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Tag Archives: two leaves and a bud
Heat for the perfect steep
Boil, plunk, and enjoy. As in, boil your water, plunk in the tea sachet, and drink your tea. Aren’t those the basic rules for making tea? Actually, no. At two leaves and a bud, we think if you’re going to enjoy a premium cuppa’ our whole leaf tea, you might want to learn a bit more about how to prepare one so you get the most out of every leaf. So consider, for a minute, that the temperature of the water you’re preparing for tea is just as important as the time you allot for steeping the tea. After all, you want to brew up the best tea you can, don’t you? But not to worry — we’re not about to intimidate you with how you should buy a fancy-schmancy thermometer to painstakingly take the temperature of each kettle you’re … Continue reading
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Tagged assam, black tea, boil, camellia Sinensis, earl grey, Green tea, mountain high chai, Oolong tea, steep, temperature, two leaves and a bud, water, white tea, whole leaf tea
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From Sri Lanka with love
Last week we discussed what makes tea sachets so much better than tea bags. You ended up with a bunch of tea on your kitchen counter, but also a head full of knowledge about the full flavor you can get from whole leaf tea like ours. Isn’t reading a tea blog rewarding? So this time around we wanted to show you a couple of photos from one of the spots where our tea is put into those sachets. We like to pack the tea as close to the source as possible, and since a number of our teas are grown in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), that’s where this particular factory is. Thanks to you, our business is growing (cheers!) and so we need more machines to pack our tea. Last week this particular factory sent us photos from the inauguration … Continue reading
Time to bag the tea bags
I’m not going to name names here, but you know that bag of tea you’ve had in the pantry for a couple of months? The one you bought because Blue Raspberry Delight tea sounded fantastic as you cruised the grocery store aisles? Take it out, cut it open, and dump it on your kitchen counter. Let me tell you what you’re looking at: tea dust. At least, that’s what we call those miniscule particles of tea that came out of the bag. Now grab the nearest sachet of tea you have — you know what I mean by “sachet,” right? Like a bag, but really more of a pyramid-shaped pouch, that probably cost you a bit more. Rip it open at the seam and dump the contents on the counter (you don’t want to, but this is a learning opportunity.) … Continue reading
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Tagged fuso machine, jug wine, Organic Pomi-berry, Sri Lanka, tea, tea bags, tea in sachets, tea sachets, two leaves and a bud
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Want a nice, warm cup of “infusion?”
You’ve got a burning question: “What kind of tea did the Pilgrims and Native People drink at the first Thanksgiving?” I’m here to help. Or at least, I tried. The answer was both frustrating and educational. This fall I found myself in Plymouth, Mass., the very spot where those Pilgrims set foot in the Americas to make a go of it. Of course, I had to go over to the Plimoth Plantation (yeah, it’s spelled like that) to see a re-creation of a Wampanoag Homesite (the tribe of the Native People who were living in the area back in 1620), and the village of the English colonists, set up to look like it would have in 1627. “Ooh,” I say to myself. “English people drink a lot of tea. I’m going to ask them all about it. This will be … Continue reading
Two leaves and a … heh, heh
Several weeks ago we had a job opening and ads placed in local newspapers. Soon after we received a call from someone who was interested because they thought we were a medical marijuana dispensary. It makes sense — “bud” is one of hundreds of references to pot, and ever since our state of Colorado legalized the sale of medical marijuana, dispensaries have been opening at a steady rate, including three in the town of Aspen, not far from our office. (A friend of mine noted only Aspen would have more medical marijuana dispensaries than pharmacies.) Whoever answered the phone was good at explaining that we sell tea, not Cannabis. And we all shared a laugh after she hung up. And then we shared another laugh when someone walked in our front door last week and asked the same question. So … Continue reading
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