“[I am] a hardened and shameless tea drinker, who for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of the fascinating plant; who with tea amused the evening, with tea solaced the midnight, and with tea welcomed the morning.”
-Samuel Johnson

Half-Dipper
An excellently-written tea blog by an English academia-gentleman in Oxford who loves his Chinese teas as much as his Afternoon Tea with home-made scones.

Cha Dao
A gathering of elite tea aficionados and guest contributors, whose essays and reflections on tea go well beyond the mundane and transcend into the realm of high intellect. A gem among tea blogs. Maintained by a Professor of Classics.

The Mandarin’s Tea
A Chinese tea blog by a professional graphic artist with an elegant passion for tea, teapots and the arts. A true tea aficionado, indeed!