Have you heard the expression: “Far Too Good For Ordinary People” or the acronym, FTGFOP? I am talking about tea nomenclature terms like “Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe” in my latest EGO Podcast FTW.
Far Too Good For Ordinary People
Le Palais des Thés
Have you bought tea products from Le Palais des Thés? Therése Ek of Konstknuten (“The Art Knot”) visited Le Palais des Thés in Nice, France, and gave us a nice sampler of different teas and tea literature, Le Guide Théophile (“The Theophile Guide“).
Check out François-Xavier Delmas’s blog, Discovering Tea.
The Future of Tea Party Now
Please listen to my latest podcast on Cinch.fm. I will do a review of Royal T-stick‘s tea sticks next week. [Hat tip to S.J. at Tänk Profil & Design for the samples.]
Favorite Tea Spots
Please listen to my latest podcast on Cinch.fm, and then send us a list with your favorite tea spots. Do you eat something special together with your tea? I have to check out Beijing 8, a dumplings & tea restaurant in Stockholm, Sweden. Hat tip to Marcus Maunula.
Taste of Tea
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Save the Teapot
We want to start a tea blog carnival. @tetley_teafolk How about creating a special #savetheteapot edition? goo.gl/SM7tK #teaFTW
— TeaPartyNu (@TeaPartyNu) February 5, 2012
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Yuletide
Listen to my lastest podcast on Cinch.fm. Happy Yuletide and have a great tea party!
Postcard Mad Tea Party…
Tea Houses of Sichuan
This post is written by Linus Hammarstrand:
Sichuan, a province in Southwestern China, has a long and distinguished tradition of drinking tea. For hundreds of years, the tea trail that connected China and Tibet went through the mountainous province. Even today many Sichuanese cities, towns and villages boasts at least one tea-house. These tea-houses serve as the nexus of many communities and the locals come here to exchange news, gossip, relax and of course, enjoy a nice cup of tea. This picture was taken in a small village on route to the city of Meishan.
The author was at this time leading a biking expedition through Sichuan’s countryside and here we decided to stop for a tea-break, much to the enjoyment of the locals, who hadn’t seen many foreigners in their lives! I am pretty convinced that they are still talking about the day when the Laowais, foreigners, came to town in their strange biking clothes!
Sichuan, a province in Southwestern China, has a long and distinguished tradition of drinking tea. For …
Bamboo Tea
This post is written by Linus Hammarstrand:
Typically tea is made from the processed leaves of Camellia Sinensis, but there are exceptions to this rule. One of the odder alternatives to tea made from tea leaves is tea made from dried and roasted bamboo. The taste is somewhat similar to roasted barley, that is, slightly towards the taste of popcorn. This particular cup of tea, which may not be all tea-aficionados’ cup of tea, was served in the 1000-year old Buddhist temple Zhongyansi, in the Southwestern province of Sichuan, China. Rich grooves of bamboo grows around the ancient temple, which may very well explain why the monks originally decided to make tea out of bamboo.
Typically tea is made from the processed leaves of Camellia Sinensis, but there are exceptions to this …












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