Have you ever looked forward with anticipation opening a bag of cookies only to be disappointed when they were stale? Depressing, isn’t it? Tea goes stale and the best gourmet tea should be consumed within six months or so. Since tea lovers tend to stock up, sometimes another tea related gift is a better idea. > read more
Yesterday, I told you about Mighty Leaf Tea, a relatively new tea company that has developed an innovative method that allowed you to use tea bags and still get a brewed tea flavor. Now let’s look at the opposite end of the online merchants for gourmet tea and tea gifts: Adagio Teas. Founded in 1999, > read more
My mother was English. The stereotypical stiff-upper-lip, reserved, rather formal Brit. Of course, she drank tea. Lots of tea. For many years, Mom couldn’t get what she called “proper tea” in America and, unwilling to accept a Lipton’s tea bag, she had my grandmother ship her loose leaf tea her several times a year. I > read more