A Nice Cuppa

Discover the artifact-ual Tea Treasures of Yunnan. A Forgotten Waltzing
Dragon transforms your Tea pot into a musical jewelry box full of wonders…

 
Yunnan Province is considered the birthplace of all tea. Evolutionary tea roots are alive today within the “Jing Mai Ancient Tea Forests”, home to our ancestral tea trees. Some of the oldest tea trees […]

The experience of drinking a fine cup of tea can be expressed in many ways. Terms often used include: relaxing, refreshing, intoxicating, invigorating, soothing and… transporting. Perhaps it is genius then that Harney and Sons Master Tea Blenders has chosen to create a line of teas named for famous destinations.
In need of a […]

If there is ever a time to splurge on yourself, others and the waist-line, the holiday season is it! Chef’s Catalog is making it easy, by reducing the price on their fabulous chocolate fountain (Shown above, discounted from $250 to $99!). Imagine the fun of dipping strawberries, banana, cookies, cherries and other delights […]

Interested in warming up the holiday season with a delicate, yell full-bodied cup of tea? Does a blend of Darjeeling, Formosa oolong, Ceylon, Yunnan and Nilgiri teas sound enticing? Then perhaps you should visit Starbucks and consider having a cup of Joy Tea. .
Joy is a limited release tea from Tazo, offered just […]

Is there a fashionable tea lover on your shopping list this year? Then, consider this…

England based Emeyu offers a selection of beautifully designed tea samplers. Each Tea Library, as Emeyu calls them, contains four loose leaf teas gathered around one of six themes: Pure, Scent, Wellness, Health, 24-Hour and Princess Margarita of Romania. […]

Everybody’s favorite perfectionist foodie magazine tasted twenty teas (wish I worked there…) to find out if el cheap-o (relatively speaking) varieties held up to the latest, hippest, and most expensive varieties.  Despite the plethora of pyramid-shaped and nylon mesh tea bags, good old Twinings English Breakfast still takes the cake.  Cook’s Illustrated tasters tried the […]

I rarely purchase Stash Organic Tea.  Their pretty zen-like labels are just not enough to warrant the price tag.  But as an avid tea fan, I was stoked when I spotted two flavors of Stash Organic Tea marked with a huge discontinued tag at the Albertsons just down the road.  For just $1.44 each, I […]

I have enjoyed a couple of Mate blends from Teavana, so when I was offered the chance to try two new mate blends from Guayaki, I jumped on it. The two teas I tried were the Greener Green Mate and the Orange Blossom Mate.
The Greener Green Mate is definitely an experience, though not necessarily a […]

One of my favorite places to buy loose leaf tea and accompanying accessories is Tealuxe. My boyfriend discovered Tealuxe a few months prior to our move back to Boston. Since then I’ve purchased items from their online store, as well as in person at their Harvard Square location, and I’m totally smitten. We’re tea drinking […]

I don’t know why I do it, but every few months I forget my prior experiences and decide to pick up a new tea flavor at Trader Joe’s.  Their prices are always so great, and the flavors of the Trader Joe’s brand of tea always sound a bit exotic.  Let it be known that I am a […]