Randy: Can I get you something?
Second Jive Dude: 'S'mofo butter layin' me to da' BONE! Jackin' me up... tight me!
Randy: I'm sorry, I don't understand.
First Jive Dude: Cutty say 'e can't HANG!
Jive Lady (Who happens to be Mrs. Cleaver for the 1950's show "Leave it to Beaver"): Oh stewardess! I speak jive.
Randy: Oh, good.
Jive Lady: He said that he's in great pain and he wants to know if you can help him.

Sometimes it is hard to understand what people are talking about. You understand what each individual word means, but when used in context it sounds totally foreign to you. Like Jive, tea has its own set of terminology which can seem intimidating to beginners. Because of this I have created a basic guide of terms people use when they prepare tea.

The first term is steeping....

I have this friend from College named Caroline. Now Caroline is one of those people who loves to travel. She not only loves to travel, she truly lives to travel. If you ever go to her house it is easy to tell her favorite countries and cultures. She will always try to bring back a single item that encapsulates her entire travel experience in that country. She will have things like an ornate calligraphy brushes from Hong Kong, a Matryoshka doll set from Moscow or a piece of hand-blown glass from Murano, Italy.

Like Caroline, I also have this need to try and bring home different cultures. Instead of trying to collect unique items from a country, I try to bring back all of my experiences through the biggest passion in my life… Tea.

In order to do this, I developed a four-step process to capture the essence of all the great experiences I had while traveling. This process is applied to every single blend we create...