I was very excited to receive teas to review from the UK-based company Teasup. They sent me three black teas to review: A Malawian First Flush and Malawian Smoked Guava from the Satemwa Tea Estate, and a Ceylon High-Grown Seasonal from the Aislaby Tea Estate. When my treasures arrived by … Continue reading
For many, Christmas means gifts. And gifts can really run the gamut from delightful to what-am-I-actually-supposed-to-do-with-this. Either way, we are appreciative because the individual went to the trouble of getting us something, of thinking of us, of trying to include us. Since I got married this year, it was my first year … Continue reading
150 years of tea! This year (2017) Ceylon celebrates a century and a half of growing world-class tea, and the planet sipped along with jubilee in a Global Tea Party on July 6th at 5:00 pm in every time zone. Nothing quite like having the world champion Cricket player from … Continue reading
Compiled by The Flavor Project & Eric Sensen Through sickness and through health, tea has and will always be the world’s beverage of choice. According to legend, in 2737 BC, the Chinese emperor Shen Nung was sitting beneath a tree while his servant boiled drinking water when some leaves from the … Continue reading
November is the time of year when Hindus the world over celebrate the festival of Deepvali or Diwali. Deepvali is the festival of lights. It is where Hindus the world over celebrate Lord Rama and his wife Sita’s return to Ayodhya after their 14-year exile. The working populations of Ceylon’s … Continue reading
Sir Thomas Lipton, the creator of Lipton Tea, single-handedly put Ceylon Tea on the global map. Lipton Tea prided itself in providing its drinkers with quality tea. Showcasing the brand was its picture postcard estates on consumer collectable postcards, each showing one of the very estates that Sir Thomas Lipton owned, along … Continue reading