May 2013
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Things To Get Into: Loose-leaf tea
heyhearthismusic:
Your Google machine works just as well as mine does, so I’m not going to spend a ton of words here trying to tell you the benefits of loose leaf tea. At least, not the conventional benefits anyway. I got into tea completely by accident (read: because of a girl) and once I did — in the summer no less — I began devouring all of the different varieties as voraciously as I could....
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April 2013
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“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”
– Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums (via heyreadthisbook)
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How To Tea Smoke Meat →
Lately, I’ve been on a tea cooking kick. Discovering tea smoking was a revelation and so, here’s how you tea smoke meat.
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The Secrets of Tea Cooking →
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March 2013
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Making your own tea blends
What’s the best tea blend you’ve made?
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February 2013
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Moroccan Mint Tea
lifetimevoyage:
Simple, but it’s my favorite tea ever!
In summer i make this tea like a big kettle-full at once, cool it down, then keep it in a refrigerator, drink it any time of the day with some ice cubes. It looks great in a transparent long drink glass. (Even before drinking you’ll be cooled by just looking at it!) Of course you can also drink it hot, sweetened with sugar syrup. In this...
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day: why kindness can help businesses grow →
monkeyshots:
do not make tea with boiling water. that is what the rare tea lady told me the other afternoon.
a shocking statement for someone like me brought up from childhood to take the teapot to the kettle to ensure that the tea leaves were woken up by the hottest possible infusion.
“it was World War II propaganda because we had cheap industrial tea,” said the rare tea lady, henrietta...
January 2013
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Trouble Brewing for Ugandan Tea Farmers →
But outside Uganda, no one is drinking pure Ugandan tea.
“The quality of Ugandan teas is low. That is a fact, really,” says George Ssekitoleko of the Uganda Tea Association, explaining that Ugandan teas are mainly for blending. “When our tea goes to Mombasa, that is the end of it being called Ugandan tea. That is where it disappears. It is all blended with other teas, and it goes...
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November 2012
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October 2012
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September 2012
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August 2012
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July 2012
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Twitter tea types
Surely I’m not the only one in twitterverse tweeting about loose-leaf tea right?
June 2012
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The Tumblr Tea Blog Directory →
Liz-tea has put together this very comprehensive tea blog directory on tumblr. Who knew?
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Starbucks will try tea-only store →
Apparently, it’ll be 80 different kinds of loose-leaf teas from the Tazo brand. Not excited. One of the nice things about my loose-leaf tea habit is that I pretty much avoid branded tea stores. I’d never been in a Teavana until the other day and I wasn’t impressed.
Tazo tea does nothing for me, but if this is a way to bring loose-leaf to the masses a la Teavana, so be it.
May 2012
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I can't find any tea blogs out there. Where are...
fuckyeahilovetea:
vaniteafare:
unique-uninc:
I’ve tried fyeahtea, fuckyeahtea, teacups, teatime (not about tea), fuckyeahearlgrey, thelittlesaucer, teaistheshit, teaandbooks (not enough tea too many books)…. so hear my desperate plea~~ and answer by reblogging/messaging me/something so I know you exist
Hello I exist! There’s a few others and I reblog them sometimes :)
Holla atcha Tea...
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Sometimes, I forget that I live in America...
H: How are you almost out of WATER?
Me: I LIVE ON A FARM. just kidding I keep a hot water kettle in the living room so when I want tea
Me: i just turn the electric kettle on and the tea pot and tea ball (since i don't like making a pot if i me Me: won't drink a whole pot in one sitting when the water gets cold..) are right next to me. alas, i Me: don't have to get up. TEA DRINKING FOR LAZYS
H: oh my goodness thats highly amusing
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Revisiting The Question Of Whether To Say "Herbal... →
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April 2012
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Russian Caravan
Such a tasty tea. Go get some. It doesn’t taste strongly like lapsang souchong, so don’t be deterred by that at all. It’s much tastier, bolder and more flavorful than its components.
Russian Caravan is a blend of oolong, keemun, and lapsang souchong teas, all produced from Camellia sinensis[1] the Chinese tea plant. It is described as an aromatic and full-bodied tea with a...
March 2012
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Anonymous asked: <p>How do you use a travel mug with an infuser?</p>
February 2012
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Steepster: The Tea social network →
Are you guys on Steepster yet?
January 2012
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Consumed by their passion for rare Chinese teas →
A region filled with wine, beer and coffee connoisseurs, Southern California also has a lesser-known culinary subculture centered on rare Chinese teas. Aficionados will spend hundreds of dollars for a handful of rare tea leaves from remote mountains in China. They look for quality, for good vintage, for teas carefully stored and aged. For generations, an elevated appreciation for tea was largely...
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How Into Tea Are You? How Is Being Into Dance Like... →
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Japan Sencha
So I was having some today and it’s a very good one. It’s so strange how something that isn’t really supposed to taste all that great becomes an acquired taste that you enjoy. I mean, if you drink booze then you probably understand this better than most. But for instance, I don’t really abide beer or wine and never have even before I discovered an allergy to the former.
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November 2011
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Tea and Honey Bourbon Whiskey →
A recipe.
