Tea Tasting by a Pro

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(Tea Times Blog) — This video shows Kevin Gascoyne of Kyela Teas demonstrating how he tastes teas.  When he visits India in the Spring, he tastes over 1000 teas, but only picks 15 to put into [...]

Equo Masala Chai Tea

(Tea TImes Blog) – The weather is now cooler here, so I can now enjoy drinking hot tea again.  Today I explored the deep, dark reaches of my kitchen cabinets and found my unopened box of Equo Organic Masala Chai tea.  My sister-in-law had purchased this for my birthday. Both she and I appreciate that [...]

Teavana’s Peach Momotaro Blooming Tea

(Tea Times Blog) I took a trip to Washington Square Mall on Monday evening.  After a too-large meal at the Cheesecake Factory, my mother, daughter and I decided to walk some of it off in the mall.

The first thing I saw was the Teavana shop.  I had to stop.  They has samples of several teas [...]

A “Minty” Arnold Palmer

(Tea Times Blog) – It is still hotter than normal in my area of Oregon, so I am continuing my search for iced drinks.

After my success with the refrigerator tea using the white pomegranate and mint tea, I decided to play some more with the mint tea.  I had lemonade in the refrigerator that had [...]

Can Food Pairings Make Tea Taste Differently?

(Tea Times Blog) – This morning was the first in a long while that I actually had breakfast at home.

Let me say that I most definitely eat breakfast most mornings; I believe that is the reason that I have managed to lose 20 pounds since the beginning of 2009.  But I usually eat at my [...]