A couple of years ago, a good friend and I discovered Bird Pick Tea & Herb in Pasadena, California. We are both tea lovers and this place was like a playground for us! They have huge glass jars of fresh, loose-leaf tea and marvelous tea accessories. I later found out … Continue reading
The China Modern: Designing Popular Culture 1910-1970 exhibit, through February 6, 2011 at Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, California, showcases several tea-related items. There are two teapots, both of which were manufactured in the 1980s in China and uninspiringly named Blue Teapot and Cloudy White Teapot, respectively. Their designs are … Continue reading
You’ve all experienced it – you are at dinner with friends and one of them raves about a new gadget she has just purchased, one you have never heard of. Then, over the subsequent days, that gadget seems to pop up around every corner.When I fell down the tea hole … Continue reading