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Pinewood, Smoke, and Cigars: The Heated History of Lapsang Souchong Tea Lapsang is having is having its moment. Though it might be said that it has been for several hundred years, it is particularly prized of late. Many period PBS TV shows set in England often mention the drinking of this tea. A common setting is the local Vicar enjoying a cuppa while being hosted by the local Lord- think Downton Abby. Lapsang and is one of the strongest, most complex, and – frankly – strangest teas to be a worldwide favorite. Over the years, it also seems impervious to price increases:...

5 Key Takeaways from this Blog Post: 1. What Ice Wine Tea Is: Ice Wine Tea is a unique blend that combines the sweet, concentrated flavors of frozen grapes used in ice wine production with black tea, creating a crisp and slightly acidic tea with a fruity undertone, similar to chilled wine. 2. Process of Making Ice Wine: Ice wine is made by harvesting frozen grapes, which have their water content removed, leaving behind concentrated acids, aromatics, and sugars, yielding a rich, flavorful wine base used for infusion with tea. 3. Canadian and NY Finger Lakes Origins: Ice Wine Tea has...

Gunpowder Green is a particularly global tea.  It’s important in China, in Northern Africa, and in Britain.  How is this tea so popular in so many places?  It’s due to its particularly ancient design.   Before tea was sold and transported as loose piles of fragrant, dried leaves, tea was sold in bricks of compressed leaves.  This is because carrying tea from where it was grown, to all of the places which wanted to consume it, took months, if not years, and compressing the tea into bricks was the only way to keep it from becoming stale during the journey....

It's strange, if you think about it, that such a fun and tasty beverage, ranging in flavor varieties from 'Blueberry Muffin' to 'Cumin and Lemon,' can be found on store shelves around the world. Of course, there are certain types and strains which provide the health-bolstering properties of herbs, spices, and fruit bases including ginseng teas, ginger teas, acai teas, and of course other brands that tout weight-control. But is that why we love it? Is that why, after water, it's the world's most consumed beverage? Is that why poets have written about its character, its ability to delight, its nature, and our relationship...