Recent Posts Tagged With 'tea'

• How to Prepare and Drink Yerba Mate

  Posted on Tuesday July 22nd, 2008 at 10:52 in coffee, tea, mate, bombilla, gourd, yerba mate, yerba

  By William I. Lengeman III Though not a tea in the strictest sense of the word, in North America yerba mate is often lumped in with tea by virtue of the fact that it's a leafy substance steeped in water and most often served hot. But these semantic d...

• Tea Trivia: Strange, Weird and Wonderful Stuff

  Posted on Saturday July 12th, 2008 at 15:15 in Yunnan, tea, south dakota, caffeine, energy fiend, chifir, puerh, pu'er, russian tea, death by caffeine

  By William I. Lengeman III A few oddments from the Tea Miscellany file, to be mused over - perhaps - while drinking a cup of tea. Tea Town 1 Not that you were wondering, but there is a town called Tea. It's located in South Dakota, near Sioux Falls....

• Health Benefits of Tea: Tea and Hydration

  Posted on Thursday April 24th, 2008 at 10:59 in tea, hydration, fluid, dehydration, liquid, rehydrate, dehydrate

  By William I. Lengeman III As the weather begins to turn warmer it's as good a time as any to tackle the topic of hydration. With water comprising anywhere from 50-70% of the human body, it's no surprise that it's an important component of our daily ...

• Twinings Weekly Blog Report: Texture; Water Water Everywhere; The Future of Tea Culture; Tea Regions, 6th Edition - Sri Lanka

  Posted on Friday April 4th, 2008 at 19:35 in Sri Lanka, tea, black tea, ceylon, tea culture, tea drinking

  By William I. Lengeman III This is a selection of recent popular blog articles from the Twinings Tea Blog, where you will find the best tea blogs by tea lovers from around the world. Texture When considering your impressions of a tea, texture is pro...

• Twinings Weekly Blog Report: Tea Fights Anthrax; The Words for Tea; Yixing Mysteries; A Tea Conversion

  Posted on Friday March 28th, 2008 at 19:12 in tea, anthrax, teapot, cha, yixing, health benefits of tea, tea blog

  By William I. Lengeman III This is a selection of recent popular blog articles from the Twinings Tea Blog, where you will find the best tea blogs from tea lovers around the world. Tea Fights Anthrax As noted here at the Twinings Tea Blog, on more t...

• Tracing Tea Team Plans 15,000 Kilometer Trip From Calcutta to London

  Posted on Saturday March 22nd, 2008 at 14:35 in tea, caravan, darjeeling, expedition, tracing tea, trade route

  By William I. Lengeman III Nowadays the tea we drink makes its way from far-flung regions in a relatively short amount of time. But that wasn't always the case. One upon a time tea had to make its way from China, and later India, primarily by one of ...

• The Tea Drinker's Bookshelf 2: Five More Essential Tea Books

  Posted on Tuesday March 4th, 2008 at 09:45 in tea, james norwood pratt, tea room, tea lover's treasury, okakura kazuko, the book of tea

  By William I. Lengeman III This time around on The Tea Drinker's Bookshelf, an updated edition of a classic tea book, tomes on American and British tea rooms, and a couple of books with an Asian theme. If you missed the first edition of The Tea Drink...

• Yixing Teapots: China's Prized Drinking Vessels Get Better With Age

  Posted on Sunday March 2nd, 2008 at 12:25 in tea, clay, pottery, teapot, yixing, sung dynasty, ming dynasty, garth clark, clay teapots

  By William I. Lengeman III With China generally acknowledged to be the place where tea drinking and tea culture were born, it's probably no surprise that some of the world's most renowned teapots are also made there. The area around Yixing, in Jiangs...

• Twinings Weekly Blog Report: Tea News: EGCG Impacts Diabetes-Promoting Effects of High Fructose Corn Syrup; Chao Zou Brewing Style; Brewing Parameters; Book Review - A Taste of Tea

  Posted on Friday February 29th, 2008 at 18:36 in diabetes, tea, egcg, high-fructose corn syrup, epigallocatechin gallate, a taste of tea

  By William I. Lengeman III This is a selection of recent popular blog articles from the Twinings Tea Blog, where you will find the best tea blogs from tea lovers from around the world. Tea News: EGCG Impacts Diabetes-Promoting Effects of High Fructo...

