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Bonjour beau-tea's! Please enjoy our next installment to our guest blog series! Read on to here about our friend, Nancy Werking Poling's, experiences with Korean tea!  "Hospitali-tea" By: Nancy Werking Poling Against a background of muted brown tones, the weathered face of an elderly peasant woman stared directly into the camera. Around her, dark bricks of hardened soybean paste hung from heavy strings attached to the roof of a market stand. The large portrait sensitively captured the spirit and beauty of a woman who survived the trauma of Korea’s twentieth century. Dr. Cha was the photographer and president of Honam Presbyterian Seminary,...

This is a guest post from Aubrey Jen.  Thanks for your guest blog post.  We welcome comments below and we welcome your guest posts too. ------------------------------- After a long, exhausting day, the first words out of my mouth, as I arrive home are “Boy, I need a cup of tea.” Making the tea only takes a few minutes, but those minutes matter. I find it relaxing to watch the Earl Grey tea slowly diffuse into my mug of hot water.  I then add a “glub glub” of vanilla syrup, and just enough milk to turn the tea a caramel shade....

Hello, my most wonderful tea people! I am writing this post as I have been pondering on that, often times, in this busy holiday season, as we are all buzzing around to get those last minute gifts, print and send the Christmas cards, bake the cookies, etc we sometimes forget that those around us aren't all home for the holidays or able to be with those they love. This makes me a bit melancholy. Fortunately though, recently, I have been reading up on studies done that link our olfactory senses (taste & smell) to recalling particular memories in our pasts.  I don't...

Good evening, to my favorite tea sippers! This evening I am feeling overwhelmingly grateful to live in such a beautiful city and area in which we are so incredibly blessed with so many wonderful local businesses! Our Main Street is simply decorated with a beautiful, diverse, and huge array of small shops and restaurants. I am fortunate enough to be employed here at my favorite, Good Life Tea, of course (I'm biased!), but again, we have so many great other options that I want to make sure you are all aware of!  Below, I will include a list of many...