Fifteenth in a series on the teas of China.Technically classified not as black but dark black tea, Pu-Er is China’s mystery tea. It was already ancient when the troops of Kublai Khan spread the use of it from Yunnan throughout China. The secret of its manufacture is as closely guarded … Continue reading
The Christmas Crunch is on. All that shopping I did in October, before the headlines told me how truly poor I was, means nothing now that I am facing THE DREADED WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS.Even with my new-found meditation techniques and my therapist’s mantra “simplify, simplify”, this is gonna be a … Continue reading
I have been a fan of Dr. Andrew Weil’s for many years. In fact, I signed up for daily alerts from him. I was delighted to get his recent email entitled “7 Ways to Prevent Cancer: Nutrition”. As cancer seems to be ever increasing, I’m always interested in legitimate … Continue reading
Ah, the scent of coffee in the morning. It makes people want to stand and conquer empires, or at least, get up and go to work. Much has been made of coffee’s smell, and a link certainly exists between the scent and the drink’s popularity.But what about the smell of … Continue reading
Without a doubt, this past year has been one of the most unusual and memorable of my life, in no small part thanks to tea. A year and a half ago, when I discovered that I would be leaving my working home (Citigroup) of almost 26 years at the end … Continue reading
Fourteenth in a series on the teas of China.As a trans-Himalayan crow might fly, China’s Yunnan Province is just across the hills from Assam in India. This is the region where the tea species is thought to have originated and the similarities in taste and even appearance between the black … Continue reading