What do tea leaves, yak butter and salt make? The answer is “Po Cha” or Butter Tea. The Drung, a Chinese ethnic group who live high in the mountains of Tibet, make butter tea the same way you churn cream to make butter.
Enjoy a Pot of Chinese Green Tea
July 14, 2011 By 3 Comments
An avid gourmet tea drinker, I enjoy brewing a pot of Chinese green tea and relaxing in a comfortable executive office chair. It is a welcome 20-minute tea timeout from research and writing. I love the taste of green tea and the way it makes me feel. While listening to classical music, I close my [...]
Fall in Love with Sunlinksea High Mountain Spring Oolong Tea
July 12, 2009 By 1 Comment
Sunlinksea High Mountain Spring Oolong Tea is considered to be one of those special teas that provide more benefits than you pay for. It can be steeped multiple times and keeps you coming back for more cups [...]
Tea Leaf Powder – Pure Tea on the Go
July 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Unlike instant tea extracts, Rishi Tea Leaf Powders are made with 100% pure tea leaves and cold milled into a fine powder. No added colorants, synthetic sweeteners, sugars or flavors—just the antioxidant, vitamin and mineral-richness of real tea [...]
Peach Tranquility Herbal Tea from Teavana
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Hand Rolled Shizuoka Shincha
June 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
This tea by ITO EN is a rare one of a kind shincha tea from the Shizuoka region in Japan. The shincha leaves are hand picked and hand rolled into long and extremely fine needles, creating an experience which is exquisite for the eyes as well as the taste buds [...]
Le Palais des Thés – A Gourmet Tea Experience
May 25, 2009 By 1 Comment
Take a gourmet tea trip to France without leaving your quiet tea spot. Le Palais des Thés invites you to visit and discover over 230 teas of every origin—from flavored tea, green tea from China and Japan, white tea, black tea to oolong tea, smoked tea and dark tea to caffeine-free red tea—you’ll find [...]
