Far Too Good For Ordinary People

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.

Assam FTGFOP1
Assam FTGFOP1

Far Too Good For Ordinary People0Martin Lindeskog2012-08-12 23:37:42Have you heard the expression: “Far Too Good For Ordinary People” or the acronym, FTGFOP? I am talking about tea nomenclature terms like “Tippy Golden…

Playing Swing Jazz in Swing States?

Do they play swing jazz in the swing states? Will Barack Obama learn from John Kerry’s mistake by not going after the Southern voters, e.g., Florida? Check out the blog, AmerikanskPolitik.se (“American Politics – Fair and Balanced” in Swedish).

Cartoon by Cox & Forkum

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Looking South

Read Is Adam Myers’s article, Romney’s Image Changing Among Republicans? and listen to Jim Blasingame‘s interview (“Is Mitt Romney ready for presidential primetime?“) with Michael Reagan.

We want to know if it is a “rush for” a TeaPartyNu tea blend, so it is time for a poll

Playing Swing Jazz in Swing States?0Martin Lindeskog2012-07-08 19:25:24Do they play swing jazz in the swing states? Will Barack Obama learn from John Kerry’s mistake by not going after the Southern voters, e.g., Florida? …

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“).

The Théophile Guide #teaFTW

The Théophile Guide #teaFTW

Check out François-Xavier Delmas’s blog, Discovering Tea.

Le Palais des Thés0Martin Lindeskog2012-07-08 01:16:01Have 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 ga…

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.]

T-stick Tea Sticks
T-stick Tea Sticks

The Future of Tea Party Now0Martin Lindeskog2012-06-10 23:40:41Please 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 & De…

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.

Favorite Tea Spots0Martin Lindeskog2012-04-15 23:30:55Please 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…

Taste of Tea

Please listen to my latest podcast on Cinch.fm.

Taste of Tea0Martin Lindeskog2012-03-12 00:34:56Please listen to my latest podcast on Cinch.fm.

Save the Teapot

 

Please listen to my new podcast on Cinch.fm:

Save the Teapot0Martin Lindeskog2012-02-06 00:23:06We want to start a tea blog carnival. @tetley_teafolk How about creating a special #savetheteapot edition? goo.gl/SM7tK #teaFTW

— TeaPartyNu (@Te…

Yuletide

Listen to my lastest podcast on Cinch.fm. Happy Yuletide and have a great tea party!  :-)

Postcard Mad Tea Party
Postcard Mad Tea Party

Yuletide0Martin Lindeskog2011-12-26 01:07:53Listen 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.

photo by Linus Hammarstrand

Tea break at the South Chinese Countryside

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!

Tea Houses of Sichuan0Martin Lindeskog2011-12-12 08:32:39This post is written by Linus Hammarstrand:

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.

Photo by Linus Hammarstrand

Bamboo tea

 

Bamboo Tea0Martin Lindeskog2011-12-04 23:54:08This post is written by Linus Hammarstrand:

Typically tea is made from the processed leaves of Camellia Sinensis, but there are exceptions to this …