I don’t mind bottled teas, but I prefer to brew them myself if possible.

Thanks for the share.

The article forgot to mention that “cha” comes from Cantonese, and “te” from the Fujian dialect.

I brew in a kyusu, or if drinking matcha then in the matcha bowl. The precise method of brewing depends on the type of tea, and I usually drink green tea.

I live in Colombia, but learned about tea when I lived in Japan.

It was very well written and I enjoyed it. I’ve never tried German tea before, but sounds delicious.

@jackie I hadn’t given much thought about that, since my site is fairly new. I just read an article about it http://davebuesing.com/google-analytics-spam-traffic-bots/

and it seems that it happens in spikes. I don’t have such big spikes so perhaps my bots aren’t that many 🙂

Anyway, unless I’m mistaken there really is no surefire way to get…[Read more]

@jackie I don’t get many comments, bots or human. The way I filter bots is by using the Growmap Anti Spambot Plugin. It adds a box that one must check to prove that you’re not a bot.

I recognize spammers by the […]

I don’t care much about comments but I’m addicted to checking the daily number of visitors!

@xavier Teavana didn’t respond when I asked by twitter, I guess they aren’t doing a good job with looking at their mentions there.

I don’t know about stores because I don’t live in the US, but the page on the […]

I think small cups let you appreciate a tea better, especially if it’s a high quality tea. There’s a difference when sipping small amounts, or at least that’s what I feel : )

Cup size may be based on culture, […]

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I’m not familiar either with buying brewed teas from their store. The few that I’ve bought there I brewed using my own guidelines and the results were good.

I wonder, why would their teas have less taste, or […]