Accessory: Tuffy Steeper (The Tea Spot)

We’re all looking for ever more convenience in our increasingly busy lives. Us tea drinkers can always use a more portable and quick method to brewing our teas on the go. The Tuffy Steeper from The Tea Spot solves one of those issues.

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Accessory: Infuser Mug Showdown – WTE 2010

The 2010 World Tea Expo is over. In its wake I have much to report, and much to review.

In this installment I’m grading three infuser mugs. One of these, I’ve reviewed before. The others are made by Teas Etc. and Lucha.

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Announcement: Schedule Changes

I’ve been watching the hits for months, tracking when traffic waxes and wanes during the weeks and have come to one overriding fact… I get less traffic on Mondays than most any other day of the week.

It is for this purpose that beginning in August, accessory and product reviews will be swapping with news, culture and history.

You can thus expect to see the following items reviewed on Thursdays moving forward:

Moving forward you can expect the following to appear on Mondays

I believe this new schedule will jive better with you as my audience and certainly hope it will help drive traffic in a more predicatable manner.

390x70 glasses Announcement: Schedule Changes

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Announcement: Not A Money Making Venture

Rather frequently I am asked how this blog makes me money. My answer is always “it doesn’t.” While this is certainly the way I envisioned the site as a whole, I have thought long and hard about this decision.

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Software: My Tea Timer (iPhone)

Monday is Teahouse/Tea Room, Accessory and Brand Review Day!

There are several “Tea Timers” which I’ve run into on the iTunes AppStore. My Tea Timer is the first of my encounters.

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