…Enjoy!

Big THANK YOU to woodie from TeaChat.com for sending me some tea samples he enjoys to try on the show!  Thanks so much dude!

Also, thanks to Adagio for a birthday surprise, including some great Chai samples as well as a new IngenuiTEA infuser!  You guys are the best .

One more thing, in addition to probably checking out Episode #31 (even in it’s bad streched out form), I’d like to point you to my first article for my college’s newspaper, The Campus!  Tried to write an informal, rather simple argument of loose leaf vs. bagged teas.  … Continue Reading

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Not sure if you want to call this “episode 31″ or “episode 32″ but either way, it’s something to watch

You know, I really wanted to like Casablanca Twist, I really did. It’s like that kid in high school that you pity and want to be friends with, but you just can’t. He would never mesh with your other friends, and then it leads to awkwardness. That’s what this is, an awkward tea. I’m not exactly sure WHAT CbT is supposed to be (I’m clever with acronyms, right?), but unless Adagio wanted to make an over-the-top mint tea, they’ve done their job, ten times over.

Like I said, … Continue Reading

Check this out on Steepster:
DISCLAIMER:  I added a half a teaspoon of ITO EN Matcha with this Genmaicha tea, to see what it tasted like.  The results may frighten you.  Okay not really, but maybe.

To start off, I just wanted to say that this was not my idea alone.  My good buddy @paintedleaves put this on her blog and I decided to try it.  After a bit of WikiResearch (note: I coined that phrase), I found that … Continue Reading

iamtea-rriffic:
catchafire:
At the start of the new millennium the Dalai Lama apparently issued eighteen rules for living. Since word travels slowly in the digital age these have only just reached me. Here they are.

• Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
• When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
• Follow the three Rs: Respect for self, Respect for others, Responsibility for all your actions.
• Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
• Learn the rules so you know how to break … Continue Reading
  

I stumbled across this on Reddit, and although it has nothing to do with drinking tea, it’s all about the culture and refinement of the tea society…. or something like that.  Anyway a cool how to build your own outdoor tea lantern!

Though Rooibos is not really a true “tea,” (why don’t we be snobs about it ), there are indeed a PLETHORA (means a lot) of benefits from drinking it.  Here’s what they posted today on their Facebook page (you should become a fan btw ).
Rooibos (pronounced ROY-boss) appears to rival the health benefits of green, white and black tea. A favorite among South Africans for years, the tea is made from Aspalathus Linearis, an indigenous shrub that grows only in the mountainous region close to the Cape of Good Hope.

The beverage is said to have 50% more antioxidants than … Continue Reading