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		<title>Tea Kettle Philosophy ― Odd Sizes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.C. Cargill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Waiting for the water in a tea kettle to boil tends to lead one’s mind down all sorts of pathways. Add to that the coming of Summer, the Memorial Day Weekend, and cookout fever. This led me to start thinking about how odd some sizes are, primarily in packaging. A classic example is the hotdogs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=englishtea.us&#038;blog=6112069&#038;post=16473&#038;subd=tasteofenglishtea&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tea People: David Lee Hoffman</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William I. Lengeman III</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people who know the name David Lee Hoffman probably know that he was the subject of a documentary film called All in This Tea. The movie premiered in 2007, and I caught up with it a few years later, when I reviewed it here at The English Tea Store Blog. Based solely on his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=englishtea.us&#038;blog=6112069&#038;post=16530&#038;subd=tasteofenglishtea&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tea and the Weather Challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elisenuding</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tea Enjoyment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring and Autumn (Fall for some of you out there) are my favourite times of year. I love the season changes and the unpredictable, sometimes irrational, weather patterns that come along with them. Right now, for example, I have been experiencing days that shift from glorious sun and blue skies to sudden thunderstorms. While I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=englishtea.us&#038;blog=6112069&#038;post=16579&#038;subd=tasteofenglishtea&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tea and the Kitchen Sink</title>
		<link>http://englishtea.us/2012/05/17/tea-and-the-kitchen-sink/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.C. Cargill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tea - Flavored]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to my article “Teas with Something Extra,” a friend on either Twitter or Facebook (I can’t remember which) commented, “Hey, if you&#8217;re gonna add ‘stuff’ to your tea, why not throw in the kitchen sink?” So very true. Once you’ve loaded down a tea with so many pieces of fruit, or flower petals, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=englishtea.us&#038;blog=6112069&#038;post=16468&#038;subd=tasteofenglishtea&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Tea: a Text Book of Tea Planting and Manufacture&#8221; by David Crole</title>
		<link>http://englishtea.us/2012/05/17/tea-a-text-book-of-tea-planting-and-manufacture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William I. Lengeman III</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nowadays India takes a back seat in tea production to the nation where the whole tea thing got its start &#8211; China. But India can take solace in knowing that the Assam region, in the northeast area of the country, is the single largest growing region in the whole world. The British started growing tea [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=englishtea.us&#038;blog=6112069&#038;post=16423&#038;subd=tasteofenglishtea&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is That Bottled Stuff Really Tea?</title>
		<link>http://englishtea.us/2012/05/16/is-that-bottled-stuff-really-tea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.C. Cargill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tea - Iced Tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tea Enjoyment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bottled tea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bottled tea? Really? Excuse me while this Tea Princess chuckles. *Hee hee hee hee hee* Ah, there, got that out of my system. Now, seriously, can you get real tea in a bottle? Or can? I guess that depends on how you define “tea.” These days, that seems to be pretty broad, even including things [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=englishtea.us&#038;blog=6112069&#038;post=16464&#038;subd=tasteofenglishtea&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Travels with Tea: Tea Rooms in Bucuresti, Romania</title>
		<link>http://englishtea.us/2012/05/16/travels-with-tea-tea-rooms-in-bucuresti-romania/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>teaguide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My recent visit to Romania did not start well. I arrived on Tuesday, and after handling some business on Wednesday headed out on Thursday morning for my long-time favourite tea room at a downtown bookstore. When I walked in, the tea room – an airy, comfortable spot that for years had served the best-prepared tea [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=englishtea.us&#038;blog=6112069&#038;post=16562&#038;subd=tasteofenglishtea&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">TeaGuide Worldwide Tea Directory</media:title>
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		<title>Can You Ever Have Enough Teapots?</title>
		<link>http://englishtea.us/2012/05/15/can-you-ever-have-enough-teapots/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.C. Cargill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s make this short: No, you can never have enough teapots. Okay, on to the next topic. Just kidding. Seriously, there are some of us out there who seem to have an insatiable desire for collecting. It could be anything: baseball cards, coins, stamps, wind-up toys, nutcracker dolls, old parts to a 1964 Chevy Corvette [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=englishtea.us&#038;blog=6112069&#038;post=16355&#038;subd=tasteofenglishtea&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in a Name? &#8211; Tea Companies</title>
		<link>http://englishtea.us/2012/05/15/whats-in-a-name-tea-companies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William I. Lengeman III</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tea - Brands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barry's tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PG Tips Tea]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Inc. Magazine the five characteristics of a great company name are that it should &#8220;stick&#8221; with those who encounter it; should tend toward brevity; be functional; tell a story; and invent a new language. Whether or not some of the better known tea companies have names that meet those standards is a matter [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=englishtea.us&#038;blog=6112069&#038;post=16371&#038;subd=tasteofenglishtea&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Challenge to Your Normal Tea Time Ebullience</title>
		<link>http://englishtea.us/2012/05/14/a-challenge-to-your-normal-tea-time-ebullience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.C. Cargill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tea Enjoyment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tea quailty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tea time should be relaxing, stimulating, and help you prepare to resume the challenges of your day. It doesn’t always work out that way. Achieving the necessary ebullience is sometimes not possible. According to my Oxford English Dictionary: ebullience – noun – enthusiasm, exuberance, a boiling up as of liquid (figurative) Since boiling — water, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=englishtea.us&#038;blog=6112069&#038;post=16350&#038;subd=tasteofenglishtea&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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