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		<title>10 Website No-No’s for Internet Tea Stores</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the move toward shopping online, especially for such things as tea, having a good online presence can be the only thing between you and a customer. Making a really good site that reflects truly who you are and why those customers should buy your products instead of clicking away to another site is absolutely [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=englishtea.us&amp;blog=6112069&amp;post=15168&amp;subd=tasteofenglishtea&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tea People — Steven Smith</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William I. Lengeman III</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last article I wrote for this site (though publication schedules won&#8217;t necessarily reflect it) was a profile of Thomas Twining, the man responsible for creating the company that became Twinings of London. It&#8217;s company that&#8217;s survived and thrived for more than three hundred years now, a considerable feat given the whopping number of businesses [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=englishtea.us&amp;blog=6112069&amp;post=15112&amp;subd=tasteofenglishtea&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tea Kettle Philosophy — The Office Birthday Party</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.C. Cargill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing can bring out such a range of emotions — from fear and loathing to elation and sheer joy — than the office birthday party. How you react could depend in large part on which side of the party you’re on: the celebrant, an attendee, or the party giver. It can also depend on the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=englishtea.us&amp;blog=6112069&amp;post=15163&amp;subd=tasteofenglishtea&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cooking with Tea — An Introduction</title>
		<link>http://englishtea.us/2012/02/07/cooking-with-tea-an-introduction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love the Twitterverse and after admiring from afar, I finally had the opportunity to tweet with, and eventually meet, Sally Lynch of Taste Trekkers. It is always a pleasure to meet someone who is as passionate in their field as I am passionate in tea, and Sally is no exception. She LOVES food!  She loves talking about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=englishtea.us&amp;blog=6112069&amp;post=15214&amp;subd=tasteofenglishtea&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>“Valentine, Sweet Valentine!” Tea Time and Beyond</title>
		<link>http://englishtea.us/2012/02/06/valentine-sweet-valentine-tea-time-and-beyond/</link>
		<comments>http://englishtea.us/2012/02/06/valentine-sweet-valentine-tea-time-and-beyond/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.C. Cargill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Round and round the Sun we go. And round and round the calendar we go at the same time. Valentine’s Day is once again looming, and the brows of anxious husbands and sweethearts are beading with the sweat of wondering what will please their true love. Ok, guys, listen up: We want CHOCOLATE! Oh, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=englishtea.us&amp;blog=6112069&amp;post=15156&amp;subd=tasteofenglishtea&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Green Tea and HFCS</title>
		<link>http://englishtea.us/2012/02/06/green-tea-and-hfcs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William I. Lengeman III</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Times have been kind of tough lately for high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), a substance which has been coming under fire over the course of the past few years. The popular and rather ubiquitous sweetener has been disparaged in certain quarters of late, with some blaming it for contributing to an increase in obesity, among [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=englishtea.us&amp;blog=6112069&amp;post=15125&amp;subd=tasteofenglishtea&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quiz: Are You a Serious Tea Lover?</title>
		<link>http://englishtea.us/2012/02/03/quiz-are-you-a-serious-tea-lover/</link>
		<comments>http://englishtea.us/2012/02/03/quiz-are-you-a-serious-tea-lover/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.C. Cargill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so you know you&#8217;re a Tea Princess or a Tea Prince, or you are well on your way to being one. You want your tea just so and will no longer settle for that “stuff” they call tea when you dine out or eat in. But are you a serious lover of tea, too? [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=englishtea.us&amp;blog=6112069&amp;post=15150&amp;subd=tasteofenglishtea&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Profiles in Tea: Lu Yu</title>
		<link>http://englishtea.us/2012/02/03/profiles-in-tea-lu-yu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>teaguide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lu Yu, author of Cha Jing, or The Classic of Tea, is often referred to as the patron saint of tea. He was a colourful character with expertise in many areas – not only tea. Born in 733 CE in Jingling, Fuzhou (now Tianmen City, Hubei Province) about 125 miles southwest of Shanghai, Lu Yu [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=englishtea.us&amp;blog=6112069&amp;post=15240&amp;subd=tasteofenglishtea&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tea Kettle Philosophy — The Perfect Teapot</title>
		<link>http://englishtea.us/2012/02/02/tea-kettle-philosophy-the-perfect-teapot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.C. Cargill</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://englishtea.us/?p=15136</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Like any great quest, the seeking of perfection is all pervasive and can even invade our dreams and the quiet repose of our tea time. The perfect teapot — is it Cordoba’s mythical Fountain of Youth? Plato, a philosopher from long, long ago (as in before even I was born), had the idea that everything [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=englishtea.us&amp;blog=6112069&amp;post=15136&amp;subd=tasteofenglishtea&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Twenty Years in the Republic of Tea</title>
		<link>http://englishtea.us/2012/02/02/twenty-years-in-the-republic-of-tea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William I. Lengeman III</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tea - Brands]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Do you need a gimmick to stand out in the great wide world of tea selling? There are many successful merchants whose continued existence disproves that notion. But a great gimmick probably doesn&#8217;t hurt, especially if it&#8217;s combined with a good product. Take the case of the Republic of Tea, for instance. While they offer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=englishtea.us&amp;blog=6112069&amp;post=15130&amp;subd=tasteofenglishtea&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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