The first Thanksgiving in 1621, a perfect union of thankfulness and cooperation, was celebrated after the second harvest season. The first settlers, those Pilgrims at Jamestown, were ill-equipped for survival: fully half of the original group who landed at Plymouth Rock did not live to see the celebration, succumbing to … Continue reading
I came across an interesting blog at the Times Union.We are often getting requests about cooking with tea. My favorite is the most simple. . .I use tea instead of water when making rice. Our jasmine tea, royal jade snail, offers such a delightful flavor to organic basmati, which is … Continue reading
K’ang-hsi was after the maximum profit and the minimum trouble from the “foreign devils” and made it imperial policy to control all dealings with them. Considering the imperial objectives, it’s hard to imagine a more logical system than the one established. The emperor appointed an official to remit to his … Continue reading
In the past weeks, I have found myself at three Saturday speech events. Each was different: one was actually a workshop; the second was a novice event; and the last was a full-scale competition involving twenty-six schools, over three hundred well-dressed teenagers, and over a hundred judges.What they had in … Continue reading
Here is the interview with Alex Lozowski, tied for winner of the First Annual Haiku Contest. Alex is a junior at the University of Oregon, in Eugene.What kind of tea are you drinking these days?Honestly… I’ve been neglecting fair Camellia Sinensis for the stronger rush of French-pressed Yerba Mate. On … Continue reading
The following story is true, I swear. Those of you who like milk in your tea may appreciate it.Although I grew up in the suburbs of northern California, for weird reasons I spent my 10th grade year – 5th form, for you Brits – at an English boarding school. Having … Continue reading