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Having trouble filling your cabinets?

Posted by Cinnabar on December 17th, 2009

You have a little more than a day left to enter Steepster’s Ultimate Holiday Tea Gift Contest, which will end at 8:00pm EST Friday, December 18th, 2009. The combined prize package is quite a large quantity of desirable stuff, ranging from modern, shiny tea accessories to a traditional matcha kit, and including quite a wide [...]

Follow-up on the Fowler Exhibit

Posted by Cinnabar on November 23rd, 2009

photo by Corax of Cha Dao, used with permission This past August, I alerted readers to the “Steeped in History: The Art of Tea” exhibit that had just opened at the Fowler Museum at UCLA. Beatrice Hohenegger, author of Liquid Jade: The Story of Tea from East to West, was guest curator for this wonderful [...]

A number of very generous and respectable tea companies, including Imperial Tea Court, Jaya Teas, Tea Classics/Hancha Tea, Rishi Tea, Eco-Prima Tea, The Meaning of Tea, Den’s Tea, and Teaism, have donated tea, tea-related products and other items to an auction and event to raise funds for the work that HandReach.org is doing with its [...]

Steeped in History: The Art of Tea

Posted by Cinnabar on August 20th, 2009

Last Sunday a new exhibit opened at the Fowler Museum at UCLA called, Steeped in History: The Art of Tea. The show looks to be quite a fabulous display of all sorts of tea-related objects and information, spanning several centuries and countries. Sadly, I don’t think I’m going to be able to see it myself [...]

After the Festival

Posted by Cinnabar on October 9th, 2008

Last weekend the Northwest Tea Festival was a little sparse, but in its inaugural year it was about the size I expected it to be. Festival attendance looked pretty good on Saturday while I was there and most of the booths were getting a fair amount of attention. We paid the $5 donation to the [...]

Northwest Tea Festival

Posted by Cinnabar on October 1st, 2008

This weekend, October 4th and 5th, is the first annual Northwest Tea Festival at Seattle Center. The event looks to be quite interesting, with vendors, exhibits, demonstrations and tastings. There will be showings of the films All In this Tea and The Meaning of Tea. Admission is free, but a donation of $5 per person [...]

Introduction to Oolong Teas at Perennial Tea Room

Posted by Cinnabar on June 26th, 2008

Tucked away in Post Alley next to Kells Restaurant, the Perennial Tea Room is one of the better tea shops in Seattle. In addition to their fairly extensive offerings of teas from all of the major growing regions in the world, they also host themed tea tastings. I attended last week’s tasting, which was an [...]