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Paraphernalia

My New Favourite: Yixing Tea Cup

November 2, 2011

At a recent tea show, I picked up this super Yixing cup as a sample from the elegant display at TrYeh. This cup has now become my absolute favourite for drinking my morning black tea. I find that the included clay filter cup has holes that are often too large for my tea leaves, not [...]

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Glass Teapot

October 29, 2010

I love looking down to see the view of the leaves unfurling in my glass teapot, so I snapped this pic with my iphone.

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Moroccan Tea and Celebration

October 12, 2010

Celebrating the arrival of the book/CD project IN LOVE WITH THE MYSTERY, Peter Mortifee pours Moroccan tea for his wife, Nancy, his sister Ann Mortifee and guests James K-M and Carol Sill The tea glasses are on a fossil tray Then in a flip moment, Carol uses her flip to record Nancy using her flip [...]

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Preparing Red Clay Teapots

October 14, 2009

Corinne Greene of Tea Leaf Natural Wellness Specialty Tea and Cafe in Nanaimo tells how to prepare Chinese clay teapots before using them.

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Grannie’s Silver Tea Serves Again!

September 28, 2009

Hi Ho, Silver! This family silver tea service was a staple at the teas my grannie held with the Canmore women of the St. Michael’s Anglican church group. It had been a 25th wedding anniversary gift from my grandfather, back in the 1920s or 30s. When my mum passed away, I was given the family [...]

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Is Singing Stone Technology Too Good To Be True?

September 7, 2009

I’ve seen a few sites from China about muyustone, and the products look the same or similar – tea cups, tea glasses, teapots and other objects that make use of this particular jade.  It interests me and I’m wondering if anyone in Vancouver or Richmond carries these products. The sites I’ve looked at are: http://www.muyustone.net/en/ [...]

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Loose Tea Freedom with the Libre Tea Glass

July 25, 2009

Wendy Weir came by with her Libre Tea glass last month, and left two with me to try. One, all glass, and the other, a little lighter, with a polyproylene exterior and glass interior. I took the poly one and have been using it non-stop for three weeks now. It’s fantastic and I can’t imagine [...]

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Afternoon Tea in Calgary

February 23, 2009

Gracious living and women’s conversation, tea and sympathy. Fran’s beautiful blue and white pottery served a selection of three teas on Saturday afternoon in Calgary. Three! How delightful! I started with the refreshing Jasmine Green tea, just for the taste, and then couldn’t resist going directly to the Irish tea with milk. Surprisingly smooth, I [...]

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Exotic Little Teapots

February 3, 2009

These “rustic” Tibetan-style Chinese-made tea pots look like lovely decorative items. They are the size of an individual cup, and conjure up visions of “exotic orientalia”. I recall seeing one of these here in Vancouver at one of my favorite shops, Rustic China, on Pender Street in Chinatown. No, I’m not selling these, or anything [...]

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The Giant Samovar

February 3, 2009

Is it steeped yet? I’d rather go with a more home-sized version to start with. The samovar seems like such an exotic object, but I actually have no idea how it works. As part of my adventures in tea in Vancouver, I will have to do a little research on them to get up to [...]

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