Favorite Tea (or TeaSource) Photos: the WINNERS!
Yesterday we had the great pleasure of selecting the winners in the TeaSource Tea Photo contest. It was a great pleasure, but it was also a grueling experience. There were... Read More
I’ll Show You Mine … if You Show Me Yours
Favorite tea photo, that is. Tomorrow, Saturday January 26th is the last active day of our Web Party and also our Tea Photo Contest Day. Snap and share your favorite... Read More
New Teas for a New Year
Two days before New Year’s Day we received our annual big shipment from China by sea. Two days after New Years we received our annual big shipment from India, also... Read More
They said we were crazy… with good reason.
Manufacturing tea is an art, it’s poetry in motion, it’s farmer-chef-craftsman-mechanic-chemist, all melded together. A few weeks ago, I did it in a conference room in Atlanta, GA. And "they"... Read More
Using a Gaiwan
What is a Gaiwan? A gaiwan is a small vessel for brewing tea that takes the place of a teapot. Gaiwans have been used in China since the Ming Dynasty... Read More
Pairing Tea with Cheese: a Breese
As the Tea and Cheese Pairing Class drifts into history, the flavors are still lingering in our minds. On the afternoon of October 26th, Steven Levine, a local cheese Guru,... Read More
Oxidation is the New Black
Black tea is black tea (as opposed to purple tea) because of oxidation. If you cut an apple (or banana or zucchini etc.) in half and let it sit, within... Read More
Why Black Tea?
To confess, when I was growing up, all "tea" was "black tea" to me. Boring. And as far as I knew, it grew in tea bags that hung from Lipton... Read More
The Big Cheese: Tasting Things You’ve Never Tasted Before
I love it when an experience totally takes me by surprise; especially over the course of a wonderfully fun night. TeaSource manager Jess Hanley and I recently spent an evening planning,... Read More
TeaSource Wows in Atlanta
We’re pretty excited right now down in Atlanta. TeaSource has just won first place at the Taster’s Choice Awards at the World Tea East Exposition in the Black Tea category... Read More
Taiwan in My Gaiwan
Why Taiwan tea? If you had to ask the question, you haven’t tried them. Taiwan has tens of thousands of small tea growers, many of them family operations, and the... Read More
What's So Great About Spring Teas?
Spring is a special time for many cultures. In America we write songs about spring: -Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year -Springtime for Hitler and Germany -Spring Fever... Read More
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