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The 2016 Malmö Garden Show
Some tourists visit Sweden’s third-largest city Malmö to check off another Scandinavian country from their list. My objective was more complex. Departing from Denmark one Sunday morning this past May,...
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The Mesmerising Tea Gardens of Munnar
The way to Munnar, a quiet hill station in southern India, is full of sharp bends and narrow pathways.There are colourful houses, temples, and little schools dotting the slopes, with numerous quaint...
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Herbacious Cocktails
The Broad, a new contemporary art museum in downtown Los Angeles, opened almost a year ago. To obtain an admission ticket today, a visitor still endures a long waiting period, both online and in...
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Tea and Travel: 5 Alternative Spots for Tea in England
For as long as time, England has been synonymous with tea. While there have been many articles written in the past few years citing the decline of traditional black tea drinkers, especially amongst...
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Tea and Travel: Finding Comfort in Tea While Abroad
If you were given the chance to live abroad for a year, would you take it? My response was an absolute yes. It was a no-brainer decision when my husband was offered the chance to move to Dublin,...
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The Amazing Revolution of the Afternoon Tea
We here who love specialty tea, and especially those who are in the industry themselves, are understandably on a real high right now as we see what’s happening with the explosion in popularity...
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Tea and Travel: My Travel Teas
With an often hectic travel schedule, I rely on tea to keep me balanced while away from my home routine. While I love enjoying loose-leaf teas at home, they are not as practical to bring along on my...
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Tea drinking culture in Australia
Britain’s younger sibling Australia has taken a lot after her big sister; even though they haven’t been on such good terms for a while now, Australia’s language, some of its culture and a few customs...
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Tea Shopping in New York City
I recently visited New York City and although it was a short visit I did some tea shopping there. I wrote a travel-blog theme post about it here, and related reviews for a shou pu’er and lapsang...
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Asian Goods Store Wing Hop Fung
The human-sized ceramic figure that was being unboxed during my last visit to the Asian goods megastore Wing Hop Fung could not be the Tea Sage Lu Yu (733–804) because the symbolic article half-hidden...
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Travel and Tea
Guest post by: Rebecca Brown There is something deeply human about brewing and drinking tea. Maybe that’s why tea and travel — another deeply-rooted ancient human pursuit — go so well together. My...
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Tea Traveler
Ever since time immemorial people traveled from the orient to occidental lands along trade routes to carry the stories of Tea for various causes of business, religion, and personal gains. Horses,...
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Tea in Russia; A Summary
I was just visiting Russia, to Moscow, Murmansk, and St. Petersburg. I’ve covered it so extensively that anyone following me on Instagram or Facebook might have become bored with those pictures. I...
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Tea in Spain
For the last 4 winters, I’ve been going to Spain to avoid the harsh temperatures in Oregon. We head to the southernmost coast in Andalucia and enjoy springtime temperatures along the Mediterranean....
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Following the Harvest, First Installment – Highlights of the Tea Tour of...
Ancient Tea Tree Spring comes in its own good time. But for tea lovers, it can never come too soon. This is the season of New Tea. Some places call it First Flush. For some regions it is their “flavor...
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Following the Harvest, First Installment – Highlights of the Tea Tour of...
Continued from Following the Harvest, First Installment – Highlights of the Tea Tour of Japan 2019 – Part 1 Wisteria garden Oldest tea garden in Japan with the abbot from Kozanji Temple At the Kawachi...
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Following the Harvest, Second Installment – Highlights of the Tea Tour of...
Continued from Following the Harvest, First Installment – Highlights of the Tea Tour of Japan 2019 – Part 2 Happoen Garden In Okabe, we visited legendary Gyokuro tea maker Tohei Maejima where we...
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10 Must-See Places in Uji, Kyoto for Tea Lovers – Part 1
Renowned Japanese author Kimitake Hiraoka — more famously known as Yukio Mishima — described Japan as a series of contradictions. He noted that Japan was partially defined by the relationship between...
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10 Must-See Places in Uji, Kyoto for Tea Lovers – Part 2
Continued from 10 Must-See Places in Uji, Kyoto for Tea Lovers – Part 1 4. Uji Byodo-in Omotesando If you’ve visited Tokyo you’re probably familiar with Omotesando Station and Aoyama-dori. Uji has its...
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Ceno-Tea – An Experiment – Part 1
We all know that water is an essential component of our tea drinking experience. No matter how much care or effort goes into the manufacture of the leaves we use, the water we brew them in gets the...
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Ceno-Tea – An Experiment – Part 2
Continued from Ceno-Tea – An Experiment – Part 1 The following day I set up a table and my traveling gaiwan set in a nice spot by the beach. I boiled the water then let it cool to about 170 F. The tea...
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A Tea Lover’s Guide To Surviving A Long Journey
A 2015 meta-analysis found that drinking three cups of tea per day reduced the risk of depression by 37%, according to the New York Times. There is nothing more revitalizing than taking your tea on...
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A Trip to Mauna Kea Tea
China, Taiwan, Japan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka; these are all countries known for growing tea. But what about the USA? I had heard that there is a growing movement of farmers growing tea in the US, but...
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Top 10 Tea Towns: World’s Best Cities to Experience Tea Culture
Compiled by The Flavor Project & Eric Sensen Through sickness and through health, tea has and will always be the world’s beverage of choice. According to legend, in 2737 BC, the Chinese emperor...
View ArticleTearooms in Sierra Madre, CA
Both this post and my Yelp review are long overdue – I had tea at the Four Seasons Tea Room in November, 2013, and at T-Neer, for the very first time, this past June. These tea houses reside in Sierra...
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