China… Tea Lit Review: World Atlas of Tea 29 Jul 2017 Diverting? Among other things, Krisi Smith's World Atlas of Tea: From the Leaf to the Cup, the World's Teas Explored and Enjoyed is definitely a fun and easy introduction to…
94%… Chun Mee ~ Arbor Teas 9 Jan 20177 May 2017 Happy 4754 in the Era of Tea! If you don't know what I'm talking about, check out this History of Tea post I made a while back. I'm sick at…
90%… Egyptian Camomile ~ The Metropolitan Tea Company 28 Aug 201625 Sep 2016 I have historically had a definite love/hate relationship with camomile. Obviously, the most glaring issue to mind arises from the fact that Matricaria chamomilla and Chamaemelum nobile, two plants of the herbaceous Asteraceae family (also including…
Photography… The History of Tea in Photos: Part I 19 Dec 201519 Dec 2015 Probably the most triggering image I have yet come across in my study of tea. A Sikkimese woman carrying a British man on her back, West Bengal, India, circa 1900.…
A2 Local… Excursion: Tea Equipage for the Forty-Eighth Century 21 Jun 201530 Jan 2016 If you thought today's post was going to involve science fiction, it's actually quite the opposite. Believe it or do not, but in actuality we're currently celebrating the 48th Century of…