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Sorry for the long delay, it was only until now that I watched the movie.

Yes, God is a child in the movie and he drinks what appears to be tea (doesn’t show how he prepares it) in metallic teapot and cups.

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A Japanese friend told me that she had done one, but not sure if it’s the same as it was on olden times. Basically it’s about finding which teas belong to which regions.

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I haven’t been to Rize, but have traveled to Turkey.

All the places that I traveled to seemed pretty safe, and I drank a lot of Turkish black tea : )

Turkey is very advanced and has a strong economy. Another story would be traveling to Morocco or the like.

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I haven’t seen it yet, but I will do so this weekend and confirm.

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Hi Jackie

I’m a tea purist, so not that interested in herbals or even flavored/blended teas. What I did was limit the scope of my blog: only Japanese teas (non-flavored). No point in writing about or reviewing teas that I don’t like.

That being said, I also respect people’s tastes and they can brew their teas however they want. As long as they like it that way, there’s nothing wrong with that. In conclusion, yes, I play nice : )

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Definitely a place I’d love to go. Thanks for the share!

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Very interesting article. I shared the link on Google+

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I recently started a Google + tea community in Spanish: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/115481954423145426016

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Hi @jackie, thanks for mentioning my post.

Over here in my country we have very little access to organic vegetables, so what I’m trying to say is that I rarely eat organic and I’m not dead yet : )

Anyway, if you look at the various articles recently about the the problems with “organic” and “fair-trade” certifications in tea (and coffee), you can conclude that even the “certified organic” seal might not be enough to guarantee the safety you’re looking for. Although that could be a topic for another discussion in the forum.

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Thanks for the share, @xavier

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I’m glad Americans drink more water than soda : )

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@jackie I only post once a week, so I don’t find it that hard to keep the posting schedule going.

What I do is I keep notes on my cell phone whenever I get an idea, and that way I have many ideas before I start writing. I also read other people’s tea blogs as a source of ideas for future posts.

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Another reason to avoid the teabags: save the environment!

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@bram I hadn’t heard of Bratislava either. Please take lots of pictures to share with us : )

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I found an article that gives some examples.

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You can make money as a blogger, it’s definitely not easy, but a lot of blogs earn a good income.

The big question is if tea is a good niche to make money off blogging. In my limited experience, I tend to think that it isn’t. What I see is that at least tea bloggers get free samples, which is some form of remuneration, although small.

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@teaconomics the link for the comics isn’t there.

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I’m not a fan of Lipton either.

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I tweet twice, share on google plus once in tea communities, and once to my newsletter.

The newsletter gives me the most direct visits, tweeter not much and google tea communities have a horrible response rate but I keep doing it because something is better than nothing.

So it’s like “b”.

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Twitter and G+

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@peter I completely agree with you, the best is to outrank them!

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@peter which blog would you say is an example of a great tea blog?

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@peter thanks for the share. I’m in the process of scheduling ahead, but it takes a bit of time to get in the habit.

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@bram thanks for sharing, I liked the article.

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Definitely a great blog, regularity and discipline really pay off in the long run!

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