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tea for children
What about approaching the tea drinking experience in a special way, such as how a child might? To do this, I fancy pretending to act out a tea-making/drinking scenario in imitation of the Japanese...
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brewing a perfect cup
Article in NY Times on coffee: If this is where mass market coffee is going, can tea be far behind? This type of machine may never achieve the same popularity as easy grab-and-go espresso that is...
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Snapple Tea Lovers - $10 Instant Savings on Any Case
Snapple Tea Bags: $10 Instant Savings on Any Case Save $10 today when you buy any case of Snapple tea bags, sold in packs of 12, listed on this page. This offer applies only to products purchased by...
 
Yixing cleaning question, grease/gunk
Well, I decided to undertake a general cleaning of some of my more forgotten Yixing. Since moving, about two years ago, a number of my teapots found a new home on a shelf in the kitchen near the...
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Tuo Cha Brewing and Quality Questions
Hello, I am new to this group, but have been reading it for about a year. It's been very helpful and informative to me. I am particularily interested in finding teas at ethnic markets, so on my recent...
 
chinese tea store online
Chinese Tea Store Online specializes in premium quality chinese oolong tea, green tea, black tea, white tea, blooming tea, pyramid tea bags and pu-erh teas. We are based in China and ship our teas...
 
my tea turned blue !!!
have been drinking a ?cooked pu-erh... chun ming tuo with blue lettering on the wrapper.... after brewing, and drinking, the leftover tea turns a blue colour after some hours... when drunk, the stuff...
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Theanine data quest
Interest in the positive benefits of theanine in tea (relaxing, mind calming and stress reducing) is long overdue, but the published literature is woefully short of reliable data. The Tea Research...
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A good site about blooming teas
Blooming tea when brewed (best in a glass teapot or cup) the blooming tea ball can be seen to slowly open, giving the appearance of a blossoming flower. It is kind of newly-innovated special green tea...
 
"The Leaf", a Free Tea Magazine
In the true spirit of Cha Dao, we are proud to introduce The Leaf, Tea Magazine, offering steeping after steeping of tea wisdom written by and translated from some of the most famous authors in the...
 
Chinese Tea Blog
Hi, Dear Sirs, We are on the way to set up the Chinese Tea Blog focus on the experience share with the world from Chinese tea history, Chinse tea culture, Chinese tea brewing . Pls visit us by
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favorite morning mixtures
I used to be one wake up at the very latest possible, shower quick and run out the door to class, however, now I've grown my hair out and Chicago tends to be sub freeing for a vast majority of the...
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ctc green teas?
Hi all, I recently ordered a Yama glass teapot from Northwest Glass Design as a present (looks like a cross between a gaiwan and a kyuusu, with a roomy metal mesh filter; 10oz) It came (for a small...
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Congou recommendations?
I'm mostly an oolong and green tea drinker, but last year I decided to try out some plain black teas and ordered Golden Yunnan Imperial and Keemun Hao Ya A from Upton Tea Imports. I really liked the...
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Ireland
Will be studying in Ireland for a semester, specifically in Limerick, but will travel the whole country. Any suggestion on places to buy good tea in Ireland? Any coffee/tea shops I should visit? and...
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