Yes! Tea is the most versatile and delicious beverage in the world. Yes! Tea has historical significance throughout many cultures. And Yes! Tea can be a simple remedy for many ailments. I was recently reminded of this when my niece, Megan, made me an extremely tasty tea that eased my tummy turmoil.
I had been suffering [...]
I poured the tea and waited till quarter past three …
while it cooled – I steeped.
The visions soon crept – I am not one to be fooled.
Love finally arrived … and it was radiant … and right on time.
I asked, “Where have you been and what have you seen?”
Love said, “I have been all [...]
In her new book, Sereni-Tea: Sipping Self Success, T Ching contributor Dharlene Marie Fahl weaves together two subjects that are clearly meant for each other - the quest for self love and the therapeutic benefits of tea. Indeed, in her Introduction, Dharlene explains that her goal in what is the first in a series of [...]
I’m always delighted to see continuing research supporting the profound health benefits derived from drinking green tea. A google alert about an article from Cancer News Today left me quite excited, only to see that I was being sent to WebMD for the story. I can’t say I’m a huge fan of WebMD, but the [...]
Tea has always had a reputation in the U.S. as a staid, sedate beverage for grandmotherly types. All that is changing (has changed?) in many ways, one of which is tea’s growing popularity in social media. Tea blogs have been around for years, and are thriving - sites like T Ching, Adagio Tea, and World [...]
The U.S. wholesale tea business is a fascinating niche business characterized by an incestuous supply chain and an irrational focus on everything BUT product quality. In this post, I’ll attempt to unpack a few basic truths about the wholesale tea business that every entrepreneur should learn before either becoming a tea wholesaler or buying from [...]
Recently, while at a Whole Foods looking for rose hips, I discovered a sweet rose Tulsi tea. It is absolutely delicious, with a flavor that is subtle, naturally sweet, and very soothing. Through research, I was delighted to discover it also has deep religious significance in Hinduism. Known as “holy basil” in India, Tulsi is [...]
Eighty percent of our skin’s weight is from collagen, the protein that keeps our skin in shape from the inside out. Beauty products have targeted this large population of proteins for a reason - its degeneration is behind the feared wrinkles and softening of the skin’s natural elasticity. But instead of applying facial creams or [...]
It’s only April and the mini day-to-day tea calendar on my desk has enlightened me with quite a few memorable - even inscrutable - tea-related quotes.
“Where there’s tea there’s hope,” coined by the famous British Dramatist and Director Sir Arthur Pinero (1855-1934), is probably the most quoted tea quote in history. Hope - like tea [...]
Tea has a lot of uses. Today, I’m exploring a new concept - tea as the focus of a word game. How many words contain the word “tea?” T-E-A. More than you might think. I have been giving a lot of thought to words that contain “tea.” It just shows how much tea there [...]
