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The Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival  Every spring all across Japan, as the weather gets warmer, there is great anticipation for the blooming of the Cherry Blossoms which marks the passing of winter and the arrival of spring.  The anticipation is just like when you were in school and counted down the days to summer vacation or counted the days to Christmas. You just couldn't wait for it happen.   When the trees blossom, the party begins. All over Japan people flock to parks to sit under the trees and take in spring and the joy of winter passing.Having lived in Japan as a...

Our best selling one-person tea making system In our last blog post, we discussed the importance of water in making tea. In the video below, we demonstrate our best selling one-person tea making system.  The secret sauce is the stainless steel infuser basket. One important feature not mentioned in our video is the ability to monitor the tea steeping process. Because the tea mug is made of heat resistant, Pyrex glass, you can watch the water turn into tea. This allows you to remove the infuser at the perfect moment when your tea is done. This is really useful when making green...

Good clean water at the right temperature Three ingredients are essential to making a great cup of tea. Good clean neutral water Great loose leaf tea Hot water at the correct temperature   1. Good clean water Water  without too many minerals, makes the best tea. Too many minerals and metals and your tea will taste bad (think sulfur) and too few will make it flat.  Do not use distilled water because it is devoid of minerals. Chlorine which is used to make drinking water safe can also ruin a cup of tea with its harsh chemical smell.If your water has...

Beware of Detox Teas, Especially the Weight Loss Teas  In our shop we get asked if we sell "detox teas".  Not really knowing about detox teas, I went on the all-knowing web.Online, I thought I would find some articles from some authoritative sites with medical sounding names. But the first article I came across was in Teen Vouge. Never having read the magazine, and because of the type of magazine, I was not expecting anything too substantive.  But the headline caught my attention. (Aren't hedlines supposed to do that), so I opened the link. Why Instagram’s Favorite Diet — "Teatoxing" — Won't Actually Help...