tching — “Won’t you please come in?” The woman was impossibly frail, but refused a helping hand from her kneeling position in a bed of spent narcissus. “If I start taking a hand, I won’t be able to get up by myself.” “I don’t want to interrupt you,” I apologized, “I’ll just leave...
tching — Last year I was inspired to design a set of symbols to commemorate Japanese culture in New York and the 100th anniversary of Japan’s donation of cherry trees to the United States. One of the symbols I designed was a teapot. My inspiration for the symbol, which was done in...
tching — Even though I have written about pesticides and tea before, I wanted to address the subject again because once again the issue is in the news with Celestial Seasonings getting busted by the same group that busted Teavana last year. The Glaucas Research Group seems to be making money by...
tching — Drawing a simple stick figure is the extent of my artistic abilities. Honestly, even that might be stretching it. It’s not really a problem as I am more than willing to accept my lack of artistic ability. But every once in a while, I’ll catch Bob Ross on PBS painting...
tching — There’s something very special about being still and focused when preparing and drinking tea. Lucidity is the word in this case. In the moment, there’s rich detail: cups/bowls, leaves, pots, water, temperature, colors, shape, form, differential. I’ve been fascinated by drinking the same puerh and experiencing a slightly different tea...
teaguyspeaks — Continuing with our theme of wildly popular viral videos that are constructed of an unlikely mix of tea and rap, here's Elemental's Cup Of Brown Joy. Adagio Teas - Best Tea Online
tching — Today hasn’t been the sunniest day in Los Angeles. I’d like to say that I woke up at six in the morning, cheerfully placed some sun tea on my front porch, and rode my bike to the beach to take a dip in the ocean. While I did take a...
blog.teavana — Cool Off With Our Top 5 Go-To Iced Tea Blends Friday, May 15, 2012Posted by Admin Enjoy the steamy weather by brewing up tall pitchers of iced tea. Here are our five go-to iced tea blends to help you keep your cool all summer long. Pineapple Kona Pop Herbal Tea You might not...
tching — When I think of the following words – fragrance, evanescence, and seasonality – I think of the many special teas sold fresh, capturing their season, but I also think of fresh cherries whose season seems so short that if you blink you miss it. So in celebration of cherries’ fleeting...
teaguyspeaks — Who knew tea and rap was such a popular combination? Here's one from The Tea Mafia. Adagio Teas - Best Tea Online
tching — Chronic stress becomes toxic stress – and not just for adults! The belief that “children are resilient” is a misconception. Our children are suffering from stress and they are not as resilient as we believe them to be. Just like adults, they are developing Toxic Stress Syndrome from being overstressed...
half-dipper.blogspot — Singaporean tea maestro and all-around nice guy, Keng, has very kindly sent me a bunch of solid, down-to-earth cakes that have aged a treat in Singapore's humid heat. This first cake is the 2007 Yangpinhao "Yiwu Zaochun", meaning "early spring". Shown below, this cake was produced on 18 July - substantially after...
teaguyspeaks — From a few years back, here's a viral video Smirnoff put together to promote a tea-flavored beverage. Judging from the fact that it generated more than six million hits, one must assume that it achieved its goal of drawing attention to the product. Adagio Teas - Best Tea Online
tching — Finding tea where one least expects it is a simple pleasure. Except in this case, I’m not talking about finding a kung fu tea ceremony in a hotel that you randomly select on a vacation, but rather finding references to tea in hip-hop lyrics. Yes, really. While there are lots of references...
half-dipper.blogspot — "Try this blind and give me an opinion", reads the Alice-in-Wonderland-style label on a little packet that I recently received. Twodog, of white2tea, has a habit of finding low-cost, decent cakes, as a cursory glance through the tasting notes page of this humble web-site will reveal. I am, therefore, expecting good things. Then,...
tching — Recently, Jonathan Kane Houldsworth from New Zealand contacted me via Facebook about a Robert Fortune film that was produced by an Australian company. Mr. Houldsworth is associated with Dilmah Tea, but the spirit of Robert Fortune brought us together and he wrote about this incident on his blog, which made me...