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How much do you care about tea?  Now, how would you feel if an arbitrary, distant government which you had no say in imposed a tax on it?  How upset would you be?  Probably, not very.  However, at one point in history, this was the last straw to start a revolution.   If you haven’t guessed yet, that revolution was the American Revolution, which really got going with the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea party, if you’re unfamiliar, was not a tea party of any kind.  It was the result of particularly angry upset Bostonians, whose tensions with England passed...

 Related Blog Post How Are You Infusing Your Teas? Besides its many health benefits, one of the primary reasons why we drink is for its taste. The fresh, refreshing flavor of loose leaf tea is satisfying. But, occasionally your tea might brew bitter. There are many reasons why your tea may be bitter. But the number reason is how you prepare your tea. In this post, I will answer the questions -  Why does your tea get bitter and how to avoid it. Blog Key Takeaways: - Learn about why tea can become bitter when steeping.  - Learn about what...

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...