Yerba Mate – does it contain caffeine?
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 Posted in Beginner's Guides to Tea, Caffeine, Health | No Comments »A little while ago, I blogged on the subject of caffeine. Since then, I've had a number of enquiries about Yerba Mate. "I never knew it contained caffeine" has been the common theme. Well, I'm afraid that yes, it does ...
Tea tastes nicer in your favourite mug
Monday, March 23rd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Confirming many people's suspicion that university dons have nothing better to do than drink tea all day long, a psychologist at Sheffield University has shown that we really do prefer tea from our favourite mug. Dr Tom Stafford says that the ...
Darjeeling 1st Flush 2009
Friday, March 20th, 2009 Posted in Indian Tea Industry, Intl Tea Trade | No Comments »Today we take a look at what is proving to be a difficult period in Darjeeling. [caption id="attachment_450" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Darjeeling is suffering drought at present"][/caption] Brian writes: We have received news reports of very dry weather in the tea growing areas ...
Not sure this is true, but…
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 Posted in Quirky | No Comments »Tea has some important properties. It's a healthy drink, and very enjoyable with it. But even I was surprised to find that in Japan a tea brand has been marketed aimed at girls who would like to have... er, fuller figures. "Do ...
Tea Bag Making by Malcolm at All About Tea
Monday, March 16th, 2009 Posted in Beginner's Guides to Tea, Tea Bags | No Comments »All About Tea - Making tea bags A quick introduction to how we make tea bags on our old but reliable tea bag machine.
Tea is discovered by Samuel Pepys
Friday, March 13th, 2009 Posted in Quirky | No Comments »[caption id="" align="alignright" width="194" caption="Portrait of Samuel Pepys by J. Hayls."][/caption] Short and sweet today. Did you know that long before tea became the national drink, coffee was the hot drink of choice? I feel I can admit this fearlessly. After all, ...
Green Tea Facts!
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 Posted in Beginner's Guides to Tea, Health, Japanese Tea, Weight Loss | No Comments »I was sitting at my desk yesterday afternoon, thoughtfully sipping a new blend we've just created (Wendy Tea, since you ask). The phone interrupted my reverie. The caller was one of our regulars. "I want to try green tea because I've ...
Twitter Updates for 2009-03-05
Thursday, March 5th, 2009 Posted in twitter | No Comments »You can see the new website homepage now at http://www.allabouttea.co.uk. It's not working properly yet... we'll sort the links out tomorrow. # Powered by Twitter Tools.
One lump or two in your marijuana?
Thursday, March 5th, 2009 Posted in Quirky | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_420" align="alignleft" width="245" caption="Rock and roll rebellion is not what it was"][/caption] You may want to be careful next time you take some AAT English Breakfast to your friends in America. Tea produces a false positive in tests for marijuana, ...
Twitter Updates for 2009-03-05
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 Posted in twitter | No Comments »The website looks a mess but it's going to look fantastic soon... honest. Jody has done a great job. Patience, my tea-loving friends. # I'm just about to walk home... about 25 mins. And it's just started ...
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