Occasionally even Robert Fortune enjoyed moments of serenity. His second visit to China was at the behest of the East India Company. He was to bring back seeds, plants, and experienced hands from the finest tea districts of northern China. In disguise and in and out of “tiresome difficulties” as … Continue reading
April 22, 1970 marked the first Earth Day Observance. The idea was spawned out of tragedy, marking the beginning of the environmental movement. Just a year later, I joined several hundred students who walked to school on Earth Day, thus saving the county at least a thousand gallons of gasoline. … Continue reading
Tea does our fancy aid,Repress those vapours which the head invade,And keeps that palace of the soul serene.-Edmund Waller Main Image :: Image 1
rumpled teapot/beside grandma’s shed -/whistlin’ with the wind – Charles Rodning, USA (haiku on the label of a bottle of Teas’ Tea Pure Green) Appreciated. Invigorating. Refreshing. I took a long, beer-guzzler’s swig from the 500 ml bottle. “Yes!” I exclaimed to no one. It was 9:30 P.M. The blanket … Continue reading
I picked up my 88 year old mother on Sunday – we usually spend the day together every week. As is her wont, she often has clipped out articles for me that she feels might be of interest, and tea is typically part of the content. This week was exactly that. She … Continue reading
. . . In short, her scandalous reputation/Has shocked the whole of the Hellish nation; / And every turbaned Chinoiserie, / With whole we should sip our black Bohea, / Would stretch out her simian fingers thin / To scratch you, my dears, like a mandolin; / For hell is … Continue reading