Since I gave up drinking coffee some eighteen months ago, my need for breath mints has been eliminated. Tea drinking simply does not give rise to Dragon Breath, that fearsome halitosis that can incapacitate victims up to ten feet away. Coffee drinkers who smoke have been known to disable a charging black rhinoceros [...]
As we make our way through our daily routines, there come times to rehydrate, refresh, and restore. Tea is the ideal noontime beverage, be it hot or iced, as it accomplishes all of these. After a good morning’s work, we’re ready to fuel up for the remainder of the workday, and replenishing our bodies with [...]
You know how the joke goes, “I’ve got good news, and I’ve got bad news. Which do you want first?” You play the odds . . . shall I take the bad news first, ending on the good . . . or shall I hear the good news first, and phooey on the [...]
Not all tea is worth writing about. Worldwide tea production averages perhaps three billion pounds, which provides little more than half a pound of tea per person per year. The trend is thus toward more but worse tea everywhere. This does not have to mean you. Tea lovers again have the [...]
One of the biggest complaints I hear AND read from people who try green tea and don’t like it, is the taste. Let’s remember that for those inexperienced or uninformed about the proper brewing techniques, there are many ways to ruin a perfectly good cup of tea. The most common insults are using [...]
Looking for a delicious snack that can be made ahead of time, is easy as boiling water, and beautiful to look at? Look no further! While searching for pictures to accompany T Ching posts, I repeatedly came upon gorgeous photos of “tea eggs.” I had to know more. Why [...]
It’s no mystery that one part of T Ching’s mission is to help improve health, on a large scale, through the promotion of increased tea consumption instead of sugar laden beverages. Coming from a healthcare background, I can tell you first hand that it is no easy task to make changes in people’s health and [...]
My mother, who’s soon to be 89 years old, lives in an independent living facility. She relocated to Oregon two years ago to be closer to her granddaughter and me. The only down side was that she felt the need to give up her car. She was a bit overwhelmed [...]
When I makes tea I makes tea as old mother Grogan said and when I makes water I makes water. -James Joyce (1882 - 1941), Ulysses
As the twenty-first century opens, the world’s tea trade faces three new and undeniable facts: 1) World tea production has increased phenomenally to perhaps three million metric [...]
I want to share my knowledge of the quality ingredients that the SenCha bar has. I gained this knowledge because I am the one who gathers every single raw ingredient contained in them and it is I who make sure that microbiological test results are satisfactory for the well being of our [...]