• Tea Tourism - Motivated By An Interest In The History, Traditions, and Consumption of Tea

  Posted on Thursday February 28th, 2008 at 16:50 in tea, darjeeling, tea tasting, drinking tea, history of tea, tea industry in india, tea plantations, tea lovers

  By Rebecca Gasca How far might you travel for the perfect cup off tea? For some tea lovers, taking a trip around the world is not too tall of an order to enjoy the ultimate cuppa and tea experience. Inspired by tours of wine country and considered ...

• Bubble Tea: Tapioca Pearls Add Substance to This Popular Asian Drink

  Posted on Sunday February 24th, 2008 at 11:37 in tea, quickly, bubble tea, boba, milk tea, tapioca, pearl tea, lollicup, hanlin tea room, chun shui tang, tapioca express

  By William I. Lengeman III For the uninitiated, their first experience with bubble tea, also known as boba, can be somewhat surprising. Though more of a tea-based drink than an actual tea, bubble tea is named for the small round pearls of tapioca tha...

• Tea Taster: Tea Lover's Dream Job Involves Plenty of Hard Work

  Posted on Thursday February 21st, 2008 at 19:22 in tea, Wine, blender, palate, twinings, angela smith, tea taster, tea expert, jeremy stuges, board of tea experts

  By William I. Lengeman III To a layperson with a fondness for tea, it might seem that tea taster is a dream job, the kind of vocation that ranks right up there with mattress tester. While the term itself might conjure up images of a crackling fire, a...

• The Modern History of Tea Time

  Posted on Monday February 18th, 2008 at 15:39 in tea, darjeeling, afternoon tea, tea parties, crumpets, earl grey, afternoon tea recipes, british tea time, different types of tea, english tea pot

  By Rebecca Gasca The British Tea Council credits the 7th Duchess of Bedford, Anna, for having originated the custom of afternoon tea. Born from the desired to stave off hunger pangs between meals, this practice quickly became a social tradition for t...

• The Tea Drinker's Bookshelf: Five Essential Tea Books

  Posted on Saturday February 16th, 2008 at 16:30 in tea, tea history, heiss, macfarlane, tea flavors, gautier, hohenegger, tea books

  By William I. Lengeman III If you're looking to increase your knowledge of tea, there are many excellent resources available, including a host of Web sites and a number of excellent magazines and books. If you're ready to make a few additions to your...

• Twinings Weekly Blog Report: How to Brew Dan Cong; Shizuoka Koucha; Tea Review: Lotus Ancien; Book Review - Tea: Aromas and Flavors Around the World

  Posted on Friday February 15th, 2008 at 19:28 in tea, green tea, black tea, vietnam, oolong tea, twinings tea blog, dan cong, lotus ancien, shizuoka koucha

  This is a selection of recent popular blog articles from the Twinings Tea Blog, where you will find the best tea blogs from tea lovers from around the world. How to Brew Dan Cong If you're looking for a primer on brewing Dan Cong, a prized Chinese o...

• Black Tea - Lapsang Souchong: Fujian China's Distinctively Smoky Black Tea

  Posted on Wednesday February 13th, 2008 at 09:28 in tea, black tea, fujian, oolong, bohea, lapsang souchong, smoky tea, wuyi

  By William I. Lengeman III China is probably best known for its wide variety of excellent green teas. But all the tea in China is certainly not green and one of the most distinctive of the black teas produced there is a flavored variety known as Laps...

• Water Water Everywhere: A Quick Look at Tea's Other Ingredient

  Posted on Sunday February 10th, 2008 at 11:39 in water filter, coffee, bottled water, tea, rooibos, iceberg water, butler's by the sea, cirqua customized water, original iceberg water corporation

  By William I. Lengeman III Tea and water - what a perfect pairing. You can't enjoy a cup of tea without water and you certainly can't have a good cup of tea without good water. But what is good water, at least from a tea drinker's perspective? One o...

• Keeping Up With Tea: A Brief Guide to Tea Magazines

  Posted on Wednesday February 6th, 2008 at 23:44 in tea, the leaf, tea magazines, tea house times, tea and roses, tea & coffee asia, tea in texas, fresh cup, tea and coffee trade journal

  By William I. Lengeman III The more you learn about tea, the more you realize how much there is to learn about tea. While there are many excellent Web-based resources that can help you brush up on your tea knowledge, not to mention some topnotch book...

• Earl Grey's Legacy Includes One of the World's Most Beloved Flavored Teas

  Posted on Tuesday February 5th, 2008 at 23:45 in tea, green tea, black tea, white tea, oolong, earl grey, bergamot, london fog, flavored tea, lady grey

  By William I. Lengeman III No one knows exactly when human beings began to drink tea, but it's probably a safe bet that not long after that they began to flavor it with assorted herbs, flowers, fruits and spices. Nowadays, flavored teas make up a sub...

