Where Life Relaxes with a Cup of Tea
The day before Mother’s Day I attended a wonderful Afternoon Tea Party along with hundreds of other guests. After a great afternoon of delicious scones, lemon and raspberry curd, Devonshire cream, gourmet teas by Tea Forte, and an assortment of savories and desserts, I had the chance to purchase the lovely bone china teapot on my table… [Continue Reading]
I’m still reveling in wonder and amazement! On the Thursday before Mother’s Day my daughter took me on an urban safari to supposedly visit a downtown historic site. Imagine my astonishment that after taking the scenic route we ended up at the Ritz Carlton. After parking, she mentioned that my Mother’s Day gift was inside; so we strolled through halls filled with antiques to the Lobby Lounge for a Mother-Daughter Surprise Tea… [Continue Reading]
Enjoy a spectacular Tea-Tasting, TODAY!!! Taste a selection of teas and learn about modern variations. This program is part of a series of tastings and lectures for adults and educational programming for children that are being offered at The American Museum of Natural History… [Continue Reading]
I love new tea discoveries and just the other day I was told of a new gourmet fruit that’s great with tea. This fruit is actually a lemon…well, not quite…it’s a cross between an ordinary lemon and a mandarin orange. It’s called a Meyer Lemon… [Continue Reading]
One of the top rated TV series for this viewing season is “Twilight”. It’s so popular that there’s even a movie called The Twilight Saga: New Moon that was just released for the holidays. With all the hoopla surrounding the romantic story of love and vampires, there’s bound to be a theme tea party somewhere in the mix; and since my sister and niece (fellow tea lovers) absolutely adore the series, here are a few tips for them and you on hosting a Twilight Tea Party… [Continue Reading]
Chinese artisans in the Yixing Province are famous for their hand-crafted and beautiful clay teapots and tea ware; but a little known fact is that they also produce quite stunning glass products. Made of heat-resistant glass, these teapots and accessories have unique tea brewing qualities and can withstand temperatures between -68F and 300F… [Continue Reading]
Le Palais des Thes has a great article about Gong Fu Cha, the Chinese tradition of tea drinking. Drinking tea in China does not require a teapot. Instead, tea is prepared in small bowls with lids by simply placing tea leaves in these bowls and pouring boiling water over them… [Continue Reading]
