I’ve been drinking a great deal of coffee lately. Although it usually appears that people who prefer coffee dislike tea, and vice versa, I feel that the two sometimes complement each other in unlikely ways. For instance… Continue reading
At the Los Angeles International Tea Festival, I had the great fortune to attend a seminar given by James Norwood Pratt at which he spoke about a tea renaissance in the United States, which is energized by the “new tea… Continue reading
Last spring I went on an extended vacation to Costa Rica for three weeks. I asked a neighbor to water my plants to avoid returning to a house full of dead plants. For the most part, my neighbor did an adequate… Continue reading
“Red tea” – a tea made from the rooibos bush in South Africa – is different from any tea you’ve ever tasted. The term “rooibos” (pronounced “roy-bos”) is Afrikaans for “red bush” and has an etymology that is Dutch in origin. Red tea is not made from the tea plant, … Continue reading
One reason the hibiscus is one of my favorite flowers is because its flowers fall and fade so subtly, almost without notice – exactly the reason I am not fond of the camellia, whose withering blossoms stubbornly hang onto the branches and color the entire plant brown. At the Descanso … Continue reading
Obviously, tea is inspiring and exciting, stimulating (or calming), and very tasty. However, there are some situations in which a certain type of tea, or just tea in general, may not be the best thing to have. Scenario 1It is 104 degrees as you and your companions trudge through Death … Continue reading