Archive for January, 2007
Lucky You!
If you’re reading this blog from the United States, and you like tea – then you should consider yourself rather lucky. Richard Guzauskas, the chairman of the Specialty Tea Institute correctly points out a major disparity in the availability of specialty teas between nations that do not produce tea and those that do. He says:
It [...]
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Indian Tea In Iraq
This is interesting.
Saddam’s execution and the civil strife in Iraq have thrown a spanner in the works of the Indian tea industry. With Iraq emerging as the largest buyer of Indian tea in 2006 as per the figures till September, the tea industry was banking on the troubled country for a revival in the fortunes [...]
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Investing In Indian tea
A new billion dollar fund has been set up in India to boost the quality and productivity of the Indian tea industry. Long plagued by high operating costs and ageing tea bushes planted during the colonial era, it’s about time we did something to make our tea more competitive on the global market.
From replanting initiatives [...]
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Now Thats A Cool Teapot
“Sorapot is a modern teapot designed to brew heat-sensitive green and white teas. The stainless steel arch acts as a large heatsink that quickly dissipates the water’s heat as the tea steeps, preventing the bitterness that comes from oversteeping in too-hot water. The tea is poured at a comfortably warm drinking temperature [...]
Filed under: design, teapot, teaware | 1 Comment
Frog Keeps a Mistress
A tea shop in Shanghai called “Qingwa Bao Ernai” is being forced to change it’s name.
“The name is also against social morality and common ethics”
said a commercial bureau official, Xu Jun.
Apparently the name translates to “Frog keeps a mistress” or “Frog hugs the little mistress”. Teachat, another tea blog, has a nice little post about [...]
Filed under: china, humor, offbeat | 4 Comments
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