Every once in a while, the perks of being the editor-in-chief of the #2 tea blog are particularly sweet. I saw the Capresso PerfecTea pot a few weeks ago and was eager to give it a try, so I contacted the company and they sent me one for my review. As some of you may [...]
When my mom came to visit over the holidays and try out a place to live in Austin, I lent her my coffeemaker to keep in her apartment. Needless to say, it really only gets used when she visits, so it was an easy thing to do. However, what we didn’t think about was that [...]
Inspired by The New York Times best-selling book, Three Cups of Tea, Tea Party Angels is an innovative concept that turns a girl’s tea party into a fundraiser for girls’ education around the world. Imagine thousands of young girls hosting tea parties across the country and asking their friends to bring a small donation - [...]
As you learned in my last post, my last class of the day has only ten students. We’re an elite* team designed to produce projects to enter a competition called National History Day, or NHD. We traditionally work hard all class period, dissecting paragraphs for deeper observation and scanning articles in hopes of a primary [...]
The memory of just how Toni – as I have always called her – and I reconnected eludes me. It was several years ago now when we started to exchange the infrequent email and hope that we would reunite “one of these days.” As second cousins – we shared great-grandparents who helped settle Montana - [...]
Oh, yes, it is that time again – the holidays are upon us and, as always, we are looking for something different to prepare and serve – something festive, creative, tasty and easy? Now that I have your attention, you probably know I am going to suggest TEA. I will certainly not disappoint you, of [...]
My teenage stepdaughter and I recently discovered something we have in common besides two X chromosomes. Pretty cool, eh?
Recently I started a new job. The company provides employees and contractors with reasons not to leave the office, such as a large bowl of fruit in the break room, and a wide assortment of tea.
This led [...]
“Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others.”
- Okakura Kakuzo, The Book of Tea
“Toreshi San, Toreshi San! Are you there?” greeted me each morning during the late fall/early winter that year in Japan. No matter how tired, busy, or hung over [...]
My sister and I still call her Nana.
Our grandmother will be 90 next month. Although sharp as a tack, she’s nearly blind, mostly deaf, and her knees don’t work very well after a lifetime of dancing and golfing. She knows what she likes (holding court) and does not like (ambient restaurant noise), so taking her [...]
I just returned from a week-long trip to Northern California where I drove up and down Sonoma County in search of great restaurants, cafes, and hotels with which to share our newly redesigned tea service program. On my journey, I found some impressive gems that made me want to pack up and move north for [...]
