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Tag: Black Tea

Tea 201 – Chinese Black Teas

Posted on 2012-01-19 by Tea Guy

Black tea, known in China as red tea, is the most common product produced by our favorite Camellia sinensis plant. It’s the most consume type of tea in the world; however, it is the least popular style in China.

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Tea 201 – Indian CTC Black Tea

Posted on 2012-01-06 by Tea Guy

CTC sounds like a company’s acronym, no? While it is an acronym, it actually stands for the process that defines this type of black tea: crush, tear, and curl.

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Tea 201 – Indian Black Tea – Assam vs Darjeeling

Posted on 2011-12-22 by Tea Guy

Assam and Darjeeling…some of you may have heard those words thrown around (I know I have).

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Tea 201 – English Tea

Posted on 2011-12-21 by Tea Guy

While the English are known for drinking copious amounts of tea, we all know by now that they did not invent the leaf. So…how did the leaf migrate from Asia to the British Isles?

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Morning Cup #55 – Decaf Breakfast Tea

Posted on 2011-12-14 by Tea Guy

A little on the groggy side this morning I dove straight for this Breakfast Tea from Taylors of Harrogate. So groggy, I failed to notice it was decaf!

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Morning Cup #53 – Citrus Spiked Black Tea

Posted on 2011-12-12 by Tea Guy

FullyLoadedTea’s Citrus Spiked Black Tea wound up in my mug this morning.

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Morning Cup #47 – Pure Ceylon Black Tea

Posted on 2011-12-02 by Tea Guy

This morning I grabbed a Pure Ceylon Black Tea from Dils Tea/Tea Packs USA from the box.

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Morning Cup #46 – Black Saffron

Posted on 2011-12-01 by Tea Guy

This Black Saffron tea from Hampstead Tea made it into my cup this morning.

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Morning Cup #45 – Vanilla Black Tea

Posted on 2011-11-30 by Tea Guy

A vanilla flavored Sri Lankan black tea steeped into my cup this morning from Mackwoods Tea.

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Morning Cup #43 – Pure Ceylon English Breakfast Tea

Posted on 2011-11-28 by Tea Guy

This morning I plucked a Pure Ceylon English Breakfast Tea from Dils Tea/Tea Packs USA from the pile.

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