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A Back On The Road Moment

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A Mariages Freres Moment

The menu, itself, was overwhelming – with hundreds of choices: white teas, green teas, black teas, breakfast teas, afternoon teas, evening teas, flavored teas… Where to begin??? Continue reading

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A Tangier Tea Moment

An international safe house. The heavy and intoxicating scent of spices in the air. A pirate’s hideout. The center of World War I espionage. Ah, the romance and excitement of Tangier… All in one perfect cup. Continue reading

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A Trans Siberian Railroad Tea Moment

This was all the amenety needed, for we had brought tea.
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A Minneapolis Tea Moment

Harney and Sons Pu-Erh may have just encouraged me to end my love affair with Irish Breakfast Tea. Continue reading

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A Toulouse Tea Moment

A motley crew, to say the least. A hippie, a scholar, an angst-ridden socialist, a newly divorced and experimenting homosexual, a small town cheerleader, an anarchist, a hairdresser, a cross country runner, a white girl who preferred dating racially diverse men, … and here I was. Continue reading

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A Las Vegas Tee Moment

Tea at the Bellagio seems like it should be so romantic! Okay, maybe Ocean’s 11 has a little something to do with that. Continue reading

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A Fatima Tea Moment

And then R sat back in her chair, raised her cup and said, “Well, it’s just another international tea moment.”
“Ah,” I thought. “Yes it is.” Continue reading

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A World Tea Expo Moment

The “California Herbals” name of my fictitious tea company would be just one of my many tea shop fantasies. I’ve got an entire product line in the nooks and crannies of my mind for this venture, by the way. Continue reading

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A Barcelona Tea Moment

It is at cafes such as these that Gene and I could sit – after a day of wandering the neighborhoods, admiring the architecture of Gaudi, getting lost in the Gothic quarter, and being snubbed by a small restaurant owner who did not like Americans – and review the adventures of the day over a glass of wine or pint of beer… or a cup of tea. Continue reading

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