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Plucking Time and Imperial Formosa Oolong Tea
Imperial Formosa oolong tea is one of the finest oolong teas you can buy, so long as it is produced in a quality tea garden that takes great care in how the tea is harvested and processed. To choose the best Imperial Formosa oolong tea, it's importan...
Tea and Your Health
Tea is the second most popular beverage in the world, after water. Asian cultures drink gallons of green, oolong and other teas, and the Brits consume large quantities of black tea. In fact, everywhere in the world, tea is a regular part of life. In ...
Earl Grey Was a Real Person and is a Great Tea
Earl Grey tea is a popular flavored black tea named after an historic figure in 19th century England. Earl Grey's existence and historic accomplishments are well documented but his influence on the tea that bears his name is less clear.Charles Grey w...
Irish Breakfast Tea - Special Reserve- A Great Way to Start a Cold Day
As Fall approaches, the days are getting shorter and the nights and mornings are getting colder.Sometimes it is hard to get started on a cold, dark morning so a steaming hot mug of high quality tea adds that little extra incentive to start the day.Bl...
A Tea Party for a Good Cause
Yesterday I attended a tea party for a good cause. It was part of an event to raise awareness for a battered women and children shelter in our city. The event was held at a five star restaurant (McCormick & Schmick's Sea Food)It seemed to me that...
China and Tea
Many historians believe that tea was first introduced and cultivated in Yunnan Province (located in southwestern China and bordering on present day Burma, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand) in a rich, lush area of jungle that was favorable to the growth of ...
A Great Way to Find the Best Tea
There are a great number of specialty tea products on the market today and the loose leaf tea drinker is faced with many choices.Often this can be time consuming, expensive and difficult.Now however there is a tea sampler product that is cost effecti...
How did Monkeys Influence the Spread of Tea?
For thousands of years monkeys have had a symbiotic relationship with the Camellia Sinensis (Tea) plant. It is a fact that over 40% of the tea plant is comprised of phenolics in the leaf.Phenolics are ranked among the most powerful anti bacteria subs...
More Profit for Independant Coffee Shops
Make no doubt about it - the country is in a recession and consumer spending is being cut back, High priced coffee is affected and even Starbucks is suffering and cutting back.Independent coffee shops are affected as well. High quality specialty loos...
Tea Trends
Trends in the Wholesale and Retail Loose Leaf Tea IndustryThe tea industry in the United Sates is a growth industry and the role of retailers or value added resellers has played an important part in the overall expansion. Value added resellers and re...
