A full Japanese tea ritual, with food and drink, can take up to five hours. So, for those with less time, but the desire for a good brew, here are some tips.
You have gone to great lengths to find a great tea. You have spent two to five times or more what it would cost to get an ordinary tea from the grocery store. Now, keeping your tea stored properly can make it last as long as a year.
Like beer and wine, tea is an ancient beverage. Yet in some countries that are strongly associated with it, such as Great Britain, it was introduced only recently on the historical time scale.
Coffee is other historic beverage. It is the choice breakfast beverage for many, the perfect finish for a meal, and it is also used to flavor many desserts.
The last 25 years has seen the growth of a cottage industry in the study of the health effects of drinking coffee. And no wonder - over 400 million cups a day are consumed throughout the world. But for decades health workers warned that the habit might be unsafe. Recent studies show the opposite is more likely to be the case.
