Steep It Loose — LIFESTYLE

“When the lorry overturned, its cargo of loose tea was spilled as well as some diesel. Firefighters used the spilled tea to absorb the diesel and prevent it from entering the drains” is the conclusion to the news report in today’s Sunderland Echo from the UK. Caught my eye, to say the least. Smart firefighters!!…

Just the other night when I was watching a movie I couldn’t believe how many times “going for coffee” was mentioned as a double entendre for going on a date, for work meetings and just meeting anyone in general! “Grabbing a coffee” is truly imbedded in our society as a social activity that goes way…

What a great festival this past weekend!! We’re so fortunate the Rocky Mountain Tea Festival is held locally in Boulder every year. We had a great spot in the shade down by the creek where we set up a booth with lots of free tea to sample and products to sell. People seemed to go…

The major events in bringing tea to Russia discussed in the previous post were the evolution of the “Great Tea Road” and later, the building of the Trans-Siberian railway. These historical developments resulted in an important increase in the availability in tea at public occasions in Russia, and helped spread tea drinking to all the…