I have enjoyed Matcha in myriad ways across Japan. I’ve knelt on tatami mats in two-hundred-year-old tea huts in Unji while slurping whisked tea made by robed tea masters who continue the traditional Japanese tea ceremony. I’ve drunk hot or cold cans of Matcha from vending machines in Tokyo. And, on hot days, I’ve licked…
A question posed to me almost daily is “What’s your favorite tea?” For a tea buyer, there is no quick response to that seemingly simple query. The answer depends upon where I am in the world, who’s joining me for tea, and the season or time of day. I often turn the table and pose…
I am delighted to be part of a new documentary, TEA: The Drink that Changed the World. The film follows tea's epic journey from the ancient Chinese tea gardens of Wuyi to the 18th-century ports of Europe and on to the teacups of Colonial Boston. From fueling the rise of the British Empire to igniting…
The FDA has announced that tea is officially a "healthy beverage."
The term elevenses came about during the height of the Industrial Revolution and was in use by 1887 as tearooms blossomed in every city and village from Glasgow to Penzance.
Just as Americans have refined their hot tea ritual, we are beginning to brush up on our iced tea skills as well. Pitchers of weak tea made with grocery brand teabags and sweetened with copious cups of white sugar have become passé. Here are my iced tea suggestions that will leave your guests asking “How…
Perhaps you have been watching the new Netflix adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Persuasion and you wondered about the type of tea her characters drank. Tea historian Bruce Richardson describes the tea habits of Jane Austen and her characters in Regency England.
Tea Maestro Bruce Richardson shares the latest tea and health benefits as reported at the Sixth International Scientific Symposium on Tea and Human Health.
Tea Maestro Bruce Richardson looks into the unique flavor notes of green teas and how to appreciate their vegetative goodness.
President George Washington loved his teatime so much that he ordered a bachelor tea service from China long before he married. Read tea historian Bruce Richardson's account of our first president's tea habits.