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Novelty infusers are very cute.  I personally own a small, silicone sloth who hangs out on the side of my cup.  In addition to being cute, they also encourage you to drink your tea loose, rather than bagged, which is good, because loose tea tends to be of a much higher quality. However, novelty infusers definitely have drawbacks.  While these cup companions may be adorable, they also tend to be small.  Small  infusers, like tea balls, make it difficult for leaves to properly expand, and impart their flavor to the water.  The result tends to be a weaker, flatter tea...

The moment I started drinking tea, my mother immediately began calling me “the British child.”  I am of the opinion that, if you’re going to attach cultural stereotypes to things, you might as well do it correctly.  The first thing to know about British tea is that, if you’re drinking tea with biscuits in the afternoon, regardless of how fancy it is, it is not called high tea.  High tea was a meal which originated in the working class, when labor laws didn’t exist, and lunch breaks were therefore a luxury which most people did not have access to.  It...

It may seem like we named this tea “Moroccan Mint” because they both start with the letter M.  However, have you seen how difficult it is to spell Moroccan?  Anyone who has seen me struggle to spell the name of this tea in the shop knows for a fact that I cannot do it.  Were we just trying to find a word which alliterates with “mint”, we would have chosen “majestic” or something else which I can actually spell.  Moroccan Mint is called Moroccan Mint because Moroccan Mint tea is actually a real thing. For those who are unfamiliar with...

When you haven’t seen a friend in a long time, and you want to catch up, what do you do?  If you’re me, you invite them out for coffee.  When you’re meeting someone whom you don’t know very well for the first time, and you don’t want to bring them into your home, you invite them out for coffee.  When you’re looking for a place to study with friends, where do you go?  Out for coffee. Coffee is an easy social crutch.  It’s an excuse to be in a place- that place being a coffee shop.  It gives you something...