Tea Drinker Profile: Jordan M. Williams

Name: Jordan M. Williams Sex: Male Age: 22 Occupation: Student (nursing major); Hospital Sterilization Location: Fresno, California Do you drink tea at work?: Yes, cup, and Dragon Well Interests: Traveling, Tea, Books, Asian Culture and cuisine. Favorite Tea Variety: Pu-erh & Oolongs. Favorite tea: Bamboo Pu-erh, Jin Xuan Milk Oolong. How long have you been [...]

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Tea Culture

Posted on September 16th, 2010 Written by Tony Gebely

Tea Drinker Profile: Nicole Martin

Name: Nicole Martin Sex: Female Age: 26 Occupation: I’m the store manager of a pet boutique that also does dog daycare and pet grooming.  Location: Bayonne, NJ. Do you drink tea at work?: I rarely get to drink tea at work since I’m always on the move. When I do it is normally a green [...]

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Tea Culture

Posted on September 2nd, 2010 Written by Tony Gebely

Best Tea of the Year: Hype

So many times i see awards being given out for “best ceylon tea of 2010″ etc.  [like here] And this practice is hard for me to swallow. The following thoughts instantly come to mind when I see an American company accept an award for a tea they “procured”: 1. Is it possible that more than [...]

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Tea Culture

Posted on August 31st, 2010 Written by Tony Gebely

Pu-erh Tea and Tobacco: A trip to Iwan Ries

Much has been written on tobacco notes in young pu-erh teas. Because of this, some local Chicago tea friends and I decided to take this idea for a spin and spend a day at Iwan Ries with Certified Tobacconist Ron Carroll. Ron wanted to learn more about pu-erh and we wanted to compare the subtle [...]

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Posted on August 31st, 2010 Written by Tony Gebely

Todd & Holland, a tea shop in Forest Park, Illinois

On July 31st, I held my first Chicago Tea Meetup @ Todd and Holland in Forest Park, IL. Meetup Groups are a great way to meet people in your area with similar interests. The Chicago Tea Lovers group has around 250 members (As of August 2010) and has held 56 meetups in the Chicago area [...]

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Posted on August 24th, 2010 Written by Tony Gebely

Tea Drinker Profile: Rachana Carter

Name: Rachana (Rachel) Carter Sex: Female Age: 33 Occupation: Some Retail – Primarily a Stay-At-Home Mom. Location: Suburb of Chicago. Do you drink tea at work?: At work I drink Adagio’s RTD Green Tea – Anteadote. Interests: First, I am an absolute addict of all things tea.  I love the chance at trying new teas [...]

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Posted on August 19th, 2010 Written by Tony Gebely

Tea Porn: NSFW

Just some tea photos from the past year:

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Posted on August 17th, 2010 Written by Tony Gebely

Tea Drinker Profile: Brian Pfeifer

Name: Brian Pfeifer Sex: Male Age: 38 Occupation: I’ll be a DOS (English Teacher + manager + teacher trainer) as soon as I finish this dissertation.  Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, but in August I’m moving to Shanghai, China. Do you drink tea at work?: At school, and at my last job I brewed up [...]

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Posted on August 12th, 2010 Written by Tony Gebely

Tea Drinker Profile: Brittiny Lawson

Name: Brittiny Lawson Sex: Female Age: 24 Occupation: Secretary/Marketing Location: Indiana Do you drink tea at work?: I make tea at home, put it in a travel mug, and then drink it at work in the morning.  Because I only work half days, that is all the tea that I drink at work.  I normally [...]

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Tea Culture

Posted on August 5th, 2010 Written by Tony Gebely

World Tea Expo 2010

This year, I was lucky enough to go to the World Tea Expo in Vegas. It was a great chance to meet a lot of tea friends that I’ve been talking to online since the birth of this website over a year ago. This year many authors spoke, many tea growers has booths, it was [...]

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Tea Culture

Posted on August 1st, 2010 Written by Tony Gebely

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