I must admit that I was quite shocked to find a recipe shared by Tetley Tea for a healthy energy bar. I can’t quite wrap my brain around the notion of thinking about Tetley in association with health. It’s kind of like associating Coke with health, I suppose. I still … Continue reading
There are two prevailing views of the public school teacher. The first view is of the overpaid and under worked leech, “who gets three weeks off at Christmas, and three months off in the summer.” The second view is almost godlike in its awe, “How do you stand … Continue reading
No! Ne’er was mingled such a draughtIn palace, hall or arbor,As freemen brewed and tyrants quaffedThat night in Boston Harbor.–Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-94),Ballad of the Boston Tea Party Having appointed agents in Charleston, Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, the Company sent its first tea consignments on their way in the … Continue reading
For thousands of years, its been believed that tea can only be grown in subtropical environments. I am very pleased and a little awed to learn that tea is growing in Washington State at the Sakuma Brothers Farm. Yes, you heard me, the Pacific Northwest. How marvelous! I can’t help … Continue reading
An acrostic poem uses the letters in the topic word to begin each line. O – OXIDIZEDO – ONLY SLIGHTLYL – LEAVES ROLLED TIGHTLYO – OFTEN SMELLING TOASTY SMOKEYN – NO BITING BLACK BITTER BREWG – GOODNESS STEAMING FOR ME, FOR YOU.
I just got a call from my mother who at 88 continues to read the New York Times faithfully every Sunday. She was very excited to tell me that the Carlyle Hotel, in Manhattan, was offering a Madeline Tea event every Saturday and Sunday for the 12 and younger set. … Continue reading