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Japanese Green Tea: Genmaicha and Matcha Genmaicha
Autumn is officially here. Yet, the Great Lakes region always approaches this seasonal change with some trepidation, unsure whether to stay rooted in summer warmth or commit to autumn’s chill. Loath...
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Uranium Glass: Lovely & Just a Bit Radioactive
Walking around your house with a black light can be hugely illuminating. For instance: I discovered that my handmade ceramic steamer for food contains a disconcerting number of fluorescent green spots...
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Golden Yunnan Black Teas
Yunnan Province in southwest China is considered the birthplace of tea, and the mountainous region remains one of the world’s top tea producers. Interestingly, demand for tea in this area has...
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Keemun Black Tea
Having looked at two Chinese black teas from Yunnan Province in my last post, I turn now to keemun. Like the Yunnan black teas, keemun teas hail from China and are highly valued. Therefore, tea...
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The Evolution of the Teaspoon, Part 1
Way before the pandemic disrupted, well, pretty much everything, TeaHaus was gifted a set of decorative teaspoons—which I’m finally getting to, and thank you! (What I did not get to was polishing the...
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The Evolution of the Teaspoon, Part 2
Here I continue to look at how utilitarian teaspoons turned into souvenirs that we hang on a wall! As mentioned in my previous post, both teaspoons and tablespoons existed by 1704. Still, because tea...
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The Evolution of the (Souvenir) Teaspoon, Part 3
In my last post, we had reached the mid-1800s, entering into the advent of leisure travel in Europe, a period when souvenir collecting evolved into spoon collecting, both in Europe and the United...
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Salt-in-Tea Shakes Things Up
Have you seen the latest tempest in the [salted] teapot? Recently, American chemist Michelle Francl had the audacity (!) to recommend a sprinkle of salt in your tea. Which prompted the Brits to charges...
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Tea and Alcohol Work Well Together
Next week’s World Tea Expo is taking place alongside the Bar & Restaurant Expo, which is fitting. Although we may view tea and alcoholic beverages as two entities, they’ve long been entwined....
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Tea Expands Culinary and Mixology Possibilities
The annual World Tea Expo fosters exploration, innovation, networking. Tea industry producers, importers and distributors, tea shop owners, restauranteurs, and tea drinkers sample and discuss teas,...
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