Archive for the 'tea information' Category
I not only had the privilege of meeting the great American novelist, Norman Mailer while working for a non-profit organization during college, but had the opportunity to actually pick his brain
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China is the home country of tea. Before the Tang Dynasty(618-907), Chinese tea was exported by land and sea, first to Japan(Today the Japanese tea ceremony is very famous all over the world) and Korea, then to India and Central Asia and, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, to the Arabian Peninsula.
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This is an important victory for tea lovers.
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While tea has long been a favorite drink of the Chinese, in the last few years, quite a few tea-flavored drinks are on the market.
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From Calligrapher & Type Designer Stephen Rapp, designer of P22 Bramble and P22 Tai Chi, comes the new script font Chai Tea. The name is play on Rapp's Tai Chi font, but his new font evokes exotic and relaxing lands, warm and full of unexpected flavor, like a nice cup of Chai Tea.
P22 Chai Tea is unique among brush lettering scripts. Its sweeping strokes and luxurious use of horizontal space lend personality and warmth to any project. Its sturdy letterforms make it ideal for logos, stationery, titling and packaging. The Pro version is stacked with alternative characters and ligatures programmed to substitute contextually in programs that support OpenType features. In addition, Chai Tea Pro contains Central European Language support that includes many ligatures with accented characters.
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It was a long and storied crossing that brought the princess
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Using chopsticks or a bamboo tea scoop, fill teapot approximately 1/3 full with tea leaves and then pour boiling water into the pot.
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Tea consumption spread throughout the Chinese culture reaching into every aspect of the society. In 800 A.D. Lu Yu wrote the first definitive book on tea, the Ch'a Ching. This amazing man was orphaned as a child and raised by scholarly Buddhist monks in one of China's finest monasteries. However, as a young man, he rebelled against the discipline of priestly training which had made him a skilled observer. His fame as a performer increased with each year, but he felt his life lacked meaning. Finally, in mid-life, he retired for five years into seclusion. Drawing from his vast memory of observed events and places, he codified the various methods of tea cultivation and preparation in ancient China. The vast definitive nature of his work, projected him into near sainthood within his own lifetime. Patronized by the Emperor himself, his work clearly showed the Zen Buddhist philosophy to which he was exposed as a child. It was this form of tea service that Zen Buddhist missionaries would later introduce to imperial Japan.
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Just to add to the general awareness of tea, and not to be outdone, USA Today had an article; Tea is Steeped in Health Beneifts. This was published October 7th, so I am not sure how long the link will stay active.
Hope you get a chance to look at it before they remove it.
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It seems that more and more writers and publications have discovered tea! There were two interesting articles in national publications during the last week or so.
The Wall Street Journal on October 2nd featured and article about the Hot trend in Tea in China; Puerh. They covered the rising popularity among collectors who collect [...]
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