A Nice Cup of Tea
by George Orwell
Evening Standard, 12 January 1946
IF you look up ‘tea’ in the first cookery book that comes to hand you will probably find that it is unmentioned; or at most you will find a few lines of sketchy instructions which give no ruling on several of the most important [...]
From Australia’s The Advertiser
Australia’s Minister of Health, John Hill, launched an AUD $14 million, four year campaign to teach young children, and especially toddlers, the benefits of a healthy life style. The program is aptly named Start Right Eat Right. Children aged under five will be the target of this new state government initiative to [...]
It should be noted that most all the terms used to identify the families and eras of Puerh tea began for the most part with the scholarship of the 1990’s. During their own times, these teas were everyday commodities—names and trends always changed with the times. Also, one should remember that the lines between these [...]
Without regard for secrecy, smugglers boldly stole their cargoes back from government customs houses more than once. Long cavalcades of horses loaded with tea were led quite openly through Kent; it is said six tons a week were run from France through Sussex. “The best that can be said of this period,” observes J.M. Scott, [...]
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General Brewing Instructions:
The Meghma Nepalese oolong is a partially (and highly) oxidized tea. We recommend brewing this tea with premium quality water at near boiling temperature. Use [...]
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SOME TEA IDIOMS
(Not my) cup of tea = Doesn’t suit me; or suits me perfectly. “Steamed brussells sprouts are not my cup of tea.”
All the tea in China = “You couldn’t get me to try hang-gliding for [...]
My daughter called me last week asking my opinion about the recent publicity of unhealthy food coming out of China. She mentioned that about 15% of their food supply is tainted. However, that didn’t apply to their exported food products because they only exported their very best products. So in the case of [...]
The origin of this black tea is the town of Liubao in the Cangwu county of Guangxi province, China. Intuitively, the tea is known as Guangxi Liubao, or simply Liubao, much like Darjeeling tea is from Darjeeling.
Liubao is basically an almost fully-oxidized tea (more oxidized than oolong, but less than true black) that has been [...]
Many a fine old home near the English coast was built on the proceeds of a venturer, one who put up the smuggling capital but kept well in the background, leaving the risks to the captain and the lander. The captain purchased his goods quite legally abroad and then waited for a dark night to [...]
As tea becomes more and more popular and increasingly sought after for its health benefits, we will continue to see it show up in the most unlikely places, especially in the U.S. We are unique in the way that we can transform even the healthiest substances into forms that fit our unhealthy lifestyles. Take a [...]
