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We give away a lot of tea.  Whenever someone orders tea from us, we usually give them a handful of similar samples, just to try.  Whenever someone purchases something in person, we usually ask them if any teas looked particularly interesting.  If they did, we’ll give that person a sample of whatever that tea was.  The samples which we hand out are enough loose tea for a single cup, in a small bag with our name on it.  All of these samples are portioned into bags by hand, in a process which takes far too much time, for the love...

Tea is remarkably prominent in Russian culture.  This is largely due to the fact that tea is hot, and Russia is cold.  Thus, tea there, as it is consumed in most places in the world, is consumed hot.  It was introduced to Russia in the mid-1600’s, but by the 1800’s, it was being imported in such large quantities that it became accessible to most Russians, rather than just the wealthy.  Some tea has been grown in Russia, but it isn’t exactly a thriving industry, because Russia is, again, cold. Russian teas tend to be known for their smoky flavor.  The...

While today, it may be owned by the same megacorporation as Pepsi, Lipton tea began with a single grocery store, founded by the Irish immigrant Thomas Lipton.  Before this man came into the tea industry, tea was a luxury good.  It was difficult for Americans and Europeans to obtain for a variety of reasons.  Countries which were able to grow it, which is to say, China, guarded it jealously.  It was also very difficult to ship the tea to Europe, and getting it to America meant sending it on a ship quite literally to the far side of the globe....

There’s a lot of variety to green tea.  Some of it is flavored, some of it is just green, some of it is rolled up into little balls, some of it is in bags, and all of it is of different prices and qualities.  This post is a bit of an introduction to the different types of green tea. >>>>  Step up to Premium Green Teas.  Check out our Green Teas   <<<< Green tea is a true tea.  This means that it is the brewed leaves of the camellia sinensis plant, and nothing else.  Many things which we tend...