Tea is the Princess of all Plants
I’m not one to get all frou-frou about tea, unlike some people, but The Guardian has a really good article about tea. It’s a long article that covers the history of tea and tea culture in China versus the tea in Britain.
I think being Asian and growing up in a tea drinking family, I tend not to think too much about tea since it’s such a common thing to us. It’s strange to me that there are people who treat tea as such a serious and exotic thing. I didn’t even realize how big tea was until my dad took me to visit a tea growing village on our trip to China a few years ago and saw how much people are willing to pay for high quality tea.
i hate tea, always have. i used to hate coffee but its caffeinated nature has made me grow to love it now. is there tons of caffeine in tea? maybe when it warms up i can try to get in to iced tea.
ps i just noticed your logo has 3 jesus fish in it, you need to change the star over the i to the star of david to even it out
Thanks for the link to that. I’m from the South (us) where drinking black tea is a daily norm. When I moved up here (DC) tea drinking is “unique” and “says something about you” which is so bizarre to me.
I imagine that sweet iced tea is the state drink of Mississippi.
I certainly grew up on it.
Switched to hot tea when I met Limei in college. The inlaws send us some quality stuff from Taiwan each year – but we’re not all effete about our tea.
It’s a good article. Thanks for posting.