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There’s a Magical New Wizard’s Afternoon Tea Opening in London
Listen up, aspiring wizards and witches, you can now transport yourselves to a magical world right in the centre of London, where delicious treats and incredible sensory experiences…
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Edinburgh tea specialist develops blends flavoured with whisky
Name: Esther Kungu-Cooper. Age: 36. What is your business called? PekoeTea Edinburgh. What does it produce? We source the finest single-estate teas and create unique hand-crafted blends at our…
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Chinese Milk Tea Chain Chayan Yuese Wins Case Against Copycat Brands
Chinese milk tea brand Chayan Yuese has won a copyright infringement case against competitor Chayan Guanse and two other defendants for using a similar name and logo and waging almost…
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Experience: I drink more than 50 cups of tea a day
The interview process for the role of professional tea taster was intense. There was a maths test as well as a tea testing, and I had to give a presentation on a beverage of my choice. You…
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How e-commerce came to the rescue of Darjeeling, Assam tea producers
Indian tea producers have been hit by challenges on the production and logistics fronts because of the Covid pandemic. E-commerce, especially for the domestic market, has helped several tea…
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Tea Pilgrimage. Aliona Velichko’s Adventures
Aliona Velichko (Minsk, Belarus) has been studying tea culture for 14 years. Tea ceremonies, tea education and also tea travel. She calls herself a tea pilgrim — a person who travels across…
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Turning Hobby into Profession. Dmitriy Filimonov’s Method
Dmitriy Filimonov is Head of the Tea Department at Goodwine company (Kyiv, Ukraine), winner of Tea Masters Cup International in Enshi, China (first in Tea Preparation, third in Tea Tasting).…
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Basics of Vietnamese Tea Culture
Indigenous way of making and drinking tea The oldest way of preparing tea that exists in Vietnam till today is “nước chè tươi” (“nuoc che tuoi”, brewing fresh tea leaves). Families living in…
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Three Kilos of Tea History. George van Driem’s Weight
George van Driem is a linguist, professor of historical linguistics, director of the Linguistics Institute at the University of Bern and author of the recently published book The Tale of Tea:…
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Polyphenolic Composition in Leaves of Camellia Irrawadiensis
Japanese scientists conducted a comparative analysis of three camellias — C. sinensis, C. irrawadiensis and C.taliensis — to determine or clarify the differences between their polyphenolic and…
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Do Not Smoke, Do Not Snore, But Drink Tea Instead
For more than five years, Chinese scientists have observed the health and lifestyle of 34,825 Shanghai men, trying to find the correlation between the risk of diabetes and the duration of…
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