I’m an old Jersey boy, so the first thing I noticed before popping the lid and tasting this bottled iced tea was the label. It depicts a beach scene with an old Woody station wagon - surf board on the roof - that was iconic of the Jersey Shore while I was growing up. It [...]
Every so often, after a particularly arduous day or when the weather is gloomy, cool, or stormy, I want nothing more than a long soak in a warm tub. Sometimes I add something as simple as equal parts baking soda and salt to the water, but other times I will throw in one of an [...]
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 [...]
Not quite sure what a caption like “Don’t smoke tea. Drink cigarettes” is trying to accomplish. But after seeing the accompanying photo - besides getting a laugh - you may become even more befuddled by its design. Instead of tobacco, the cigarettes in this photo are filled with tea leaves. Put one of them in [...]
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 [...]
It was three-and-a-half years ago that I converted to tea after thirty years of drinking stinking coffee. The wonderful thing about tea is that you can drink it all day long and suffer neither the jitters nor the social plague of coffee breath. For those of you who subscribe to the creed that freedom is [...]
I recently had lunch with a dear friend and avid tea drinker, Yvonne Maisonette. Yvonne has been transitioning from her career as a fashion model and actress into entertainment journalism and asked if we could do a segment on tea.
As much as I love talking about what I’m doing with my company and the different [...]
Yesterday, a tourist came to our tea store asking for Tie Guan Yin tea. I was curious about why she flew from Northern to Southern China for this tea, so I asked her. She explained that in her city a lot of people drink this tea because of its beautiful green color and delicious fragrance. [...]
I’m in the process of investigating which filtration system to purchase for my home use that would provide the optimal water for tea. Rather than spending big bucks for a whole house system, I’m looking for something to install at the kitchen sink. During my research, however, I did learn of a disturbing Rutgers University [...]
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 [...]
