Hella Tea owner talks hip-hop puns and Lipton as an escape. Article by: JESSICA YADEGARAN | Oakland native Chantrelle Edwards started Hella Tea in 2017 with $100 in her bank account and many epic hip-hop tea puns in her head. Tea Short, Steep Curry and M. Tea Hammer were born out of her love for Bay Area hip-hop culture, yes, but her connection to tea runs even deeper. Even as a child, a cup of Lipton was sometimes the only thing that helped her escape the “madness and misery,” she says, of gun violence and homelessness in East Oakland. Today,...
Rediscovering 174 years of Tea
Article by: Aurora Prehn and Mark Nesbitt From: Teajourney.pub Collection No. 73218 Fancy Tea, or Old men’s eye-brows tea, bound in silk thread from the Collection of G.C. Scorer, of the firm of Fortnum, Mason & Co. 1872. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew houses a remarkable cache of tea leaves and tea material culture collected over the past 174 years. Kew, a 326-acre botanical garden southwest of London opened in 1759 and today houses one of most diverse living and dried botanical and mycological collections in the world. Called the Museum of Vegetable Products for the first four years, the...
Feats of Clay – Creating Teaware
Yesterday I had my first private pottery lesson from the talented Marc Jeannin at Feats of Clay. Feats of Clay is the oldest pottery studio in Austin! It is a woman-owned pottery studio and gallery that’s been operating since 1976. The owner Rebeccah Polk was very friendly and paired me up with Marc Jeannin who specializes in teaware. Marc’s work is truly outstanding and his ability to guide a newbie such as myself around a pottery wheel was encouraging and fun! It’s a lot harder than it looks, and I have a new found respect for these clay artists. He...
Matcha Cookies – Brown Butter, White Chocolate, Walnuts
I made these DELICIOUS Matcha cookies following Becca’s recipe on Cooking-Therapy.com. They are Brown Butter White Chocolate Matcha cookies, and they are down right scrum-diddly-umptious! The only thing I added was chopped walnuts to the mix. These little green cookies take some patience and time, but they are well worth it! I used Jade Leaf Organic Culinary Matcha for these cookies. They were the perfect companion to my favorite cup of Ippodo Matcha – Ummon-No-Mukashi. As previously stated before, this is by far my favorite Matcha yet! It’s definitely more of a splurge at $30 for a small tin of...
Stop Asian Hate
**The featured photo is my friend So Han Fan & Owner of West China Tea in Austin, Texas.** This was yet another hate crime in America. Saying he “snapped,” “lost it” or “had a bad day” is sickening and disrespectful to the victims and their families. I could care less what kind of day he had, or whether his family was “utterly” shocked. I care about justice and ending the disgusting racist behavior aimed at Asian, African, and Indo-Americans. I was born like everyone else on this planet with zero control over the color of my skin. I also have...
Austin English Tea Company
Needless to say Sarah’s treats were authentic and VERY delicious! I highly recommend booking a tea party inside her elegant tea room, or getting “tea to go” as we did and having a picnic! Visit Austin English Tea
Pu’er Is the ‘Champagne of Teas’ That’s Good For Your Heart
Even a novice tea drinker knows that tea—in its many varieties—can benefit the body. Need to calm down? Brew a calming cup of chamomile. Need help focusing during your fourth Zoom meeting of the day? Matcha‘s got your back. But even tea drinkers with a whole pantry full of different varieties may not be familiar with pu’er tea (also spelled Pu-erh). While it might be less known to some American consumers, pu’er tea is a staple in China, its country of origin. “Pu’er is a region-specific tea. Similarly to how true champagne has to come from Champagne, France, true pu’er has to...
Tea and Meditation: A Match Made in Nirvana
More than just a source of caffeine, tea is full of healthy plant compounds – many of which also happen to possess mildly mind-altering properties. For instance, tea contains calming l-theanine, and some research suggests the polyphenol antioxidants in tea, like EGCG, may also affect our mental states. (1) That’s probably why legend, history, and modern science all support the idea that drinking tea prior to meditation is a potent and beneficial practice. Whether you’ve been a dedicated practitioner for years or only recently became interested in meditation for the research-backed benefits, tea drinking can enhance and deepen your experience. For that...
WHICH TEA TO DRINK FOR THE CHINESE NEW YEAR?
Chinese tea on the face of it would seem the perfect drink to welcome in the Chinese New Year but it’s slightly more complicated than that as Lu Zhou and Timothy d’Offay of Postcard Teas explain. “Happy Chinese New Year! This year is The Year of the Ox and it begins on February 12th so the 11th is the day to get ready by tidying up the house, preparing a family feast and staying up to see the New Year in with fire crackers. Traditionally you might also make and eat some sticky rice cakes and dumplings. Though these delicacies...
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