This is a selection of recent popular blog articles from the Twinings Tea Blog, where you will find the best tea blogs by tea lovers from around the world.
Rooibos: Some Health Information Elliot, at the Miro Tea blog, continues his examination of rooibos, the increasingly popular herbal beverage from South Africa. Last time out, he took a look at how rooibos is processed. This time around, some thoughts on the potential health benefits of rooibos. For more on rooibos and health, look here.
Teaware: Chataku What's a chataku? As Katrina pointed out, in a recent post at The Tea Pages, it's "a saucer (coaster) that sits under the small handleless Japanese teacups known as yunomi." Chataku are also known in China as chatuo.
Wakamatsu-no-Mukashi Matcha from Ippodo The Tea Nerd reviewed some matcha recently at his site and also included some striking photos that documented the preparation process. Matcha is a powdered Japanese green tea that's used in the Japanese tea ceremony, among other things. For more about matcha and health, look here.
"Stringing Tea": Intro & Part 1 If the phrase "stringing tea" doesn't ring any bells, it's because it was apparently coined in an interesting post by Mellow Monk. The introduction and part one of the multi-part post relate how a three- person film crew from Europe's Arte TV network followed him on a tea- buying expedition as part of their research for a documentary on Japanese green tea.
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