Stash’s Fusion Green and White Tea and Jay Lake’s “Escapement”
Jackie Gamber, a lover of both tea and science fiction, has been sharing with us her suggestions for the perfect “tea companions” to some of her favorite novels. Enjoy! Stash’s Fusion tea of a green and white blend is, at first glance, a tea of familiar elements. And yet their combination masterfully creates an entirely [...]
French Blend Tea and “Magic Kingdom for Sale- Sold”
The English Tea Store’s French Blend tea is a romantic mixture of mystery, depth, and fragrant petals. It hints at royalty, but drinks smooth and easy. It’s a journey from the familiar into the magical, as the first nip of malt touches the tongue, and then fades into perfume. It’s the ideal complement to Magic [...]
Ginger Peach Green Tea and “We”
Stash’s Ginger Peach Green Tea is a startling blend of traditional tea and nouveau fruit flavor, creating a taste experience that is more than the sum of its parts. With its daring ginger overtaste, it’s brave. Bold. Maybe even pioneering. It’s a taste found in reading Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We. The story is chronicled by D-503, [...]
Lady Londonderry Tea & “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”
Jackie Gamber, a lover of both tea and science fiction, has been sharing with us her suggestions for the perfect “tea companions” to some of her favorite novels. Enjoy! There is, perhaps, nothing so impractical a food as gummy bears. A food that exists for the sheer pleasure of the mouth; for the taste, the [...]
Chai Green Tea and “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”
Jackie Gamber, a lover of both tea and science fiction, has been sharing with us her suggestions for the perfect “tea companions” to some of her favorite novels. Enjoy! Stash Tea offers an intriguing chai green tea that is at once familiar, yet surprising; mild, yet zesty. It’s a tea I have come to consider [...]
Irish Breakfast Tea and “The Midwich Cuckoos”
Jackie Gamber, a lover of both tea and science fiction, has been sharing with us her suggestions for the perfect “tea-companions” to some of her favorite novels. Enjoy! “The Midwich Cuckoos” by John Wyndham is a 1957 classic. It’s a little tricky to get hold of, but well worth the effort. It’s one of my [...]
Lapsang Souchong and “Fahrenheit 451″
Jackie Gamber has been giving us her suggestions for the perfect “tea-companions” to some of her favorite science fiction novels. Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which books burn. In Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag is a fireman whose job it is to burn those offensive and illegal items. Fahrenheit 212 is the [...]
Blueberry Herbal and “Journey to the Center of the Earth”
Jackie Gamber, a lover of both tea and science fiction, has been filling us in on the perfect tea-companions to some of her favorite novels. Her latest installment deals with Jules Verne’s classic, Journey to the Center of the Earth. Enjoy! Jules Verne’s classic story, Journey to the Center of the Earth, is a panoramic [...]
Yorkshire Gold and “The Island of Dr. Moreau”
Nothing deepens the reading of a good novel as much as a hot cup of tea, and if chosen well, tea can actually complement a storyline, a character, or the setting of a book. Starting today, Jackie Gamber, a lover of both tea and science fiction, will be sharing with us her ideas for the [...]
Our Team
The Taste Of English Tea Blogging Team: Cinnabar Cinnabar has been writing about tea for over two years. During the past several years she has also assembled a diverse and specific collection of teaware used for brewing and serving teas, ranging from aged Chinese pu’erh to Japanese Gyokuro to Turkish Çay and beyond. Cinnabar finds [...]
