of tea. It…
Kettles are both the most and least important part of the home or office tool set. They are the least important in that all they do is heat…