• Research Shows Link Between Tea Consumption and Lower Cholesterol

  Posted on Sunday February 3rd, 2008 at 11:12 in tea, cholesterol, green tea, black tea, jasmine, hdl, ldl, lipoprotein, tea extract, catchechin

  By William I. Lengeman III There are no shortage of claims for the many potential health benefits drinking tea can provide, including the possibility that it may lower your cholesterol level. According to one study, drinking tea resulted in lower lev...

• Twinings Weekly Blog Report: Tasting Waters; Monteaism; Book Review - Tea: The Drink That Changed the World; How Much Caffeine is in Tea?

  Posted on Saturday February 2nd, 2008 at 16:07 in tea, green tea, black tea, caffeine, oolong

  This is a selection of recent popular blog articles from the Twinings Tea Blog, where you will find the best tea blogs from tea lovers from around the world. Tasting Waters Never underestimate the importance of water quality when it comes to brewing...

• Teawakers: Automatic Tea Makers Deliver Morning Tea for More Than a Century

  Posted on Friday February 1st, 2008 at 23:39 in tea, goblin, teawaker, teasmade, teamaker, samuel rowbottom, teasmaid, teaexpress, micromark

  by William I. Lengeman III Combine an alarm clock with a tea maker and you've pretty much got a teasmade, also known as a teawaker. It's a gadget that's never made much inroads here in North America, but it has a devoted following in the United Kingd...

• Understanding Cha: An Overview of the Types of Japanese Tea

  Posted on Thursday January 31st, 2008 at 23:24 in tea, green tea, black tea, matcha, sencha, gyokuro, genmaicha, chanoyu, tea ceremony

  By William I. Lengeman III In terms of quantity, Japan is not a leading producer or consumer of tea. But tea drinking there is, nonetheless, an integral part of the culture. One of the country's greatest contributions to tea drinking, Chanoyu, or the...

• Chai: India's Favorite Flavored Tea Adds Spice to Cups Worldwide

  Posted on Tuesday January 29th, 2008 at 23:12 in tea, spices, assam, caffeine, cardamom, chai, rooibos, chai tea

  By William I. Lengeman III If you're drinking tea, then, in the strictest semantic sense of the word, you're drinking chai. At least you are if you're located in one of the Asian or select other countries where the words chai and tea are synonymo...

• T Ching Blog Takes on Tea With a Roster of More Than 40 Contributors

  Posted on Saturday January 26th, 2008 at 15:32 in tea, caffeine, tastings, oolong, tea association of the usa, tea health, tea events, james norwood pratt, elizabeth knight

  by William I. Lengeman III According to T Ching's slogan, the blog looks at tea, design and life, though most of the content seems to be related to the former. T Ching, which was launched in August 2006, is the creation of Michelle Rabin and Sandy M....

• Drink Tea and Lose Weight With Dr. Tea and the Ultimate Tea Diet

  Posted on Tuesday January 22nd, 2008 at 23:06 in Fat, tea, metabolism, caffeine, appetite, egcg, tea health, l-theanine

  by William I. Lengeman III Drink tea. Lose weight. Can it really be that easy? Well, it might be a bit of an oversimplification, but according to Mark Dr. Tea Ukra, author of the book, The Ultimate Tea Diet: How Tea Can Boost Your Metabolism, Shrin...

• Rooibos: South Africa's Redbush Herbal Tea is Heavy on Health Benefits and Light on Caffeine

  Posted on Monday January 21st, 2008 at 23:08 in south africa, tea, allergies, caffeine, herbal tea, iced tea, sinus infection, rooibos, redbush, tea health benefits

  by William I. Lengeman III Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) takes its name from an African word of Dutch origin that means red bush, which has become a common nickname for the beverage. Rooibos (pronounced roy-boss) is only grown in South Africa, in t...

• Tea Bag History Culminates in Gourmet

  Posted on Tuesday January 15th, 2008 at 15:50 in tea, tea history, iced tea, tea bag, gourmet tea, specialty tea, premium tea, pyramid tea bag, george peal, thomas sullivan

  By William I. Lengeman III The commonly accepted story for the origin of tea is that it was discovered in 2737 B.C., by Chinese emperor, Shen Nung, a forward-thinking ruler who advocated boiling water to purify it. One day, the emperor was boiling a ...