Some Tea With Me

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  • What are we even drinking? Tea and Tisanes

    What are we even drinking? Tea and Tisanes

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    In the US, it’s extremely common for people to walk into a shop asking after “a cup of tea” and then ask for Chamomile, Peppermint, or some blend of flowers and spices. What these customers actually want is a Tisane. Tea : a shrub (Camellia sinensis of the family Theaceae, the tea family) cultivated especially…

  • A taste of Caffeine

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    Back in the old days I wrote a post on Dobra Tea’s blog about caffeine. This is an updated version of that post. The myth of green tea having less caffeine than black tea is rampant in our Western culture. This is even more surprising when contrasted with the attitude I found in Taiwan that…