“Hail! Queen of Plants, Pride of Elysian Bow’rs!
How shall we speak thy complicated Pow’rs?
Thous Wond’rous Panacea, to asswage
The Calentures of Youth’s fermenting Rage,
And Animate the freezing Veins of Age.
To Bacchus when our griefs repair for Ease,
The Remedy proves worse than the Disease:
Where Reason we must lose to keep the Round,
And drinking Others Healths, our Own [...]

Next month, September 18, in Washington DC there will be a gathering of the scientific community who are focusing their attention on TEA: The Fourth International Scientific Symposium on Tea and Human Health. The sponsors of the event:
American Cancer Society, American College of Nutrition, American Society for Nutrition, American Medical Womens Association, Linus [...]

I am hoping that you can help me think about something:
As Issue 3 of the Art of Tea lands on many of your doorsteps and you begin to read, you might think about whether you would rather learn the Chinese terms for all things tea related, via roman pinyin of course, or develop some kind [...]

In imitation of London, New York City came to support numerous coffeehouses and tea gardens. Over the course of the century there were three Vauxhalls alone, one Ranelagh, and several other. To make up for a lack of decent drinking water in Manhattan, the city was forced to establish special Tea Water Pumps, one of [...]

When my wife and I have guests at our home, serving tea is a part of our customs and something that requires a bit of thinking ahead. As overzealous hosts we often prepare meals in courses (and always too much). It is usually right before desserts that a mini dilemma would set in: What tea [...]