Jeff Davis - Bio
Texas Lipton–not Zen green or Himalayan chai–was Jeff Davis’s first encounter with tea. A couple of stints in India converted his Texas tongue. A transplant to the Catskills Mountains near Woodstock, New York, he is author of The Journey from the Center to the Page: Yoga Philosophies and Practices as Muse for Authentic Writing (Penguin Putnam) and teaches Yoga as Muse for Authentic Writing at the University of New Mexico’s Taos Summer Writers Conference, the Block Island Poetry Project, and elsewhere. He works as a freelance writer, editor, and writing coach for writers throughout the country and is editor Wildlife Watch Binocular as well as WonderWritings: the e-zine of simple awe.
A tea-craze newbie (or maybe a crazed tea todler), he tempers his cup and pot (but not his thirst) each morning. Over twenty kinds of black, green, white, red, and herbal blend teas line his kitchen shelf. He’s experimenting with rainbow blends and will let you know the results.
Jeff, thank you for making us think about our tea-drinking and how far we have come from Texas Lipton (still commonly served in institutional environments). One wonders when that first famous piece of bark fell into a dipper of water and Man discovered tea. Somewhat addicted to coffee myself, I drink tea only for self-defense (health) and sometimes to be sort of British or Moslem. My wife drinks Yogi Kombucha decaffeinated green tea, but her favorite blends are from a company in Kingston, New York called Earth Medicine, especially their teas called “Flower Kisses Green Tea” and “Popeye’s Preference.”