by AP Pathan | Jul 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
James Norwood Pratt, America’s Leading Tea Lover, and quite possibly the world’s most widely read authority on tea and tea lore, has deep ties to North Carolina. A lifetime learner and accomplished scholar, Mr. Pratt has been celebrated in both San Francisco, CA and...
by AP Pathan | Mar 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
In 1835, the first consignment of Java tea reaches Amsterdam. It is Europe’s first tea not from China or...
by AP Pathan | Mar 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
Given the wonderful response to the tea love story of Koongse and Chang, I thought I would share another story of tea love. The sweet email and photos were sent to me by Charles and Marthea, from a wine event in Oakland, CA, on Saturday November 4, 2017. “Here’s to...
by AP Pathan | Feb 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
The willow pattern, in the traditional Chinese blue and white, is supposed to have originated at the Caughley, Shropshire, porcelain works about 1780. It was quickly copied by migratory engravers in the factories of Staffordshire and other parts of England. A story...
by AP Pathan | Jan 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
The earliest known mention of tea in the literature of Europe appeared about 1559. It occurs as Chai Catai, “Tea of China” in Navigationi e Viaggi, or Voyages and Travels, by Giambattista Ramusio (1485-1557), a noted Venetian author who published a valuable collection...
by AP Pathan | Dec 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
Here’s beautiful “Sooz”, aka Suzette Hammond, International Tea Consultant, sharing one of Jason Chen’s spectacular oolongs in the...
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