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Obsessives: The Proper Cup of Tea

James Norwood Pratt is steeped in it.

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High Tea in Cubicle Land

How to brew your own tea at work.

Mint

mint

Ginger

ginger

Fresh Mint Ice Cream with Lavender

will always be the best choice. For flavoured teas, I have found that Kusmi makes delicious varieties (“Anastasia” and Mint come to mind). You just have to be careful not to steep for too long or else the flavours are...

tea in a not-very-knowlegeable place (say, Starbucks), they almost always use water that’s way too hot. Green tea should be steeped with water that’s been allowed to come to a quick boil, left to cool to about...

So says Wired magazine.

Orange Bitters

in recent visits. If the front service or the experience at the bar were superior, I might factor those in, but I waited damn near an hour to get a warm-up on my tea. I was acutely aware of this because I needed a refill on the...

You’ll never drink Snapple again.

Barley tea is supremely refreshing alongside Korean bibimbap or Japanese sushi.

The loose stuff is more expensive but hounds say it’s worth it.

A particularly nice batch of Alishan oolong.

For straight forward sweet tea, I like to use Lipton or Red Rose or Luzianne – basic supermarket black tea in bags. Boil 2 cups of water, add tea bags (2 or 3 family sized bags or 6 regular bags) and steep for at least 5...