In the course of sampling teas and reviewing them, I often go through a process with a new or unfamiliar tea company, in which I move from having no familiarity with the company, to trying one, two, three, and then more teas. Eventually, I form an imp…
28Mar12
Tea and Locavores: Loose-Leaf Tea Which is Not Local Can Still Appeal to Fans of Locally Grown Food
I recently read an article on J-TEA’s blog, Marketing Oolong in the U.S: Difficult But Not Impossible , which raises a number of questions. In this post, I want to focus on one question: whether or not imported tea can appeal to people who value local…
This top 5 post focuses on unusual black teas, black teas that have something novel, exciting, and different about them.One of the reasons behind this post is that I sometimes read and hear the idea, expressed by enthusiasts of Chinese and/or Japanese …
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about my level of depth, interest, and focus, in various aspects of my life. A discussion on the Tea Trade Forums and an LA Times story on rare tea enthusiasts sparked some of this thought. When I first started working…
Lainie Petersen of Lainie Sips wrote a blog post about a tea coupon special through a website called OpenSky. This was the first time I had heard of the site OpenSky, so I decided to check it out. Apparently, tea is one of the products that this site…
This post is inspired by a discussion on the Tea Trade Forums about the new East India Company, in which we began talking about whether or not luxury and idealism are necessarily at odds with each other. The general sentiment seemed to be that, to a d…
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Tagged Culture, diversity, ecology, ethics, gardening, nature, photography, sustainability
Tagged Culture, diversity, ecology, ethics, gardening, nature, photography, sustainability
A conversation on the tea trade forums, which references an article about how Twinings “New” Earl Grey formulation is not being well-received, inspired this post.That article is about long-standing drinkers of Twinings old Earl Grey being outraged at t…
11Oct11
Seasonality of Tea and Nature
One of my favorite aspects of reading tea blogs, which is more evident in some blogs than others, is reading about nature. Among these blogs, one of my favorites is Tea for Today, where Marlena often adds detailed little notes about birds she observed…
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Tagged buy local, diversity, ecology, food, nature, photography, sustainability, tea-producing regions
Tagged buy local, diversity, ecology, food, nature, photography, sustainability, tea-producing regions
This post explores the question of what the ideal sample size is to offer to a customer. Hopefully, it will be useful both to potential shoppers as well as to tea companies.Pictured here are some different samples I have received recently:Some samples…
The term downtime or down time has two uses. In computing and information technology, or when referring to any sort of technology or machines, downtime refers to the time on which a system or machine is down or out of operation. In human terms, howev…
