While I hardly ever make an entire pot of tea, there are occasions when a blend is called for – requiring a full pot of love. Since I use a filter in my pot – so as not to allow the leaves to stew, making the liquor become bitter – my only other...
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By the time you read this you will all have had your lovely(?) Christmases. Although I am not a Scrooge per se, the Christmas holidays are not of any real excitement for me. The commercialization, the small family dramas, and the sheer amount of...
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My life, if not properly managed, can sometimes be overwhelming. Taking my courses, honing my palette, learning all that I possibly can about a thing I am passionate about; tea is not for the faint-hearted my friends. It is serious business.
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On my tea path, I’ve found that the single hardest thing I have to learn is how to properly describe what I taste in the teas I am sampling. I mean, it is tough. While wine sommeliers are able to whip out a ‘brand X white is melony and...
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Camellia sinensis is a badass. Tea is awesome for your health bringing a ton of excellence to the table – an added bonus for those of us who are aficionados in the first place.
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If my interest in all-things-tea may seem to be encompassing, I must tell you that sometimes I do have to shut my racing mind down and zen-out – usually with some tea and Netflix.
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I am in love… A couple of courses ago I had to pick a tea, a region, and a process and explain what I have learned about the chosen tea to my professor as my final assignment.
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Spending time in England when I was little (and into my teens) I have fond, probably over-blown memories of my great-grandmother making the worlds best English Breakfast tea. It was dark, full-bodied, and without milk gave me the tiniest of...
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Like all things in this life, what we find exciting is relative. In the past, I found my thrills in the arena of politics, the excitement of debate, the mellow awesomeness of a really, really good martini…or six.
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