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 [...]
As you all know from reading the posts here at T Ching, there are a myriad of purported health benefits reported, and widely touted, from consuming tea. We all love to hear that and we have all been great proponents and disseminators of that information. As humans, it is only natural that we have our [...]
Recently, I decided to combine two things I love - tea and anthropology. As all of you are aware, T Ching happens to be the perfect venue for the pursuit of all things related to tea. What does this have to do with anthropology? As people, we are embedded in cultures as well as sub-cultures. [...]
Tea. Poetry. Two of my favorite things. It only makes sense that I should put them together and make it even more enjoyable. For me, that means writing poems about tea. Although not all of my tea-poetry attempts reflect well on either tea or poetry, I’m going to share them anyway. They’d probably earn me [...]
A is for Aroma, the beautiful scent of tea as it steeps and you wait for it to be ready to drink.
B is for Brew Basket, a tool used to make loose-leaf tea that I have exceptional difficulty using. One would think I would have figured it out after so many failed attempts…
C is for [...]
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 [...]
While watching the BBC’s excellent adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel Cranford on PBS Masterpiece Theatre, I found the remarks about green tea made by the very amiable and kind-hearted Miss Matty, portrayed by Dame Judy Dench, out of the ordinary. Although green tea has a four-thousand-year-old history and has been written about in literature numerous [...]
Tea has inspired many art forms, including tea pots, paintings, pointless tea collages like my own, and…writing. Yes, writing. That’s what I’m talking about today. Perhaps not surprisingly, there are quite a lot of books about tea, both nonfiction and fiction.
The Teashop Girls by Laura Schaefer
As kindergarteners, Annie and her best friends Genna and Zoe [...]
After three consecutive months of having fun with tea and sweet indulgences, for this month I’d promised a post on tea as an aid in weight loss. Quite timely…I’m sure I’m not the only one out there looking to wipe off a few holiday-acquired pounds.
The Tea Spot’s expert on tea and metabolism, is, coincidentally enough, [...]
I think of myself as a purist when it comes to the teas I like to drink. I seek teas that are straightforward, tasting of their terroir, and not flavored with anything nature-equivalent, synthetic, or artificial, true to their type. I want to inhale and taste the tea and appreciate the art of the grower [...]
