drink your tea
Drink your tea slowly and reverently,as if it is the axison which the world earth revolves- slowly, evenly, withoutrushing toward the future;Live the actual moment.Only this moment is life.by Thich Nhat Hahn Main Image :: Image 1
Monthly Archives: June 2008
national iced tea month
June is National Iced Tea Month. According to the tale, a vendor at a blistering hot World’s Fair early in the last century could not even give away hot tea. Out of desperation, he jammed some ice in a cup, poured hot tea over it, and . . . an … Continue reading
take up the cup for lean teens!
Can one industry come together to reduce the ever-growing rates of obesity? With obesity at an all-time high there is no better time than NOW! Will the TEA industry rise to meet this challenge?This is what fellow STI (Specialty Tea Institute) member, Dharlene Fahl-Brittian from TAKE UP THE CUP, was … Continue reading
black tea takes over
Steam, smelly steam brought the tea trade into the industrial age. An age-old handmade product could now be manufactured by steam powered machinery and delivered (via Suez) by steamships in half the time of the fastest, most glamorous clipper ship, which required a picked crew, a high freight rate, and … Continue reading
world tea championship
Some products, like Twinkies and tricycles, don’t change much from year to year: the former because they are pure chemistry – not unlike polyvinyl chloride; and the latter because it is hard to improve upon perfection. Tea – and wine – are an entirely different matter. Every harvest is different … Continue reading
alphabet of -teas
One of the most fascinating aspects of the marvelous world of tea is the vast opportunity to pun our favorite beverage. How many of you tea drinkers find your “creativi – tea” and your “generosi-tea” aided for the better by the “availabili- tea” of the good brew? Yep. Thought so.Attached … Continue reading