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Why You Should Always Use Cold Water in Your Kettle

Why You Should Always Use Cold Water in Your Kettle

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How The Wrong Teacup Can Ruin Your Tea

How The Wrong Teacup Can Ruin Your Tea

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Do the Japanese Make the World’s Greatest Teapot?

Do the Japanese Make the World’s Greatest Teapot?

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Is Too Much Information a Bad Thing?

Is Too Much Information a Bad Thing?

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Milk:  Before or After Your Tea?

Milk: Before or After Your Tea?

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How to make perfect tea in your dorm room

How to make perfect tea in your dorm room

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How to Brew a Proper Cup of Tea

How to Brew a Proper Cup of Tea

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Brief History of the Discovery of Tea

Brief History of the Discovery of Tea

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Rum and Iced Tea - Perfect for Porch Sippin'

Rum and Iced Tea - Perfect for Porch Sippin'

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Hojicha – The Perfect Tea for the Coffee Drinker

Hojicha – The Perfect Tea for the Coffee Drinker

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Minty Persian Melon Iced Tea for Summer

Minty Persian Melon Iced Tea for Summer

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Why Tea Gives You A Sense of Well Being

Why Tea Gives You A Sense of Well Being

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How to Measure the Perfect Amount of Tea

How to Measure the Perfect Amount of Tea

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How to Awaken the Flavor of Your Favorite Tea

How to Awaken the Flavor of Your Favorite Tea

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The 10 Commandments of Breakfast Tea

The 10 Commandments of Breakfast Tea

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No, these have nothing to do with Holy Commandments from atop a mountain, but what they are is my morning ritual. Much like a warm beer on a hot Summer afternoon, unless I make my tea using all 10 of these commandments, I am left unsatisfied.

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Yixing - The Secret Ingredient in the Best Chinese Teapots

Yixing - The Secret Ingredient in the Best Chinese Teapots

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How to Make Your Own Chai for Thanksgiving

How to Make Your Own Chai for Thanksgiving

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Sencha - The Tea the Japanese Want to Keep to Themselves

Sencha - The Tea the Japanese Want to Keep to Themselves

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How to Store Your Tea

How to Store Your Tea

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You have seen it. We all have seen it. It sits there in its little orange box, always getting in the way. But for some reason everyone has to have it. The thing I am referring to is the little box of baking soda in your refrigerator. Have you ever wondered why it is there?

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Why You Need To Steep Your Tea Multiple Times

Why You Need To Steep Your Tea Multiple Times

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One of my favorite movies is National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. The weird thing is that it wasn’t one of my favorite movies the first time I saw it. I definitely liked it, but it took about 10 more Christmas’ of non-stop network TV play for me to really love it. Now, here is a hint that a lot of serious tea drinkers know.

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Why Oversteeping Tea Turns It Bitter

Why Oversteeping Tea Turns It Bitter

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Does Your Tea Taste too Watery?

Does Your Tea Taste too Watery?

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Why Black Tea Needs to be Steeped with Boiling Water

Why Black Tea Needs to be Steeped with Boiling Water

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The 5 Different Stages of Boiling Water and How the Chinese Use Them for Tea

The 5 Different Stages of Boiling Water and How the Chinese Use Them for Tea

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My wife just asked me if I had any good recipes from my Chinese Grandmother. I had to think about it for a minute and then came to the realization that my Grandmother, Uncles, Aunts and Cousins never use recipes. For me it is strange to not use recipes, so I asked my mother about it and apparently recipes are more of a “Western thing.”

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Loose Tea Serving Size Guide

Here is a quick guide to how many cups of brewed tea each of our serving sizes makes.

If you would like to know more about how we came up with these calculations plus how to figure out cost per serving check out this article.